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CamelCamelCamel had no idea what it was worth, Retailmenot missed the boat, wikibuy can now market itself for 4B to Square or something.
by maerF0x0 7y ago
CamelCamelCamel had no idea what it was worth, Retailmenot missed the boat, wikibuy can now market itself for 4B to Square or something.
- durbin 7y agoWikibuy was already acquired by Capital One.
- maerF0x0 7y agoyou're right! I never realized https://www.capitalone.com/tech/software-engineering/saving-money-online-is-easy-and-fast-with-wikibuy-from-capital-one/ https://www.capitalone.com/tech/software-engineering/saving-...
- Hydraulix989 7y agoWhat about Wikibuy is a wiki?
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- joncrane 7y agoWiki means fast in Hawaiian. It came to be synonymous with online community editable websites for information. But it's original meaning is from the Hawaiian phrase "wiki wiki" which means quickly. So it makes sense. Quickbuy.
- appleflaxen 7y agothat's the origin, but not exactly what the contemporary computer meaning is (which is more like "crowd-sourced")
- liveoneggs 7y agowikipedia has tons of goodwill so calling yourself "wiki"-something is excellent free marketing
- umeshunni 7y agoFunnily enough, Retailmenot sued Honey recently: https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/27/retailmenot-sues-rival-honey-over-patent-infringement/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/27/retailmenot-sues-rival-hon...
- tehwebguy 7y ago“ According to RetailMeNot’s suit, Honey infringes on U.S. Patents 9,626,688; 9,639,853; 9,953,335; and 9,965,769, which detail technologies related to things like facilitating access to promotional offers, merchant offers and coupon codes.” Gross!