WebMission: Brits go to Silicon Valley

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Brief details of WebMission companies mentioned in this article

Trampoline Systems’s SONAR technology keeps employees of large companies up to date with what their co-workers are doing and who they’re working with.

Skimbit is a tool to help people research and make decisions online, with the help of others.

DotHomes seeks to be the ‘Google of real estate’. It allows home seekers in the UK, US, and South Africa to search thousands of real estate websites.

Rummble’s technology can be used on your mobile phone or PC. It learns what you like and where you are, then makes personalised recommendations for restaurants, bars or hotels.

TrustedPlaces is a forum for people to discover new places to go or to share their experiences of restaurants, bars and shops by posting their opinions.

The Filter, backed by rocker Peter Gabriel, learns what you like, and recommends more films, music and web video content that you will also enjoy.

Zebtab delivers the latest sports and entertainment news in a ‘snackable’ format to your desktop, for free, with little technical complexity.

GroupSpaces provides online support to help clubs, societies, charities and other groups manage their communications, membership and events.

Hubdub is a news prediction game which allows you to compete with your friends in predicting how news stories will turn out.

Huddle.net is an online tool that combines project management and document sharing functions to help teams work better together.

Silobreaker is a search service for news and current affairs that aims to provide more relevant results by finding people, companies, topics, places and keywords and understanding how they relate to each other.

WebMission companies not mentioned above:

Webjam is a ‘social publishing’ tool. WAYN, (Where are You Now?) lets you log trips and share travel experiences with friends. Moviestorm is a suite of software tools, add-on content and online services which enable users to create 3D animated films. Mydeo provides high-quality streaming video hosting. Slicethepie is a financing engine that turns music fans into investors. Kwiqq is a social networking system for PDAs and mobiles. Zogix provides a platform to track greenhouse gas emissions. Edocr aims to create the world’s largest open document library. Coull makes interactive videos.