Beam is Building a Web Browser that Gathers Knowledge from Your Web Activity
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Beam is building a web browser that gathers knowledge from your web activity - TechCrunch:
Beam, a new startup founded by Dom Leca and Sebastien Metrot, is working on a brand new app that is both a web browser and a note app. Dom Leca previously founded Sparrow, an email app for macOS and iOS that was acquired by Google in 2012. Sebastien Metrot has been working for Apple for several years.
[...] If you're very passionate about a niche topic, chances are you can learn a ton of things by reading stuff, watching videos, interacting on forums and more. But when you close your browser window, everything disappears.
Sure, there's a web history feature - but it's a long list of links with no connection. Sure, you can bookmark pages or take notes in another app - but it's a cumbersome process.
[...] Beam aims to bring meaning to your web history. Every time you search for something, it creates a new note card. Beam passively follows users as they click on links, open new pages and spend time looking at stuff.
When you close the tab, you have a new card - your search query is the title of the card and you can see all links under that note. You can then add text, remove links that weren't that relevant, etc.
By combining passive note creation with a tiny nudge when you close a tab, you get to reflect on your web activity. It's a way to learn more about yourself and your habits. Sure, you may realize that you waste a ton of time. But you might also realize that you care more than you thought about cooking and Russian classical music.
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