Reunion.com and Wink merge to form new people search site
Reunion.com, a social network of sorts that aggregates data about you, is merging with people-focused search engine Wink. The two companies will relaunch as a single, branded people search service early next year. They already made a strategic partnership last year, and Reunion.com began providing Wink’s search engine on its site then.
Los Angeles-based Reunion.com started in 2002 as more of a social network than what it is today. Since then, it has collected user information… Continue Reading
The rush to people search: Viadeo, ZoomInfo, Yahoo China, Spock…and PeekYou
For years, technology to search for people has been neglected, compared to most parts of the Web. Until now, that is.
A wave of new entrants are making it much easier to find out everything about a person, from their job, to their personalities, their age and even where they live. Forget the privacy implications, the race is on.
LinkedIn, a social network for professionals, had the field to itself a few years ago. Sites like Friendster… Continue Reading
Roundup: Apple TV a hit, YouTube killer, Google PPA, Wink & more
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Apple TV is a hit — According to early accounts, at least.
YouTube killer? — [Update: This has been confirmed.] Rumors have existed for some time about collusion among the big-media players to challenge YouTube, the king of video sharing. Now the LA Times reports that News Corp. and NBC Universal plan to announce as soon as today that they’re building an online video site “stocked with TV shows and movies, plus clips that users can modify and… Continue Reading