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Statups, 8/04/2008
TrustedPlaces is selected at number 4 in the list of Top 100 UK startups.
BBC, 29/03/2008
Evolution of the social network
"This could mean that social networking sites start to evolve, taking on new characteristics, and perform new roles. The big players have the users and the new sites have the ideas. Convergence between the two could see the dawn of a new age of social networking."
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Times Online, 16/04/2008
Top 10 Travel Books and Websites
"TrustedPlaces is a site that learns your tastes and recommends hotels and restaurants."
Times Online, 21/11/2007
50 Best Travel Websites of 2007
"A recognition of sites that have shown innovation during 2007 and which have added to or improved their offerings to become truly worthy of adding to your favourites."
Times Online, 18/09/2007
"We love: the cuddly and friendly nature of the site's language; the intuitive navigation; the lists you can make; the fast links to neighbourhoods nearby the current item you are viewing, and the taste matcher"
UkTechCrunch, 11/09/07
TrustedPlaces Switches on Last.FM Model
"TrustedPlaces has decided to take a leaf out of the likes of LastFM's playbook and rolled out a new version based on 'learning' users preferences for good restaurants and venues."
The Guardian, 30/07/07
Top 10 British Dotcoms to Watch
"The success of the site lies in its simplicity: easy to search, easy to contribute to and easy to scale up - which is exactly what they plan to do."
Intruders TV, 20/07/07
TechDigest, 15/07/07
TrustedPlaces Links up with Facebook
"Thanks to Facebook opening itself up to application developers, its members can now access TrustedPlaces and seamlessly 'roam' its content, and share relationships across the two communities."
Blognation, 02/07/07
TrustedPlaces launch the TrustedWidget
"Want to see the latest reviews of restaurants, venues, clubs and bars relevant to you or your website? Then TrustedPlaces latest addition to their service, the TrustedWidget, should be able to help you out."
FoundRead, 04/05/07
Blow by Blow - The First Fundraising
"This article launches our Founder's Diary, where a founder retells an experience with a challenge or task 'blow by (agonizing) blow."
The Register, 16/03/07
"It's more about finding cool places based on people with the same tastes as you, rather than finding cool people based on the venues you already go to."
Mashable, 28/02/07
TrustedPlaces raises $1m in funding
"TrustedPlaces, a local reviews site and social network that's focused mainly on the UK market, just informed Mashable that it has raised GBP £500,000 (approx $1M) from HOWZAT media LLP, a startup investment fund."
