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Ginx: Pierre Omidyar's Stealthy New Social Recommendation Service
readwriteweb.com - 1/15/2009
Ginx: Pierre Omidyar's Stealthy New Social Recommendation Service
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eBay founder Pierre Omidyar has joined the executive team of a stealthy new startup called Ginx , according to financial findings unearthed by PEHub . Very little is known about the company but based on passing whispers from early testers of the private data we have have some guesses about what ...

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Pierre Omidyar’s Next Venture?
pehub.com - 1/14/2009
Pierre Omidyar’s Next Venture?
— pehub.com — Not quite sure what to make of this yet, but I’ve found a regulatory filing for a company that lists eBay founder Pierre Omidyar as an executive. I’d heard rumors that he was engaged in a new venture, and this may well be it. The company is ... (more) Pierre Omidyar’s Next Venture?

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ginx.com - 1/14/2009
Ginx: What are you doing?
— ginx.com — Private pre-alpha Sign in Twitter username: Twitter password: Invitation Code: Leave blank unless this is your first time. About News View Mobile Version Copyright 2008 2009 Peer News Inc. (more) Ginx: What are you doing?

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Pierre Omidyar Is Getting His Ginx On (Co-founder Status Confirmed).
techcrunch.com - 1/16/2009
Pierre Omidyar Is Getting His Ginx On (Co-founder Status Confirmed).
— techcrunch.com — Pierre Omidyar left eBay long ago to become a billionaire philanthropist and angel investor, but he is taking on an operational role in a new startup called Peer News. It operates a Twitter app called Ginx currently in “private ... (more) Pierre Omidyar Is Getting His Ginx On (Co-founder Status ...

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eBay Founder Omidyar Launching New Startup Ginx, A Twitter-Based Sharing Tool
paidContent — ... via ReadWriteWeb). It's in alpha testing with a small closed group, due to be widened later this year. It's debatable whether anyone should be building a business model on top of a business that doesn't yet have a business model - but, with Twitter's growing acceptance and the slow sharpening of its strategy, hiring its first biz dev this week, perhaps the messaging site could yet be a platform as well as a service of its own. Barrons, though, pegs Omidyar's new plaything as a distraction that "begs the question as to whether maybe Omidyar ought to ...

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