Chirp Interactive Overview
Chirp creates solutions that help people stay connected to their friends and derive value from their relationships. Their first product, chirpscreen, helps you discover fun content from your friends and beyond, via a desktop viewer and a screen saver, from sites like Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and eBay.
Chirp was acquired by thePlatform (a subsidiary of Comcast) in July 2008.
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| Date | Type | Capital Amount | Post-Money Valuation | Investors |
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| 01/2008 | Seed | Unknown | Unknown |
Products
| Name: | ChirpScreen |
| Product URL: | http://www.chirp.com/products |
| Date Launched: | 01/2008 |
| Description: | Chirp's flagship product, chirpscreen, displays content you care about via a desktop viewer and an interactive screen saver. chirpscreen provides: * Automatic, effortless display of your friends' latest photos and messages from Flickr, Facebook & Twitter * Public Flickr photos on the topics of your choice: celebrities, cities, you name it! * Window Shopping, powered by eBay: live eBay auctions of items you're interested in * Interaction: share items, leave comments * Customization: choose which friends to see * Windows XP/Vista compatible; Mac under development |
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Bulls vs. Bears (12)
| Bullish Opinions (6) | Author/Date | Do you agree? | |
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Offers download for PC and Mac |
steve 04/28/2008 |
100% 1 vote 1 0% 0 |
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There is a desktop viewer as well as a screen saver |
mrjefft 04/22/2008 |
100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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I'd rather see my social network visualized than just read it as text |
daveheld 04/17/2008 |
83% 6 votes 5 17% 1 |
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Chirpscreen is perfect for the computer in my kitchen. |
aaron.b99 04/17/2008 |
80% 5 votes 4 20% 1 |
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Chirp has an impressive list of angel investors |
blogger 04/12/2008 |
100% 8 votes 8 0% 0 |
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Chirpscreen is a very cool product |
blogger 04/12/2008 |
100% 9 votes 9 0% 0 |
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| Bearish Opinions (6) | Author/Date | Do you agree? | |
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Screensaver-based product isn't a good idea. |
drapaport 04/28/2008 |
100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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Need to download product, hampers adoption |
steve 04/28/2008 |
100% 3 votes 3 0% 0 |
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Saw product at an Expo - not enough control over content |
green33 04/22/2008 |
75% 4 votes 3 25% 1 |
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Only for PC |
bmorrow 04/22/2008 |
33% 3 votes 1 67% 2 |
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Screensaver = when I'm not using or looking at my computer |
blogger 04/12/2008 |
82% 11 votes 9 18% 2 |
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Screensavers is so 1990's |
blogger 04/12/2008 |
67% 6 votes 4 33% 2 |
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