Plaxo's Personal CardAn inside look at all things PlaxoThe Plaxo Directory Is Now Live- May 22, 2008 Last month we added one of the key features that had been missing from our spin on social networking, the ability to search for people. We want to make Pulse a comfortable and enjoyable experience for mainstream users around the world. So, out of respect for user privacy, we decided to make the directory 100% opt in. The only profiles in our directory are from members who explicitly opted to be included in the directory. Now that over a million of our members have opted-in, were now ready to.http://blog.plaxo.com/archives/2008/05/the_plaxo_direc.html Data Ownership: Empowering The Plaxo User- May 20, 2008 With the recent announcement that Plaxo has signed an agreement to be acquired by Comcast, I've been receiving a few emails from members asking, What will happen to my data So I thought Id address that with a quick blogpost. The short answer is that the same privacy protections that you have now will remain in place after the acquisition closes. Plaxo will remain as an independent subsidiary of Comcast, with all of the current management team (I will continue to serve as Plaxos Chief Privacy...http://blog.plaxo.com/archives/2008/05/data_ownership.html Comcast to Acquire Plaxo; Pulse to Become Central to Creating Unified Social Media Experience Across the Web, the TV (and more)- May 14, 2008 Big doings at Plaxo today! We are really excited to announce some of the biggest news in the history of Plaxo: We have just signed an agreement to be acquired by Comcast, the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services (and our largest customer and partner). Joining forces with Comcast is a real win for our customers, our investors, and our employees. Comcast has an exciting vision to bring the social media experience to mainstream...http://blog.plaxo.com/archives/2008/05/post.html Plaxo Becomes Social Graph Provider in Support of Google Friend Connect- May 12, 2008 Were passionate advocates of opening up the Social Web, and have been working hard on a number of initiatives in support of that vision (including OpenID, microformats, OpenSocial, consolidated online identity, and the Social Graph API). Today, we are pleased to add another (really exciting one) to the list: Googles just announced Friend Connect. And were announcing that Plaxo will become a Social Graph Provider in support of this bold initiative to socially-enable any webpage. What is a...http://blog.plaxo.com/archives/2008/05/plaxo_becomes_s.html |