A lot has been going on between Apture, a new venture I’m starting on the side and life, but figured no time like the present to update the site.
1. Apture Highlights
Back in March Apture launched the Magic Search Bar, we’ve currently been distributing it to thousands of sites. The key piece of the product has been the contextual search engine allowing readers to explore videos, photos and Wikipedia without leaving the page.
We received tons of feedback from users via surveys and emails about how awesome the search is. 88% of users surveyed said they would be somewhat or very disappointed if the product no longer existed. When we dug through the numbers, we decided that with that kind of feedback we wanted anyone to have a chance to experience Apture. Enter Apture Highlights.
Apture Highlights is a browser extension for FireFox, Safari and Google’s Chrome browser. With Apture Highlights installed you the reader can highlight any text on any webpage and instantly explore. Check out the video below and install it today.
2. I recently added UFC 117 at the Oakland Arena. It was my fifth live MMA Event and I have to say it might just have been the best. It was one of those rare fights where it blew away the hype for the match. Chael Sonnen was before the fight considered a decent fighter, not great. He’d won the title shot after disposing of 3 opponents in a row notably Nate Marquardt and Yushin Okami.
What was most surprising is going into the fight Anderson Silva was between a -500 and a -600 favorite. Chael obviously didn’t buy any of that judging by his repeated trash talk for 5 straight months.
And on August 7th Chael walked into the ring and did exactly what he said he would do. He beat the living crap out of the invincible Anderson Silva for 23 straight minutes, winning some rounds 10-8 and then he got submitted in a triangle choke. It’s the third fight in UFC history to ever end in the 5th round. Only the third ever. It was simply epic.
3. Ever since my girlfriend started her job with Vanguard Properties I’ve been trying to find ways to make her more efficient with potential clients. After brainstorming I came up with an idea and shockingly actually decided to get it built. It’s called Open Home Pro and should be debuting very soon.
