TRECPeople.com - Access Social Network Profiles Easily

This is not an uncommon scenario: you browse the web or open your inbox and read about a person you want to know better. The next moment, you find yourself using Google or one of the numerous social networks to look up quick facts about that person. TREC is a new tool which means that manually looking him up isn't necessary anymore. This nifty little plug-in for your favorite email client and browser looks up the crucial personal details on several social networking sites. This way, you can learn about how he or she looks like, where the person lives and also what are his or her interests.

In the event more than one person with the same name crops up (a common occurrence), TREC will let you see all the profiles and pick the relevant one manually.

So far, Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer are supported. Needless to say, support for other browsers should top the list of priorities and future updates, specially considering that IE is not necessarily the most popular browser around. According to the FAQ, Mozilla is next in line. That will certainly be a nice development, and one that will bring a useful tool to a wider public.

“Just add TREC to your browser or mail client and let the fun begin. Within Microsoft Outlook, TREC wakes up when you receive a new mail. Click on the TREC button and you’re presented with the key information about the person who just mailed you. How does he or she look like? Where does the person live and what are the person’s interests? With TREC, that information is just one click away!”

People just want to know who is mailing them, what they look like and what are their interests.

Is this plugin available at no cost?