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If you're referring to the Gmail People Widget [1], we don't think it replicates us: we provide a lot more information on your contacts, and we allow you to int
by samstokes 15y ago
If you're referring to the Gmail People Widget [1], we don't think it replicates us: we provide a lot more information on your contacts, and we allow you to interact with your contacts on social networks. It certainly does complement us (and compliment us!), so we integrated with it. [2]
As for "founding a company on a missing feature": we think it's a pretty important missing feature, but more to the point, what we do now is the free leg of a freemium business model. We have premium features launching soon that we're really excited about, and which Google isn't going to build.
[1] http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/introducing-people-widget.html http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/introducing-people-wid...
[2] http://blog.rapportive.com/rapportive-integrates-gmail-people-widget http://blog.rapportive.com/rapportive-integrates-gmail-peopl...
- joeguilmette 15y agoAnd this is why I love HN. Thanks for the writeup :) I have rapportive for a few years and love it!