Google, Plaxo offer simplified identity-sharing service - VentureBeat
Thu, Jan 29th, 2009
In an effort to make data-sharing easier to use, Google and social contact service Plaxo are showing off a simplified new way to sign in and synchronize accounts between them using only "two clicks." The promise is that the average web user will eventually be able to easily take their user identities and their data anywhere on the web.
In the example provided by the companies, they explain a process whereby a Plaxo user sends an email invite a friend who uses Gmail...
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- benoitx: @rossmason comcast already bought Plaxo... Why? Why? agree Google needs 2do smthng multi-sync (and 2-way sync even plaxo can't with google)Fri, Aug 21st, 2009 8:16 AM EDT· Reply · View Tweet
rossmason: I really wish Google contacts didn't suck so much, can't they just buy Plaxo?Fri, Aug 21st, 2009 6:35 AM EDT· Reply · View Tweet- sarahurd: Making a painful transition from Plaxo to Google Contacts. Gotta go where the cloud sync is!Wed, Aug 19th, 2009 9:08 PM EDT· Reply · View Tweet
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