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SharedCopy

SharedCopy was an AJAX based web annotation tool that allowed users to mark-up, highlight, draw, annotate, cache, sticky-note, and share any website. Founded in March 2007, SharedCopy was reviewed on TechCrunch, Lifehacker, Killer Startups, Startup Squad, and The Wall Street Journal. Initial user response to the system was mixed. Some reviews were positive, but others complained about bugs that were eventually fixed. The co-founder of SharedCopy was also nominated by Businessweek for Asia's Young Entrepreneur 2007.

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Article summary

SharedCopy was an AJAX based web annotation tool that allowed users to mark-up, highlight, draw, annotate, cache, sticky-note, and share any website. Founded in March 2007, SharedCopy was reviewed on TechCrunch, Lifehacker, Killer Startups, Startup Squad, and The Wall Street Journal. Initial user response to the system was mixed. Some reviews were positive, but others complained about bugs that were eventually fixed. The co-founder of SharedCopy was also nominated by Businessweek for Asia's Young Entrepreneur 2007.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 2007 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2007". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376131036

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