• November 3, 2008

Search engine company Wink Technologies and Reunion, a social networking site, have merged to create a hybrid site and brand that will debut in early 2009, the companies said Monday.

The agreement expands on a multiyear agreement signed last year that gave members of Santa Monica, Calif.-based Reunion access to Mountain View, Calif.-based Wink's people search queries.

The combined companies and technologies will let users tap into more than 700 million profiles that span social networks, online communities, and more. It will offer the features through "a new online experience that simplifies people's lives by making it easy to find and keep up with everyone they know," said Michael Tanne, Wink CEO, in a statement.-- Laurie Sullivan