In less than a year, the Verge has become one of the pre-eminent sites for tech news, reviews and features. Though its first official post went live on Nov. 1, 2011, the Verge got a running start as ThisIsMyNext.com, which served as an influential placeholder site for several high-ranking former Engadget writers and editors who had jumped ship earlier that year. In its current form, the Verge features an engaged user community, a unique layout, a robust product database and an army of writers to cover just about every corner of the consumer-electronics realm.