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Bringing great discussions to a browser near you.

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UC Berkeley, I School Master's Final Project 2012

Team

Ram Joshi

Chulki Lee

Walter Koning

Advisor

Coye Cheshire

Etymology

grep·vine (n)

A Chrome extension that brings great discussions to a browser near you.

Root word from Unix grep. A Unix command for printing lines matching a pattern.

Grepvine Beta

Grepvine brings great discussions to your browsing experience. A handy sidebar shows comments and articles related to the webpage currently open in your browser. Filters enable you to discover richer user comments and articles. Grepvine currently supports technology news on Engadget, Mashable and Wired. We are adding support for more sites very soon.

Grepvine is incredibly easy to use. Just install and browse your favorite technology news. Grepvine will be there for you. Grepvine only shows up when it has useful information related to the current webpage and hides away on other pages. Grepvine has been designed from the ground up to be be quick and friendly.

Grepvine has something for every reader. Richer comments can be discovered through filters such as popularity and wordcount. You can also explore the most relevant or the most commented upon article related to the webpage you are reading.