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FullContact buys Brewster’s technology after team got acqui-hired by Burger King owner RBI
Back in October, we wrote about how the team behind contacts management app Brewster got acqui-hired by RBI, the owner of Burger King and other fast-food brands, where they would work on building tech for RBI and maintain Brewster, which was not part of the RBI deal, as a side project. Today comes some news for a landing place for Brewster itself: it’s been acquired by FullContact… Read More
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Brewster Contacts App Team Gets Acqui-Hired By Burger King Owner RBI, Brewster Lives On
We’ve heard a lot about software eating the world; now a company that has built its business around food is now eating up a software startup. Restaurant Brands International, owner of Burger King and Horton’s, is acqui-hiring the team from Brewster — the service that lets you unify address books from disparate apps into a cohesive whole. Founder Steve Greenwood and his team… Read More
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Brewster’s Merged Contact Book Now Works With iCloud, Google Accounts And Messaging Apps
The average mobile-carrying consumer today has around 1,600 contacts when apps, email and a phone’s address book are added up. A startup called Brewster wants to make that list easier to use. Launched as a native app in 2012 with a mission to transform your address book by merging your phone and social networking contacts into a single app, and then letting you search them by more… Read More
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Brewster Brings Its Personalized, Mobile Address Book To The Web With Easy Contact Sharing
Brewster launched late last year with a simple goal: Replace your tired old A-to-Z contact list with an address book that actually understands your relationships and, in turn, helps you become a better friend. For some of us, this feels like a hopeless pursuit. We’re overworked, stressed, have terrible breath, and just can’t seem to find enough hours in the day to better manage… Read More
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Brewster Rolls Out The First Major Update Of Its Smart Contacts App, Now Syncs With Your Native iPhone Contacts
Brewster, the relationship-centric contacts app for iPhone, is today releasing a new version — its first major update since launching in July 2012 and then going international — that will take its smart syncing technology to a new level: Brewster now synchronizes with your iPhone contacts, giving you access to your Brewster-created contacts directly through your native Mail… Read More
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Brewster: The Smart Contacts App That Wants To Rule Them All, Now Conquering Europe, Too
Brewster, the relationship-centric iOS address book app that went live in the U.S. in July with some fanfare (and a little controversy for good measure), is picking up some more steam. On the heels of an app update earlier this month, this week it is launching across Europe, available for the first time in iOS App Stores across the region. Read More
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Brewster’s Address Book App Briefly Exposes Ashton Kutcher’s & Others’ Private Data; Company Says It’s Fixed
Brewster, the hot, new personalized address book app for iPhone, launched to much fanfare this week. But it also launched with a concerning bug. Some users reported they had the ability to see the personal contact information for people they shouldn’t have had access to, including the likes of one Mr. Ashton Kutcher, for example. His wasn’t the only private contact information… Read More
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