Web Finder 101 » Messaging http://www.finder101.com Showcasing some of the World's most popular and useful websites... Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:01:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Google Buzz http://www.finder101.com/google-buzz/ http://www.finder101.com/google-buzz/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:27:20 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/?p=476 Google Buzz is a social networking and messaging tool from Google, designed to integrate into the company’s web-based email program, Gmail. Users can share links, photos, videos, status messages and comments organized in “conversations” and visible in the user’s inbox.

Buzz enables users to choose to share publicly with the world or privately to a group of friends each time they post. Picasa, Flickr, Google Reader, YouTube, Blogger, FriendFeed, identi.ca and Twitter are currently integrated. The creation of Buzz was seen by industry analysts as an attempt by Google to compete with social networking websites like Facebook and microblogging services like Twitter.Buzz also includes several interface and interaction elements from other Google products (e.g. Google Reader) such as the ability to “like” a post.

Google executive Sergey Brin said that by offering social communications, Buzz would help bridge the gap between work and leisure, but the service and its rollout have been strongly criticized for taking insufficient account of privacy concerns.

]]> http://www.finder101.com/google-buzz/feed/ 0 QQ http://www.finder101.com/qq/ http://www.finder101.com/qq/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 00:04:22 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/?p=260 Tencent QQ, generally referred to as QQ, is the most popular free instant messaging computer program in Mainland China, and has over 856.2 million users. In April 2010, QQ.com ranked 10th overall in Alexa’s internet rankings. The program is maintained by Tencent Holdings Limited (HKEX: 0700), owned in part by Naspers. Since its entrance into Chinese households QQ quickly emerged as a modern cultural phenomenon, now being portrayed in popular culture. Aside from the chat program, QQ has also developed many subfeatures including games, pets, ringtone downloads, etc.

Other Information

  • Developers : Tencent Holdings Limited
  • Stable release : QQ2009 Simplified Chinese SP6 (Windows) 2009-12-08, QQ2009 Traditional Chinese SP1 (Windows) 2009-10-20 / 2009-04-16 (Windows)
  • Preview release : QQ2009 International Beta2 （Windows）2009-12-03, QQ for Mac 1.0 Beta1（Mac）2009-01-09, QQ for Linux 1.0 Beta1（Linux）2009-01-04
  • Operating system : Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iPhone/iPad
  • Available in : Chinese, English
  • Type : Instant Messaging
]]> http://www.finder101.com/qq/feed/ 0 Cozi http://www.finder101.com/cozi/ http://www.finder101.com/cozi/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:22:59 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/cozi/ cozi logo Cozi is an American startup company, specializing in family software and online services. The company had 37 employees as of April 4, 2008, and is based in Seattle, WA. Cozi’s tag line is “Family Life. Simplified.”

Cozi was co-founded by Robbie Cape and Jan Miksovsky after the two of them left Microsoft. Most of the company’s employees worked previously at Amazon.com, Expedia, or Microsoft. The company’s first product was called Cozi Central and released on September 25, 2006, and includes a family calendar, shopping lists, family messaging, and a photo collage screensaver. Cozi was relaunched as a web-oriented company on June 3, 2008.

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Corporate Culture

Cozi uses Tupperware-style events called Mom’s parties to conduct market research.

The company is unusual among technology start-ups in that it employs a roughly equal balance of men and women.

From Cozi Website

Cozi is a free web service that helps families manage crazy schedules, track shopping and to do lists, organize household chores, stay in communication and share memories—all in one place.

People have accused us of being fanatically family focused, and you know what? They’re right. From our very beginning in 2005, we’ve been all about families. When we started Cozi, we were just a small group of Microsoft, Expedia, and Amazon veterans—all with kids of our own—looking for a way to balance our busy schedules and create more harmony at home. So we pooled our collective knowledge and experience to create something special. Something that would make it easy and fun for families to juggle everything they have to do. Not just our families, but families everywhere.

We know every family is different, but we all have one thing in common: we’re crazy-busy. Cozi is designed to make it easier to manage everything we have to do. Cozi tracks appointments and activities, simplifies shopping lists and chores, and makes it easy for everyone to communicate with each other. Even when schedules change, Cozi is there making sure all the moving pieces fit together at the end of the day.

Other Information

  • Founded March 2005
  • Headquarters : 506 2nd Ave, Suite 710, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA
  • Key People : Robbie Cape – CEO & Co-Founder, Jan Miksovsky – Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder
  • Official Website :
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