In the Press
The Footprints of Web Feet
March 4, 2011
Austin Considine
Sharing and communicating are essential components of being human. But as celebrities like Britney Spears and Charlie Sheen have shown us lately, there is such a thing as over-sharing.
Sites That Share Your Chrome Cache
April 26, 2011
Caitlin Roper
The other night, Adam Leibsohn ordered dinner from Mikey’s Burger and did some browsing on Zappos. We know this because Leibsohn makes his browser history public, and he thinks you should, too. Leibsohn is the founder of Voyurl, a new service that lets you choose to share the sort of personal data that Google hoards about you.
Voyurl Lets You Spy on How Friends Are Surfing the Web
March 2, 2011
John Pavlus
Voyurl is a startup social thingy with a weird pitch: you sign up with the service and install a tool in your browser that takes your "clickstream" -- i.e., everything you look at in your browser -- and streams it live, in real-time, in public. In return, you get to look over the shoulders of other people who have elected to share their clickstreams in the same way.
So Much for Privacy? New Sites Share Every Step You Take Online
March 31, 2011
Ki Mae Heussner
Are you bold enough to bare your browsing for all the Web to see? Betting that the trend toward online exhibitionism isn't letting up anytime soon, a few new startups let you publicize your browsing history, while giving you a peek at where your friends click online, too.
It's Hard To Tell If Voyurl Or Their Ads Are Creepier
July 30, 2010
MG Siegler
A few weeks ago, we were alerted to a new site currently in stealth mode called Voyurl. As the name implies, the idea behind it is to make it so you can see what other people are looking at on the web (and to make your clickstream seen). It sounds creepy as hell. It’s like Blippy but with more potential porn. I love it.
Voyurl Is Climbing In Your Browser Window, Snatching Your Surfing History Up
February 18, 2011
MG Siegler
It was back in July of last year that we first wrote about a service called Voyurl with the headline: It’s Hard To Tell If Voyurl Or Their Ads Are Creepier. You see, at the time, the still-in-stealth startup was targeting angel investors via Google ads get their attention to hopefully talk about their product. That’s actually pretty smart.
5 Web Technologies and Trends to Watch in 2011
January 5, 2011
Josh Catone
In 2010 we saw the rise of HTML5, the maturation of CSS3, the release of Rails 3.0, and the widespread adoption of the @font-face selector (part of CSS3) — among other things. In short: it was a busy year for advancing web development technologies. What will 2011 hold?
Why 3 Startups Are Betting That You’ll Want to Stream Your Browser History
February 18, 2011
Sarah Kessler
At one point, e-mail was the best option for sharing something interesting online. Blog posts made it a bit easier, and 140-character Twitter messages have brought us into the age of near-effortless sharing.
Voyurl: A voyeur site to spy on browsing activity
February 18, 2011
Brodie Beta
Voyurl is a clickstreaming service that provides users with real-time information on what sites your friends, and the Voyurl community are browsing on the web.
Would You Share Your Browser History With The Entire Internet?
March 7, 2011
Adrian Chen
So, there are a new slew of services that promise to make the internet an even more fraught place for the privacy-minded.
New Tool Makes Online Stalking Easier
February 7, 2011
Dan Tynan
You say your life is an open book, you don't give a damn about privacy, and you welcome complete strangers into the deepest darkest caverns of your Internet existence? Have I got a service for you.
Voyurl: A Cool, Creepy Way to Browse the Web
March 15, 2011
Jared Newman
Want to see every website that I've visited over the last day or two? Sign up for Voyurl, and then knock yourself out.
Voyurl: Privacy, Sharing Of Personal Information, And The Rise Of Open Data
August 4, 2010
Kyle Studstill
Voyurl is a browser-based platform currently in development that will allow users to passively share their browsing behaviors – and view the browsing behaviors of others – in real-time. Described as “foursquare-meets-twitter” and “Blippy for web browsing,” the service will constantly keep a dynamic archive of user’s clickstreams, with the goal of capturing data that gives a user rich insight into their behavior and better content recommendations.
5 Big Ideas On The Future Of Real-Time
February 22, 2011
Aziz Ali
The growing importance of real-time data is crucial for the effectiveness of numerous organizations. While we embarked on our Future Of Real-Time report with the goal to support the United Nations’ Global Pulse, the ramifications of trends in this area can benefit numerous entities, especially small businesses, entrepreneurs, and technologists.
Early Users Let Voyurl Spy on Their Web Browsing
February 15, 2011
Adrianne Jeffries
Voyurl, a New York startup that gathers data on online habits by monitoring users’ browsing in real time, launched in private beta two weeks ago. Those beta testers (however many of them there are) have shared more than 525,000 links, or 47,091,161 seconds of active browsing, already.
