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Fwix

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Fwix
Type of businessPrivate
Type of site
Consumer Web
Available inEnglish
FoundedPalo Alto, California
Headquarters,
United States
Area servedUS, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand
URLfwix.com
Current statusInactive

Fwix is a local information company for developers and media publishers.[1] Fwix aggregates, in real-time, the news, events, status-updates, photos, reviews, places, and other social media in your city.[2][3]

After a two years internship at Facebook, Daren Shirazi decided to found his own company Fwix in 2008.[4]

Pivot to Radius

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In April 2012, the company announced it had rebranded the company as Radius Intelligence and changed its business model.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Claire Cain Miller "All a Cub Reporter Needs is a Scoop and an iPhone", “The New York Times”, August 30, 2009.
  2. ^ Jeremy Caplan "Aggregation and the Future of Local News", “The Wall Street Journal”, April 19, 2010.
  3. ^ Erick Shonfeld "Fwix Shifts from Local News to Places: ‘We are Automating Patch’ ", “TechCrunch”, September 2, 2010.
  4. ^ Ankeny, Jason (2013-08-20). "A Facebook Alum Builds an Intelligent Sales Platform". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  5. ^ Kim-Mai Cutler "Fwix Becomes Radius, A Tool For Salespeople Targeting Local Businesses", "Techcrunch", April 24, 2012
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See also

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