Plaxo
Sign in to savePlaxo was an online address book that launched in 2002. It was a subsidiary of cable television company Comcast from 2008 to 2017. At one point it offered a social networking service.
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Vinony files it under American social networking websites, Companies based in Sunnyvale, California and Internet services supporting OpenID.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- business
- Country
- United States
- Founded by
- Sean Parker
- Headquarters
- Sunnyvale
- Owned by
- Comcast
- Employees
- 50
- Official website
- www.plaxo.com
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- inception
- 2001-07-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2017-12-31
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Functionality
- Plaxo 3.0
- Charging for Outlook synchronization service
- Personal Assistant
- Mobile applications
- References
Plaxo was an online address book that launched in 2002. It was a subsidiary of cable television company Comcast from 2008 to 2017. At one point it offered a social networking service.
==History== The company was founded by Sean Parker and two Stanford University engineering students, Todd Masonis and Cameron Ring. Rikk Carey joined Plaxo at its inception and led engineering and products for six years as Executive Vice President. Funded by venture capital including funds from Sequoia Capital, the service officially launched on November 12, 2002.
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