Comments on: Facebook buys Parakey

By: My Video Interview with Joe Hewitt, Facebook’s iPhone App Guru

My Video Interview with Joe Hewitt, Facebook’s iPhone App Guru — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:01:23 +0000

[...] the iPhone has come courtesy of Joe Hewitt, an ace programmer who joined the world’s largest social networking site when it acquired Parakey, a company he co-founded with Firefox kid Blake Ross. Hewitt has now decided to shift his focus [...]

By: Why Facebook Wants FriendFeed

Why Facebook Wants FriendFeed — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:28:40 +0000

[...] is that Facebook bought a good solid team to solve this problem. This is no different that their decision to buy Parakey, the company started by Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt. Joe has been the driving force behind [...]

By: Complete List of 2007 Web / Technology Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp

Wed, 21 May 2008 15:20:26 +0000

[...] is a web operating system created by Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt. Press Release | TechCrunch | GigaOm| Mashable | [...]

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And Now Startups Need Retail Therapy « GigaOM — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:06:36 +0000

[...] isn’t the first tiny tot to be gobbled up by a better-funded startup. Earlier this summer, Facebook bought Parakey; Slide.com, in order to get a bigger share of the Facebook ecosystem, acquired up Peeps.com; and [...]

By: Facebook’s Monetization Strategy (Part 3) - Sramana Mitra on Strategy

Facebook’s Monetization Strategy (Part 3) - Sramana Mitra on Strategy — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:54:49 +0000

[...] Normally, roll-ups of private companies are very difficult. But in this case, as we have seen in Sequoia’s willingness to sell its way into the Facebook action, other VCs will also play [...]

By: Facebook’s 89% growth Vs. last year : Blog & WordPress

Facebook’s 89% growth Vs. last year : Blog & WordPress — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:05:38 +0000

[...] Facebook buys Parakey [...]

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:40:04 +0000

I imagine Blake Ross doesn’t come w/this deal…

By: K.B. Murphy

K.B. Murphy — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:06:11 +0000

You can find more info on Blake Ross and Parakey at IEEE Spectrum in the article “The Firefox Kid” (http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/nov06/4696) from last November. Interestingly, Mark Zuckerberg of FaceBook is a good friend of Ross’s. Synergy at work!

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:19:07 +0000

Well if it is about offline data then the killer app for Facebook would be for a Facebook user and their friend’s access to that user’s photos and videos directly stored on their computer without that person having to go to the trouble of uploading them into Facebook or Flickr or Youtube. So kind of a Youtube killer.

By: friendism - tracking web 2.2.5.1

friendism - tracking web 2.2.5.1 — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:58:04 +0000

[...] interesting speculation about why Parakey, from Facebook going into desktop apps to Facebook creating an offline version of Facebook. I think a more likely scenario is that Facebook will use Parakey’s technology to enable [...]

By: dave

dave — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:49:30 +0000

no ilya, remember – wasn’t it ASP’s that were gonna change the world? you know, back before it had a cooler acronym (SaaS)…and didn’t we already see SUN try this years and years ago (project Corona, now the sunray server tools)? that is where the big boys are headed imho, toward a transferrable ’state’ that moves wtih you, ideally not requiring a small card or usb type device (please, no more key fobs google and others..)

By: Ilya Lichtenstein

Ilya Lichtenstein — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:05:40 +0000

An offline version of Facebook? It’s funny how these things go full circle. As I remember, putting everything online and Software as a Service was all the rage not too long ago.

By: Mo Kilam

Mo Kilam — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:38:01 +0000

I thought Parakey was working on making it much easier to get data (media, docs, etc.) back and forth between web apps and your desktop.

That seems more useful to Facebook than enabling offline use.