Last summer URL shortener Tr.im made quite a few waves when it announced that the service would be shut down by the year's end due to lack of any perspective revenue model. The response, both from the press but also from the users, made Nambu Networks, the company that owns Tr.im, reconsider the closure and afte... |
16 September 2009
10:55 GMT |
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The recent news surrounding the Tr.im closure had quite a few worried about the future of their shortened links. While millions of links are shared using this type of services every day there is no guarantee that the links will still work tomorrow or next year. Fortunately, in light of the concerns raised, some URL s... |
14 August 2009
12:02 GMT |
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Nambu Networks does seem to have a knack for the dramatic. Just days after closing down its URL shortening service Tr.im and making quite a stir with its veiled accusations of monopoly, which have some solid points, the site is now back up and running “indefinitely” due to “popular response.” ... |
12 August 2009
02:38 GMT |
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It didn't take long for solutions to be proposed after the announcement of the URL shortening service Tr.im's shutdown. Bit.ly, the reason why it was closing in the first place, has approached Nambu Networks, Tr.im's parent company, inviting it to join the 301works project, which aims to be an open arc... |
11 August 2009
04:58 GMT |
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It was bound to happen sooner or later; with the sheer number of URL shorteners out there, Tr.im is shutting down. After failing to achieve the popularity that would guarantee it a revenue, or at least more funding, the service has thrown down the gauntlet saying it can't compete with Bit.ly, the shortening serv... |
10 August 2009
02:33 GMT |
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