This and That

I’ve been reading James Gleick’s masterful new book The Information, an epic history of the information age. Gleick’s sweeping narrative covers a lot of historical ground, from the talking drums of Africa, to the telegraph, from texting to Twitter.  Gleick is a journalist who specializes in topics related to science and technology, and is perhaps [...]

Did you know that searching for a name, phone number, or email address does not log you in to Spokeo? In fact, running these searches are exactly the same as running searches on Google. Just like there, you do not log in to Spokeo when you search. In order to log in to Spokeo, you [...]

What do you use the Internet for? According to independent studies it might come as no surprise that one of the most common searches conducted on the Internet today is people search. And why not?  After all, people are interesting!  Who doesn’t want to find out something about someone in their life?  An old boyfriend [...]

Yes, there are hundreds of people search sites out there, but how many of them can you use for free? Spokeo is unique in that while we do offer Premium packaged memberships, we also offer free searches and features. Spokeo free searches offer an abundance of useful and informative information, and below are examples of [...]

In the wake of all the commotion that Facebook was perpetrating a scam against its members regarding privacy, as the official May 31 “Opt-Out Day” approached, some Facebook users vowed to delete their profiles from the site in protest. In a special website dedicated to the "opt-out" campaign however, as it turned out, only about [...]

Quick update, and big thank you to everyone who helped with the move! Our servers are finally up and running here in southern California after being moved this past weekend from northern California. Users should be experiencing faster searches and optimized performance once we’re completely online. Since we’re in LA now, we’re anticipating a lot [...]

We will undergo a major website maintenance starting 10pm Pacific Time tonight, 5/31/2010.  The website might go down for several minutes from time to time, but everything should go back to normal within 2 hours.  This site maintenance will incorporate several new servers and should significantly improve our website’s performance during the peak hours.  We [...]

"The Internet" versus "the real world" has become a hot topic in the news these days. But are they really as separate as we might think? Internet privacy has been all over the media lately, even involving giants like Google and Facebook. People are growing more interested in the availability and control of their information [...]

A couple of years ago, Time Magazine’s Person of the Year edition showcased a reflective cellophane sheet on the cover. The headline read: “You. Yes, You. You control the Information Age. Welcome to your world.” This was back in 2007, when social networking sites and community-sharing portals like YouTube started growing in popularity.     [...]

Hey bloggers. There’s been a lot of buzz on various blogs and news sources online about some of our available Premium features, as well as some misconceptions (and suggestions of scams) surrounding what type of searches Spokeo is capable of doing. We are a people-centered technology. The purpose of our endeavor is to simplify the [...]