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Type of site | Social network service |
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| Owner | Origo Média és Kommunikációs Szolgáltató Zrt. |
| URL | iwiw |
| Registration | Required, by invitation |
| Launched | 14 April 2002 |
| Current status | Defunct as of 30 June 2014 |
iWiW (abbreviation for International Who is Who) was a Hungarian social networking web service which started on 14 April 2002 as WiW (Who Is Who). As of August 2007[update], it had 2.6 million registered users with real names.[1] Every user could provide personal information such as the place they live, date of birth, schools and universities they attended, workplaces, interests and pets. One could find friends by a search tool or looking through one's acquaintances' acquaintances.
On 26 October 2005 the system was rebuilt from scratch and got a new name (iWiW). The most important changes were the multilingual interface (reverted to Hungarian-only as of July 2006), listings, photo upload and a special Java applet to visualize the connections.
On 28 April 2006, T-Online, the net branch of Magyar Telekom, purchased iWiW for almost one billion HUF (about US$4.7 million) from Virgo Systems Informatikai Kft. Users expressed concerns that their personal data may be sold to telemarketers or used for other purposes potentially hurting their privacy. Because of fears of abuse by the Hungarian telco giant, several iWiW clones and unrelated Hungarian social networking websites appeared or gained popularity after the take-over.
After the T-Online acquisition, the site was available only in Hungarian.
On 18 July 2006, iWiW had 1 million users and on 18 December it reached 1.5 million.
On 24 December 2008, the number of registered users on iWiW was 4 million, covering almost all internet users in Hungary.[2]
On 22 April 2009, 26 applications became available on iwiw.hu. By mid-2009, users could choose from 65 applications.
In April 2010, iWiW introduced a service similar to Facebook connect. This allowed users to log into external websites using their iWiW credentials.[3]
In July 2010, iWiW introduced its mobile application for iPhone and Android.[4]
On May 15, 2014 Origo Zrt. announced it would close down iWiW permanently on June 30, 2014.[5]
See also
References
- ^ (in Hungarian) Interview with the maintainers on occasion of moving the servers
- ^ (in Hungarian) iWiW user count passed 4 million Archived 2010-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Hungarian) Iwiw was not only used as a contact list but also as a passport
- ^ (in Hungarian) iWiW app released for iOS and Android
- ^ (in Hungarian)iWiW closes down
External links
- iWiW
- Making Friends - Article in Budapest Business Journal
- (in Hungarian) Article in Magyar Narancs
- (in Hungarian) The Hungarian Radio's article about iWiW
- (in Hungarian) Várady Zsolt got Hungarian State Honours for developing iWiW
- (in Hungarian) Szatmári Péter's article in BIT university magazine