Fwix

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Fwix
Fwix logo.png
Type of business Private
Type of site
Consumer Web
Available inEnglish
Founded Palo Alto, California
Headquarters,
United States
Area servedUS, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand
URL fwix.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]

Contents

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

Pivot to Radius

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

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References

  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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