• On February 23, 2009, workplace review and rating website Telonu.com launched the Layoff Tracker widget. The free widget can be pasted on to most blogs and websites, where it displays up to the minute information on the latest layoffs at American companies.Market Watch: Telonu Launches Layoff Tracker Widget... (February 23, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. A free widget that can be embedded on to a website or blog
  2. Developed by Telonu.com
  3. Released on February 23, 2009
  4. Tracks layoffs that have occurred since October of 2008
  5. Underwent two weeks of testing before being releasedUSA Today: Online layoff tracker captures economy's carnage (February 23, 2009)
  6. Displays the company, date of layoff announcement and number of layoffs announcedMarket Watch: Telonu Launches Layoff Tracker Widget... (February 23, 2009)
  7. Layoff information is gleaned from news reports and company announcementsUSA Today: Online layoff tracker captures economy's carnage (February 23, 2009)
  8. Telonu was launched on December 15, 2008Download Squad: Telonu: Think "Yelp" for the workplace (December 16, 2008)
  9. Telonu has been dubbed "the Yelp of the workplace"VentureBeat: Telonu lets users review jobs - and layoffs (December 29, 2008)

• About Telonu

  Launched in late 2008, Telonu.com is a networking site that allows users to rate, post reviews about and discuss their schools and workplaces. Users can post reviews ratings and reviews anonymously or using their real name. User posted reviews can also be rated by other users. VentureBeat: Telonu lets users review jobs - and layoffs (December 29, 2008) The site also provides a forum through which current and former co-workers can interact and reconnect with each other. The "Layoff Talk" section of the site allows users to post information about company layoffs, share their individual layoff stories, or follow company layoffs through the Layoff Tracker.Telonu.com: Layoff Talk The "Ask" section provides a forum through which prospective employees can ask current employees about the company.Download Squad: Telonu: Think "Yelp" for the workplace (December 16, 2008)

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