Voyurl
April 6, 2011
Dave
To be honest, the first time I used Voyurl it scared the shit out of me. I’m not much of a technology adopter, and the speed at which things were happening freaked me out. Now, I am afraid no more. Voyurl is like the ultimate web feed, where you can watch what other people are looking at in real time.
Creepy Happenings with Voyurl
March 15, 2011
Curt Finch
Some people are very concerned about our privacy and rightly so. They have strict privacy settings on their Facebook profile and are careful about not putting personal information on the internet that could make them susceptible to danger.
See Where Your Friends Go Online: New Sites Reveal Your Every Click
April 6, 2011
Emily Tan
Would you like to see where your friends go online? Or have your Web surfing available for all your pals to see? It could happen!
Somebody’s Watching Me (and You!)
April 6, 2011
AmyBeth Hale
In 1984, a new Motown artist named Rockwell debuted a single featuring backing vocals by pop artist Michael Jackson.
Adam Leibsohn | voyurl
March 16, 2011
Antwan Duncan
As one site put it, “Voyurl is climbing in your browser window, snatching your web history up“. The recent beta launch of voyurl has gained quite the online buzz, with speculations about the potential of “social voyeurism”.
Voyurl – The Slightly Creepy Stepchild of Delicious
February 3, 2011
Erin Jo Richey
First thing first, I love Delicious. I’ve saved selected links on the bookmarking site every day for years, building up a collection of wonderful things that I rarely, if ever, go back to look at. What I’m really doing here is hoarding information. Before Delicious, I saved a lot of bookmarks in my browser. It took time to keep things organized and categorized, but information management is important.
Would you stream your clickstream data?
March 6, 2011
Abby Johnson
Sharing information online has evolved dramatically in recent years. Email, blogging, social networking, and tweeting have all changed the way we communicate and share. Interestingly, a new startup hopes to take sharing in a whole new direction.
Toolbox: Voyurl Makes It OK To Look, We Think
March 17, 2011
Michael Byrne
One thing the internet’s proven is that we’re all voyeurs: we want to look at people and we want them to look at us. Not necessarily interact with us, but just know of us and that we are interesting, have awesome taste in music, and are achieving things.
Voyurl lets you watch what your friends surf
February 10, 2011
Ben Kunz
Killer concept. Instead of trying to create yet another social portal, Voyurl allows you to watch what your friends are surfing online. It's in the beta-concept stage now, teasing interested parties on Twitter with requests to DM them for invites to sign up ... you know, the hipster early adopters will opt-in, bring their friends, and hopefully create Quora-like buzz.
Voyurl: What About The Data?
April 22, 2011
Seth Hosko
Heard of Voyurl? Still in private beta, Voyurl’s goal is to make browsing history public, and discovery more about people and less about algorithms. Boldly progressive, Voyurl is facing challenges with privacy norms/misconceptions, as well as figuring out how to make the shared content relevant.
Latest MSNBC Appearance
February, 2011
Daniel Sieberg
On Tuesday afternoon I appeared on MSNBC with Contessa Brewer to talk about Facebook stalking and a new site called Voyurl.com, which is definitely provoking a “creepy” reaction.
Reality Bits
May 22, 2011
Faris Yakob + Corey Gehrt
Part of the power of Marshall McLuhan's famous aphorism–the medium is the message–comes from the forced foregrounding: it highlights the communication effect of the medium itself, which our brains filter out, rendering the wrapper invisible.
Proximity is a Virtue
June 30, 2011
Faris Yakob
Marshall McLuhan’s famous aphorism 'the medium is the message' highlights the communication effect of the medium itself, which our brains filter out, rendering the wrapper invisible. McLuhan understood a medium to be an extension of the senses, but increasingly our location can be understood as a medium – a channel that can be used to communicate and contextualise.
Die Verstreamung der Welt
April 6, 2011
Alle Kolumnen
James Joyce hat es vorgemacht - und jetzt machen es alle nach: Der niedergeschriebene Bewusstseinsstrom kommt erst im Facebook-Zeitalter zu seiner Alltags-Vollendung, findet Sascha Lobo. Das macht das Leben anstrengend - aber gegen Informationsüberschuss gibt es ein einfaches Mittel.
Voyurl: partager tout ce que vous faites sur internet, le juda inversé
September 2, 2011
Thierry Roget
Si vous décidiez de partager votre historique de navigation internet à une communauté, à votre réseau par exemple! Seriez- vous partant?