SalesForce.com acquires Clipboard, plans to shut it down.
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SalesForce.com acquires Clipboard, plans to shut it down.
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#2Launching an online bookmarking service seems like a pretty stable retirement plan nowadays.
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#3Any guesses on the acquisition price and/or windfall per employee?
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#4How as clipboard differentiated from Pinterest? From what I can see, the difference is that it archives whatever you've clipped. Is there a proprietary technology element to this that has value for Salesforce?
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#5Launching an online bookmarking service seems like a pretty stable retirement plan nowadays.
Well, it makes sense: no one has come up with the magic formula to deal with the over abundance of information available today. (Disclaimer: see my submissions for my own ongoing attempt).
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#6How as clipboard differentiated from Pinterest? From what I can see, the difference is that it archives whatever you've clipped. Is there a proprietary technology element to this that has value for Salesforce?
How about that it's already built?
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#7What is the point of aquire and shutting down. Is it just for employees?
If you offered the employees more money they would work for you. Why payoff the VCs?
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#8The point is the domain name, gals and guys.
Re: SalesForce.com acquires Clipboard, plans to shut it down.
#9How as clipboard differentiated from Pinterest? From what I can see, the difference is that it archives whatever you've clipped. Is there a proprietary technology element to this that has value for Salesforce?
How about that it's already built?
They're shutting it down, and AFAIK storage of information parsed from web pages isn't particularly proprietary.
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#10damn! now what I'm I supposed to do now with all of my cooking recipes?
Seriously, I think I will go back to the old school word document for storing stuff, you can't trust services like this to last. Does anyone have a recommendation of a paid alternative that won't close?