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Foxmarks, Xmarks, LastPass, Xpass, LastX, X%^&% Quick Rant

Foxmarks, Xmarks, LastPass, Xpass, LastX, X%^&% Quick Rant

By Zoli Erdos on December 2, 2010

Warning: I think I’m becoming a curmudgeon – except that title has until now been reserved for somebody else .   But I still have doubts about the recent transaction: LastPass acquired Xmarks. I really liked Xmarks – when it was Foxmarks.  A simple bookmark synchronization service that would keep your Firefox up-to-date no matter where […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Security | Tagged acquistion, bookmark sync, bookmarks, facebook, firefox, foxmarks, lastpass, m&a, password sync, privacy, Security, sharing, social, synchronization, wikileaks, xmarks | 1 Response

XMarks May Live On

XMarks May Live On

By Krishnan Subramanian on November 4, 2010

Late September, we wrote a post about the possible demise of XMarks, a browser plugin that syncs bookmarks, password, tabs, etc.. At that time XMarks announced that they are shutting down because they couldn’t find a sustainable business model to keep running the operations. This announcement brought them tremendous amount of support from the users […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged browser extensions, business models, xmarks

RIP XMarks - Can You Build A Viable Business Around Browser Extensions?

RIP XMarks – Can You Build A Viable Business Around Browser Extensions?

By Krishnan Subramanian on September 27, 2010

XMarks, formerly Foxmarks, announced shutting down of their service today. XMarks is the first plugin that brought browser bookmarks synchronization to Firefox browser in 2006. Later, they brought in password synchronization, tab synchronization, etc. to Firefox and, also, expanded to support other browsers. They tried many different options to monetize and scale but they failed […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Strategy | Tagged browser extensions, business models, cloudmagic, xmarks | 3 Responses

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