Upcoming
{{short description|Social event calendar website}}{{For|the word|wikt:upcoming}}{{Infobox website
| name = Upcoming
| logo = Upcoming.org logo.png
| screenshot = Upcoming Screenshot.png
| caption = Upcoming homepage in July 2017
| commercial = Yes
| type = Events, Social Networking
| registration = Not required
| owner = Yahoo! (2005-2013)
| author = Andy Baio, Gordon Luk, Leonard Lin
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2003|9|19}}
| current_status = Active
| url = {{url|upcoming.org}}
}}
Upcoming (formerly Upcoming.org) is a social event calendar website that launched in 2003, founded by Andy Baio.[http://www.waxy.org/archive/2003/09/19/upcoming.shtml Waxy.org: Upcoming.org Launch!]
Features
Upcoming combines features of an event calendar and a social networking site.{{cite news|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/128248-10/the_webs_most_useful_sites.html|title=The Web's Most Useful Sites, 2007, Event Calendars|date=2007|work=PC World|access-date=2008-11-03|archive-date=2012-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414030435/http://www.pcworld.com/article/128248-10/the_webs_most_useful_sites.html|url-status=dead}} Primarily, the site is a searchable, browseable repository of upcoming events, such as art exhibits, conferences, and music concerts. Event information is primarily contributed by the user community, although in its later years, an increasing percentage of event data originated from commercial sources. Users can indicate their plans by marking that they are "watching" or "going" to an event. Users can also establish "friend" relationships with each other and receive notifications about what their friends are attending.{{cite news |url=http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2005/03/21.html |title=Upcoming events in Keene, NH |last=Udell |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Udell |work=InfoWorld |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107213408/http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2005/03/21.html |archive-date=2009-01-07 }}
The site switched to the Yahoo! user accounts system in early 2007, and changed its domain name to upcoming.yahoo.com. At the same time, the site formally changed its name from "Upcoming.org" to simply "Upcoming".{{cite web|url=http://upcoming.yahoo.com/news/archives/2007/04/19/the_new_/|date=April 19, 2007|title=The New Upcoming|access-date=October 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517011145/http://upcoming.yahoo.com/news/archives/2007/04/19/the_new_/|archive-date=May 17, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2007/04/19/upcoming/|date=April 19, 2007|title= Upcoming.org Absorbed By Faceless Corporation, Free T-Shirts for All | website=Mashable}}
Upcoming uses iCalendar, GeoRSS, and RSS for content syndication and supports an open API for searching or submitting event data. It also uses hCalendar microformats, so that events can be downloaded directly into calendar applications.{{cite news |url=http://news.zdnet.com/2422-13568_22-153051.html |title=Yahoo! Local adopts Microformats |work=ZDNet Video |access-date=2008-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214020200/http://news.zdnet.com/2422-13568_22-153051.html |archive-date=2009-02-14 |url-status=dead }} File:Upcoming yahoo com.png
History
On October 4, 2005, Upcoming.org was acquired by Yahoo!.[http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000193.html What's Upcoming at Yahoo! Local] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216024149/http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000193.html |date=2008-02-16 }}[http://news.cnet.com/Yahoo-acquires-Upcoming.org/2100-1026_3-5889189.html Yahoo acquires Upcoming.org | CNet News] In April 2013, Yahoo! announced the retirement of Upcoming.{{cite web|last=Protalinski|first=Emil|url=https://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/04/19/yahoo-cuts-the-deadwood-with-closures-of-upcoming-yahoo-deals-sms-alerts-and-kids-products-on-april-30/|title=Yahoo cuts the deadwood with closures|publisher=The Next Web|date=April 19, 2013|access-date=May 19, 2013}}
On May 7, 2014, Andy Baio launched a Kickstarter campaign to re-launch upcoming.org independently of Yahoo!{{cite news|url=https://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/05/07/andy-baio-relaunches-community-event-site-upcoming/|title=Andy Baio crowdfunds $30,000 in 90 minutes to relaunch community event site Upcoming|publisher=The Next Web|date=May 7, 2014}}
References
{{reflist|2}}
{{Calendaring software}}
{{Yahoo! Inc.}}
Category:Discontinued Yahoo! services
Category:Internet properties established in 2003
Category:Social planning websites