Cue (formerly Greplin)
was a website and app that pulled information from online accounts to present an overview of a user's day.
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
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accounts without signing in and checking each one individually.
Cue acted as a desktop search, indexing online social networking accounts, and thereby creating a “
Personal Cloud
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.” 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.
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.
Shut down
In October 2013, Apple Inc. bought the company, with the price estimated between $35 to $45 million. Cue premium users were refunded.
See also
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References
External links
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Search engine software
Online companies of the United States
Companies based in San Francisco
Internet properties disestablished in 2013
Apple Inc. acquisitions
2013 mergers and acquisitions