Cue (search engine)
{{Short description|Former company}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Cue
| former_name = Greplin
| url = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120808113828/https://www.cueup.com/ www.cueup.com]
|
| location = San Francisco{{cite web | title=Meet Cue, the personal assistant of the future that predicts your next move | website=ZDNET | date=17 December 2012 | url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/meet-cue-the-personal-assistant-of-the-future-that-predicts-your-next-move/ }}
| dissolved = 2013
| current_status = Discontinued
}}
Cue (formerly known as Greplin){{cite web |last=Gannes |first=Liz |date=June 18, 2012 |title=Greplin Recasts itself as Cue a Personal Assistant App |url=http://allthingsd.com/20120618/greplin-recasts-itself-as-cue-a-personal-assistant-app |website=All Things D}} was a website and app co-founded by Daniel Gross, Shai Magzimof, and Robby Walker{{Cite web |title=Cue |url=https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cue |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=Y Combinator |language=en}} that pulled information from online accounts to present an overview of a user's day.{{cite web |last=Gordon |first=Whiston |date=21 June 2021 |title=Cue Turns Your Email, Contacts, and Calendars into a Smart Timeline of Your Day |url=http://lifehacker.com/5920210/cue-turns-your-email-contacts-and-calendars-into-a-smart-timeline-of-your-day |website=Lifehacker }}
Company info
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.{{cite web |last=Lagorio |first=Christine |title=How This 19 year old is taking on Google |url=http://www.inc.com/articles/2011/03/how-19-year-old-daniel-gross-is-taking-on-google-with-greplin.html |website=Inc.| date=1 March 2011 }}
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.{{cite web |last=Rappaport |first=Avi |title=Greplin Lets You Find Your Stuff in the Cloud |url=http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Greplin-Lets-You-Find-Your-Stuff-In-The-Cloud-73909.asp |website=Information Today }}
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.{{cite web |last=Rappaport |first=Avi |date=22 February 2011 |title=Greplin Lets You Find Your Stuff in the Cloud |url=http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Greplin-Lets-You-Find-Your-Stuff-In-The-Cloud-73909.asp |website=Information Today}}
Shut down
In October 2013, Apple Inc. bought the company, for a price estimated between $35 and $45 million.{{cite web | url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/10/3/4799754/apple-reportedly-buys-cue-personal-assistant-app | title=Apple reportedly buys Cue intelligent personal assistant app | work=The Verge | last=D'Orazio | first=Dante | date=3 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206014710/https://www.theverge.com/2013/10/3/4799754/apple-reportedly-buys-cue-personal-assistant-app | archive-date=6 December 2013 | url-status=live }} Cue premium users were refunded.
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20120808113828/https://www.cueup.com/}}
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Category:Search engine software
Category:Defunct online companies of the United States
Category:Companies based in San Francisco
Category:Internet properties established in 2010
Category:Internet properties disestablished in 2013
Category:Apple Inc. acquisitions