headquarters london united kingdom area served worldwide founder s andre parrie website www.protopage.com alexa rank 17 083 october 2015 update 1 available in multilingual launched 2005 current status active protopage is an rss reader virtual desktop and internet start page launched in london united kingdom on may 15 2005 . 2 the design offers color coded tabs and categories to organize information an audio and video podcast function a news reader the option to add cartoons and a selection of widgets 3 which can be dragged onto the desktop arranged and re sized . 4 it is highly customizable and has been described as simple to use . 5 one criticism is that it has only one mail widget which requires connection via imap . 5 some analysts have noted that protopage outlasted google s competitor service igoogle 6 which also launched in 2005 but was retired in november 2013 . 7 the site was named one of the top 100 best free web apps by pc magazine 8 and scored 4.5 out of 5 stars in a review by about.com . 9 chris pirillo called protopage the best designed ajax portal . 10 in august 2015 support for universal headline import was announced 11 which allows the service to import headlines from any web site regardless of whether that site supports rss feeds or not . protopage did not take venture capital and is debt free 12 see also edit start page references edit protopage.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2015 10 13 . michael arrington . august 18 2005 . techcrunch profile protopage . techcruch . retrieved april 6 2013 . cashmore peter . december 6 2006 protopage v3 launches . mashable . retrieved april 6 2013 . biersdorfer j.d. october 3 2012 moving on from igoogle . the new york times . retrieved april 6 2013 . a b gordon whitson . july 5 2012 two excellent customizable start pages worth trying . lifehacker . retrieved april 6 2013 . jones gwyneth . july 16 2012 goodbye igoogle hello protopage . the daring librarian . retrieved april 6 2013 . what s happening to igoogle . february 22 2013 . inside search google . retrieved april 6 2013 . gralla preston . may 2007 101 best free web apps . pc magazine may 2007 edition p. 85 daniel nations . march 22 2008 a review of protopage . about.com . retrieved november 28 2013 . pirillo chris . july 19 2009 my favorite portal protopage . chris pirillo . retrieved november 28 2013 . protopage blog . august 11 2015 happy 10th birthday protopage major new features announced . protopage blog . retrieved december 18 2015 . protopage blog . july 4 2012 protopage is 7 years old and outlasts igoogle . protopage blog . retrieved november 28 2013 . external links edit protopage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title protopage & oldid 698616783 categories web applicationsweb portals2005 introductionshidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from october 2015all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 january 2016 at 05 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view