LastPass Comes to Rescue of Xmarks with Bag of Money
LastPass Comes to Rescue of Xmarks with Bag of Money
Posted 12/02/2010 at 4:06pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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Not that long ago, it looked like the excellent Xmarks bookmark syncing service was toast. After failing to find a business model, the company was making plans to close up shop. The massive outpouring of support from the Internet at large refocused efforts to find a buyer for Xmarks, and now that has happened. LastPass, makers of the cross-platform password syncing tool of the same name, have acquired Xmarks. Seriously, businesses don't get much more complementary than this.
Firstly, the standard Xmarks we've all grown to love will remain free, but there will be a new paid version with more features. This will cost user $1 per month and includes handy features like apps for Android and iPhone, and tech support. Users will have the option to purchase a bundle of LastPass and Xmarks for $20 per year.
New competition from built-in bookmarks syncing with Firefox and Chrome nearly drove Xmarks out of business. Only time will tell if users will be willing to pay for the enhanced features. But over 30,000 did pledge to do so when the initial news of the shutdown broke. Are there any Xmarks users out there planning to buy the paid version of the service?
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chiroho
December 03, 2010 at 6:58am
As a mostly Chrome user, I didn't have the option of Foxmarks, so relied on Xmarks for both bookmarks, and more importantly passwords, to sync between my various machines. I offered to pay for the service, and will do so when that's available.
knexkid
December 02, 2010 at 5:29pm
I was a little upset when I read a while back that foxmarks was gonna be closing up shop, but I also knew that the upcoming firefox 4 had a similar feature built in. I now have been using FF4 beta for about a month now and Firefox sync is just as good if not better than xmarks, and it's built in. So I figured since xmarks was going away and switched over to FF sync. My question is will people stay with xmarks or start to use FF sync once FF4 is officially released?
BobbyPhoenix
December 02, 2010 at 6:47pm
FF sync is good if you only use FF, but people like me that switch between FF, Chrome, and IE, need something that sync across all browsers.
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