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SVNGR CEO: We've seen a ridiculous spike

• adelevie 16y ago
  SCVNGR is the Google-backed contender in the location wars.
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  • paul9290 16y ago
    Was one of the 2008 DreamIt companies too.
  • joshu 16y ago
    Google Ventures.
• Tichy 16y ago
  I suppose "Subversion (svn) is GReat" would be a good way to memorize that weird name. Edit: HN title says SVNGR, actual company name is SCVNGR
  • leftnode 16y ago
    To be fair, there's a "C" in there, but that's exactly what I saw when I saw the name. This is taking the dropping vowels of Web 2.0 a bit too far. Flickr I can get, but it takes me a sec to realize scvngr is scavenger. "So what's your company's name?" "Scavenger." "Oh great, scavenger.com?" "Oh, no, scvngr.com." "I'll be sure to remember that one."
    • Tichy 16y ago
      Damn, I really saw it the wrong way :-) Thanks for the correction. Scavenger would never have occured to me. But if the business modell is professionally organized scavenger hunts, it makes sense.
  • adelevie 16y ago
    Whoops! I don't think it'll let me edit :(