You probably just gaze through the headlines about it because to be honest Duck Duck Go isn't very eye grabbing, but there are plenty of articles about it and most of the duck duck go blog postings seem to make it to the front page and there are plenty of comments about it.
Possible. I do tend to skip most startup-related content, because I really don't care. But I have still managed to hear about Bingo Card Creator, Mixergy, and Mibbit.