GigaOM

Wink is the best out of all of these–it’s a hard space to be in at this point with people wanting anonymity on the web. Maybe Google could figure it out and rule the universe, who knows. I think we talked about Wink on a recent Tuesday Night Tech show, but I had a little too much to drink that night, so, I can’t be sure.

This is actually good news as there is a lot to be said for having some privacy. Why should every stalker and nut-job be allowed to have access to our whereabouts and doings?

Om, as always.. you are the man! your little post guided me to Wink then to a long time friend i just found! Thanks!

Although it wasn’t on the list, I like pipl.com the best. Very simple, very fast, mostly accurate. They all have the “John Smith” problem, but for specific names like Om, this is what you get:

http://pipl.com/search/?FirstName=om&LastName=malik&City=&State=CA&Country=US&CategoryID=2&Interface=1

WhitePages.com just works.

What does “here, have my card” really mean?

We live in an age of advanced communication technology. The number of mobile phones worldwide is 3 billion. That means that there are potentially 3 billion people that can call your mobile phone at any given moment.
Wow! Imagine that. Three billion peo…

We did talk about Wink on a recent Tuesday Night Tech show, but I had a little too much to drink that night, so, I can’t be sure. But I think its cool ether way

http://www.addresses.com seems to have the best data.

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I’ve recently “found myself” through Rapleaf - really really odd to see myself there - but I enjoy it.

There’s also ex.plode.us and the friend-search Upscoop (run by Rapleaf) and Naymz and a new one, Streakr and of course Spock — gosh, that’s all I can think of. Hope it helps!