Industry News

Tired of Tapping? Get Numbers+ for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

Inflection, an innovative and industry-leading people search startup, has today announced the release of Numbers+ for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Built to streamline and simplify exchanging contact information with others, Numbers+ utilizes a secure database of contact records to circumvent the typically tedious process of adding new contacts. Users simply write in their new contact's name or number and the app does the rest, retrieving full contact profiles in seconds! No more typing in names, numbers, and extra information. Numbers+ is currently available as a free download on the Apple App Store in the Social Networking and Utilities categories. Read more...

Army Veterans Reconnect Through PeopleSmart

At PeopleSmart, we're always excited to hear about the ways people use our site to connect. Recently, we read about a United States Army brigade that reunited 40 years after serving together in Vietnam. Chuck Cape of Canton, GA, who served as a Sergeant and Squad Leader in the 196th Light Infantry Brigade of the Army's Americal Division in 1970-71, talked to us about how he was able bring his unit together for a long-awaited reunion.

After a fellow soldier sent him a Facebook message last year, Cape decided it was time to find the rest of the brigade. After four decades, there were challenges. Read more...

Stolen Identity Reclaimed After 19 Years

It's never a bad time to think about protecting yourself from identity theft. There's no national holiday for identity theft awareness--yet--but states and cities all over the country observe their own events throughout the year. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn declared Sept. 25 to Oct. 1 Identity Theft Awareness Week, so we took this opportunity to share a surprising story that was in the news recently.

A small mistake led to 19 years of stolen identity. As a college student in 1990, Patrick Guest realized his wallet was stolen at the gym. After filing a police report, he nearly forgot the incident until he received a strange bill two years later. Read more...