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OpenID Community Board Elections Coming Up...brought lots of publicity and material advances to the Foundation's cause. At the beginning of 2009, we reported that Google and Plaxo had created a simplified workflow for OpenID logins that added OAuth and the Google Contacts API. During... |
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Independent.co.uk - Gadgets & Tech | November 10, 2009
'Whether it was viral or word of mouth it was always based on the content'
...that forced virality but back then, whether it was viral or word of mouth it was always based on the content. That definitely changed when Plaxo came out as far as I can tell. PENENBERG: What did HotOrNot look like? PENENBERG: How did you...
In this article: YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo, Revenue, RockYou, and Meaning of life
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Computerworld - News, Education & Headlines - Security, Storage & Networking - Information on Hardware, Software for Laptops & Desktops | November 06, 2009
Elgan: Online publishing for the cheap and lazy
...the work -- that is, until the social Web hit. Like a lot of people, I started posting stuff on Digg. Then Delicious. Then Twitter. Then Plaxo. Then LinkedIn. Then Facebook, FriendFeed, Brightkit, Tumblr, Plurk and Glorp. (OK, I made up...
In this article: Posterous, E mail, Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, Plurk, Tumblr, Linux, Delicious, and Jaiku
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Read/WriteWeb | November 05, 2009
Sean Parker's Causes to Leave MySpace: Does It Matter?
...removed from MySpace on Friday morning, in three days. Causes was co-founded by Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster, the Comcast-acquired Plaxo and Founding President of Facebook. MySpace users of Causes were encouraged to post links on...
In this article: MySpace, Sean Parker, Facebook, Humane Society, Mashable, and Napster
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The Register | November 04, 2009
Google opens up OAuth to tackle password chores
...websites to web developers, effectively moving the technology into the mainstream after a restricted beta lasting almost a year. Plaxo, Facebook and Yahoo! signed up to support so-called "hybrid onboarding" technology that combines OpenID...
In this article: Google, Oauth, Yahoo, Graham Cluley, Gmail, Sophos, Facebook, and IT Security
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PC World: Latest Technology News | November 03, 2009
TwitterPeek: The Twitter-Only Gadget Destined for Extinction
...The Official Google Blog on Tuesday beat the OpenID drum, and gave a quick run-through of how the service might benefit Facebook and Plaxo users. Best Buy Movie Downloads: Is the Death of the DVD Nigh? The emergence of multimedia niceties...
In this article: Twitter, Facebook, Apple, Windows Mobile, DVD, Best Buy, Iphone, Google, and Metallica
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Yahoo! News | November 03, 2009
A Single Sign-In for All Your Websites? Google Hopes So (PC World)
...why The Official Google Blog on Tuesday beat the OpenID drum, and gave a quick run-through of how the service might benefit Facebook and Plaxo users. A Gmail user who receives an invitation to use Facebook or Plaxo, for instance, won't have...
In this article: Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Gmail, Windows Live ID, Yahoo Mail, MSN, AOL, and MySpace
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AppScout | November 03, 2009
Google's 'Hybrid Onboarding' Aims to Cut Down on Passwords
...their Google account information in two steps. Google has been working on this process, dubbed hybrid onboarding, with Facebook and Plaxo in an effort to cut down on the number of passwords people have to use across the Web. The technique...
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Google Code Blog | November 03, 2009
Hybrid Onboarding
...the percentage of users who finish the registration process? As discussed on Google's main blog, Google has been working with Plaxo and Facebook to improve the registration success rate for Gmail users. We now see success rates as high as...
In this article: Google, Oauth, Facebook, Google Apps, Gmail, and Yahoo
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Official Google Blog | November 03, 2009
Cutting back on your long list of passwords
...validation" messages in your inbox. If you've followed the steps above, you can now sign into Plaxo more easily - by simply clicking a button. While Plaxo showed the first successful results of this technique in early 2009, other companies...
In this article: Facebook, Google, Gmail, Yahoo, and Barack Obama
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CNET News.com | November 03, 2009
BT's Ribbit releasing Google Voice competitor
...a call comes in, you'll get a very useful pop-up that shows you not just who's calling but what the system knows about them from their Plaxo profile as well as what they're saying on Twitter. Other real-time information sources may be added...
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Plaxo is an online address book and social networking service founded by Napster co-founder Sean Parker, Minh Nguyen and two Stanford engineering students, Todd Masonis and Cameron Ring. The company was named by David Weekly. Plaxo, based in Mountain View, California, is currently privately held and supported by venture capital including funds from Sequoia Capital.
On May 14, 2008, Plaxo reported it had signed an agreement to be acquired by Comcast. Plaxo did not disclose the terms of the deal. In May 2008, the website reported 20 million users.
Plaxo provides automatic updating of contact information. Users and their contacts store their information on Plaxo's servers. When this information is edited by the user, the changes appear in the address books of all those who listed the account changer in their own books. Once contacts are stored in the central location, it is possible to list connections between contacts and access the address book from anywhere.
A Plaxo plug-in supports major address books including Outlook/Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, and Mac OS X's Address Book, though other ones can be supported through an application programming interface. Additionally, Plaxo can also be maintained through an online version.
- Name:
- Plaxo
- Type:
- Owned by Comcast
- Location:
- Mountain View, California
- Founder:
- Sean Parker, Todd Masonis and Cameron Ring
- Founded:
- November 2002
- Key People:
- Ben Golub, President & CEO
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