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Cue (search engine)

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Cue
FormerlyGreplin
Dissolved2013
HeadquartersSan Francisco[1]
Founder(s)Daniel Gross, Shai Magzimof, Robby Walker
URLwww.cueup.com
Launched2010[2]
Current statusDiscontinued

Cue (formerly known as Greplin)[3] was a website and app co-founded by Daniel Gross, Shai Magzimof, and Robby Walker[4] that pulled information from online accounts to present an overview of a user's day.[5]

Company info

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Cue operated by linking various user accounts belonging to a registered individual and running a query search for keywords within those applications or accounts. For example, someone may have wanted to use a single search feature to check their Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter accounts without signing in and checking each one individually.[6]

Cue acted as a desktop search, indexing online social networking accounts, and thereby creating a "personal cloud." Cue offered a free version that allowed users to add a certain number of accounts, while a paid version allowed users the option to "unlock" other sources and get more index space.[7]

In 2011, Cue raised $4 million in funding from venture capital firm Sequoia. Their premium services were $5 per month, which included 500 MB of extra storage space, and $15 per month for an additional 2 GB.[8]

Shut down

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In October 2013, Apple Inc. bought the company, for a price estimated between $35 and $45 million.[9] Cue premium users were refunded.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Meet Cue, the personal assistant of the future that predicts your next move". ZDNET. 17 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Greplin Grabs $4 Million From Sequoia For Social Search". TechCrunch. 14 February 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013.
  3. ^ Gannes, Liz (June 18, 2012). "Greplin Recasts itself as Cue a Personal Assistant App". All Things D.
  4. ^ "Cue". Y Combinator. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  5. ^ Gordon, Whiston (21 June 2021). "Cue Turns Your Email, Contacts, and Calendars into a Smart Timeline of Your Day". Lifehacker.
  6. ^ Lagorio, Christine (1 March 2011). "How This 19 year old is taking on Google". Inc.
  7. ^ Rappaport, Avi. "Greplin Lets You Find Your Stuff in the Cloud". Information Today.
  8. ^ Rappaport, Avi (22 February 2011). "Greplin Lets You Find Your Stuff in the Cloud". Information Today.
  9. ^ D'Orazio, Dante (3 October 2013). "Apple reportedly buys Cue intelligent personal assistant app". The Verge. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013.
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