http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/plaxo Blog Articles Tagged with 'plaxo' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1115026?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo The Internet has given us plenty of something for nothing, and we ve comfortably allowed advertising to support that free content. After all, its a model we re familiar with from TV, magazines and newspapers. But on the Internet, the advertising-... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:09:55 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1115026?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1068907?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo This morning we wrapped up some of the big stories of the week. We talked about traffic shaping, as new data has emerged showing that Comcast has lied to the US FCC. We also talked about Jerry Yang s new nightmare - Carl Icahn, and Icahn s ho... Fri, 16 May 2008 15:36:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1068907?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1067561?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo Comcast has acquired Plaxo. In a deal worth $170 million dollars, Comcast is buying Plaxo in order to add social capabilities to their networks. We discussed the fit with Comcast, and concluded that it was a really smart buy. We also discussed Veriz... Thu, 15 May 2008 12:20:08 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1067561?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-confidential/1067444?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo Back in February, when Microsoft Corp. [MSFT] first made a pass at Yahoo! Inc. [YHOO], there was some hand-wringing in Silicon Valley about what it would mean for startups if...... Thu, 15 May 2008 11:36:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-confidential/1067444?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-effect/1067453?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo Back in February, when Microsoft Corp. [MSFT] first made a pass at Yahoo! Inc. [YHOO], there was some hand-wringing in Silicon Valley about what it would mean for startups if...... Thu, 15 May 2008 11:36:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-effect/1067453?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-confidential/1067446?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo Venture capital-backed social networking company Plaxo Inc. agreed Wednesday, May 14, to be bought by Comcast Corp. as the cable operator looks to broaden its range of services. While...... Thu, 15 May 2008 10:29:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-confidential/1067446?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-effect/1067455?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo Venture capital-backed social networking company Plaxo Inc. agreed Wednesday, May 14, to be bought by Comcast Corp. as the cable operator looks to broaden its range of services. While...... Thu, 15 May 2008 10:29:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-effect/1067455?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1066827?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo The rumors were accurate: Comcast will announce their acquisition of social contact list Plaxo today. Financial terms are not being disclosed, but the purchase price is between $150 and $170 million. Plaxo, which was founded in 2002, has raised just ... Wed, 14 May 2008 18:27:04 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1066827?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1062607?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo Don t they say good things come in threes? Well, regardless, we ve heard from multiple sources that Google will launch a new product on Monday called Friend Connect, which will be a set of APIs for Open Social participants to pull profile i... Sat, 10 May 2008 01:35:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1062607?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1057411?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo This is my last post at TechCrunch as a full time writer (I may yet do the occasional guest post). It s exactly 12 months to the day since I started writing here and the date seemed like a good time to go. I won t bore you with a self indulgent r... Tue, 06 May 2008 00:10:57 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1057411?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/1044282?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo I don t use Plaxo s Pulse a kind of aggregator for social information about you and your friends but I think it s interesting that they have integrated any comments posted through Pulse with the Disqus comment system, which I have been ... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:48:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/1044282?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1037783?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo Okay, making Plaxo look lame isn t that hard. But as Plaxo has been groping around the past year trying to turn itself into a social network to attract a buyer (cough, Comcast), a little startup in the Netherlands called Soocial has been building ... Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:20:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1037783?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/995910?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo San Diego based Fanbox from mobile solutions company SMS.ac offers a variety of services. From its front page it offers a reasonable web desktop package, complete with wordprocessing, IM and online storage. A social networking service is included, an... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:33:37 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/995910?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/982212?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo Plaxo finally got bought, say valley whispers, and blog after blog have speculated incorrectly about who the buyer might be. Finally, someone may have gotten it right - Valleywag is saying that Comcast is the buyer, for $175m. That makes sense based ... Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:31:04 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/982212?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/979870?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo San Francisco Iminta launches into private beta today. Like a number of other startups, you tell the service the various social networks where you have accounts (delicious, flickr, YouTube, Lastfm, etc.) and the service creates a master list of every... Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:10:03 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/979870?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/978868?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo In the words of one Silicon Valley insider that I spoke with today, Plaxo has been desperately, desperately, desperately trying to sell for quite some time. Late last year they got serious and hired an investment bank, Revolution Partners, to h... Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:35:33 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/978868?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/975423?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo Tens of millions of people have been busy the last few years building Facebook s most valuable asset - their social graph. As people add friends, and those people add friends, Facebook gets to understand exactly how its users know each other. And a... Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:58:33 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/975423?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/966475?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo At some point last year people started to realize that the email inbox was not only the original Internet social network, it s also going to be the backbone of social networking going forward. You already have your friends (people in your add... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:57:23 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/966475?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/965792?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo We recorded another in the ongoing Squawk Box podcast this morning. On the call were Randall Howard, Howard Thaw, Martyn Davies, Jim Courtney and myself. We discussed:The rumored acquisition of Plaxo by Facebook, and who other potential acquirers... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:36:30 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/965792?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/965484?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo I don t know why I m even bothering with a post that isn t about Apple, when the entire globe perhaps even the universe is holding its breath waiting for news, but I have to say that the Facebook-buying-Plaxo rumour makes sense to me. I... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:39:04 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/965484?rsstype=tag&tag=plaxo