FaceKoo
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| Type of business | Private |
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Type of site | Social networking |
| Available in | Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Founded | China, March 2008 |
| Headquarters | Beijing , China |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Calvin Pak, David Yan, Sheryl Liu |
| Industry | Internet |
| URL | http://www.facekoo.com/ |
| Advertising | Yes |
| Launched | March 2008 |
Facekoo was a social networking service created and designed by Facekoo, which targets the Chinese language market. It offers a unique facial recognition system to connect each member to create a social circle. According to Alexa's ranking, its page views surpassed MySpace China in November 2008 and December 2008.[1]
Launch
Facekoo (simplified Chinese: 飞思酷; traditional Chinese: 飛思酷; pinyin: fēi'sī'kù) was a social networking platform created by a private proprietorship, the FaceKoo, Inc., which was based in Beijing, China. The FaceKoo name is derived from "face" and "koo" (a homonym for cool in Chinese). In the Chinese-language based market, this social networking platform targeted teenagers.[citation needed]
FaceKoo was created by co-founders Calvin Pak, CEO, David Yan, Chief technical officer, and Sheryl Liu, CMO, who are all Chinese Americans with extensive business track records in the Silicon Valley.[1] FaceKoo offered numerous features, such as Mojing, a magic mirror that liked users to another FaceKoo member by facial analysis.[2] Facial features could be chosen by users, so they could find their ideal “koo-friend”. Online games and other interactive applications are also fascinating features available on FaceKoo.[citation needed]
FaceKoo rapidly grew since the initial launch in March 2008 in China. A Facebook sound alike website, FaceKoo, was considered as one of the major Chinese social networking site that can fit into the Eastern culture, said FaceKoo's founder.[3] According to San Francisco Chronicle, FaceKoo had 350,000 users since its introduction in 2004.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Update: SNS FaceKoo Overtakes MySpace China in Page Views for First Time in Exploding Chinese Internet Youth Market". PR Newswire Association LLC. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
- ^ Wee, Willis. "Mojing: An App To Look For Flings in China". TechInAsia. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- ^ Floethe, Victoria. "Chinese Web Surfers Embrace Facebook Clone". newser. Retrieved Jan 14, 2009.
- ^ Gage, Deborah (12 January 2009). "Cal alum designs social network for China youth". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
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