Comcast acquires Plaxo, your set-top box wants to meet your friends
Assuming you're not Twitter, Facebook and Pownce'd to death already, Comcast is bringing the social network universe straight to your set-top box. This morning it announced the purchase of Plaxo, the company already behind Comcast's universal address book due later this year. By tying together TV plus online parts like Fandango and Fancast, it aims to ease sharing media between your various devices, family and friends. Add in tru2way app possibilities, and the future of our DVR looks increasingly networked (and a bit complicated.)[Via News.com]
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nz @ May 15th 2008 12:37PM
Plaxo membership, cancelled. Last thing I need is a cable company, who, by their nature are not really at the forefront of quality customer experience, with information about what I do and who my friends are. It is a shame, because Plaxo was doing a lot of thing right.
Alex D. @ May 15th 2008 2:15PM
Do you think they will place an undisclosed cap on the amount of friends and associations you can have on Plaxo? I can see that e-mail from Comcast: "You have exceeded an allowed limit on the number of friends on you Plaxo network. Your social network is above allowed limit and is affecting 99.9% of all Comcast/Plaxo users. Please cease and desist. We expect by the end of the next month that you will cut down the number of people on your network list. If you will not comply we will be forced to terminate your Plaxo account.'