Company
Date Published
Dec. 19, 2011
Author
John Roberts
Word count
394
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

On November 2011, Apture announced its shutdown due to acquisition by Google, leaving thousands of Cloudflare customers without a contextual search service. In response, three members of the Cloudflare team held a one-day hackathon and developed Highlight, a similar service that provides web search, definitions, and "read aloud" functionality for users. The new app is available as a one-click install on Cloudflare-powered sites and can be used by Apture customers looking for a replacement.