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a dream was born…
        Milan, 1993. A student was telling his friends to get an internet
        connection. For that student (Marco Lucini) the explanation
        had to be explained as nobody really knew what was he
        talking about.



   10
        But a new era was dawning…

        In just a short time the internet gained in popularity. During




years
        the following years, Marco a student in the Faculty of
        Architecture, took part and won several competitions in
        computer graphics (Internet Ray Tracing Competition)
        and collaborated in the animation of Nightlong (1998,




  ago
        MicroProse).
        He designed architectural illustrations in CAD for a number
        of editions in architecture in order to finance his studies.

        Battling with his multiple interests in photography and
        painting, in 1998 he started the most important project yet to
        date: a simple and involved internet service to attract a fast
        growing number of users. The idea: A daily personalized
        horoscope via e-mail.

        That is how in November 1999 Grif.inter@ctive was born,
        the publisher of Horoscopofree.com, a web portal offering
        registered users a horoscope via e-mail. The success was
        well above expectations and in 2000 the national press
        published a series of enthusiastic articles.
        What seemed only an experiment was turning rapidly into
        a real company and Marco decided to concentrate all his
        energy on this winning web service.

        In 2001 the web portal Horoscopofree.com was honoured
        as the Best Internet Entertainment Service from the
        “IlSole24ore”, the most important and renowned Italian daily
        business newspapers.
        In 2004 the same daily newspaper promoted Horoscopofree.
        com as the Italian favourite web site (beating even Google.
        it). The same year, web versions in English, Spanish and
        German language were published and the success story
        continues still to this day.
        In 2005 the new services of ChingOracle and Biorhythmfree
        were published.
        In 2007 Meetpod.com was born and at the same time the
        Portuguese version of all services went life.
        In 2008 the versions in Chinese and Polish were released.
        More versions were added this year in three languages:
        Russian, French and Dutch
Today the work of Grif.inter@ctive is appreciated by 14 million
                                 registered users who every day receive their personalized
                                 service as well as value added communications from a wide
                                 number of sponsors who support the project. Horoscopofree.
                                 com is among the 5.000 most visited web sites in the world
                                 (Alexa),
                                 Every day over 25.000 new users join the service and share their
                                 demographic profile to obtain the excellent quality service Grif.
                                 inter@ctive guaranties. Over 8 billion e-mails timely delivered
                                 in 2008 is another confirmation once again of our success.



November                         ten years together
                                 without a minute of
1999-2009                        boredom!
                                 Despite the hard work, the staff of Grif.inter@ctive are happy
                                 to have successfully united and served millions of users from
                                 different continents and cultural backgrounds, delivering
                                 simple services always for free.

                                 Today as in the past 10 years, Grif.inter@ctive entertains
                                 million of people every day and gives an excellent
                                 opportunity for the sponsors of the project to communicate
                                 with a wide audience.
                                 For further information:

                                 Web:                www.grifinteractive.com

                                 English contact:
                                 Vessela Nikolova vessela.nikolova@grifinteractive.com
                                                  ph. +39 3887498055




Europa           1,5 MLN users
Asia             2,8 MLN users
America Latina   8,5 MLN users
North America    0,3 MLN users

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NOV 1999 - NOV 2009

  • 1. a dream was born… Milan, 1993. A student was telling his friends to get an internet connection. For that student (Marco Lucini) the explanation had to be explained as nobody really knew what was he talking about. 10 But a new era was dawning… In just a short time the internet gained in popularity. During years the following years, Marco a student in the Faculty of Architecture, took part and won several competitions in computer graphics (Internet Ray Tracing Competition) and collaborated in the animation of Nightlong (1998, ago MicroProse). He designed architectural illustrations in CAD for a number of editions in architecture in order to finance his studies. Battling with his multiple interests in photography and painting, in 1998 he started the most important project yet to date: a simple and involved internet service to attract a fast growing number of users. The idea: A daily personalized horoscope via e-mail. That is how in November 1999 Grif.inter@ctive was born, the publisher of Horoscopofree.com, a web portal offering registered users a horoscope via e-mail. The success was well above expectations and in 2000 the national press published a series of enthusiastic articles. What seemed only an experiment was turning rapidly into a real company and Marco decided to concentrate all his energy on this winning web service. In 2001 the web portal Horoscopofree.com was honoured as the Best Internet Entertainment Service from the “IlSole24ore”, the most important and renowned Italian daily business newspapers. In 2004 the same daily newspaper promoted Horoscopofree. com as the Italian favourite web site (beating even Google. it). The same year, web versions in English, Spanish and German language were published and the success story continues still to this day. In 2005 the new services of ChingOracle and Biorhythmfree were published. In 2007 Meetpod.com was born and at the same time the Portuguese version of all services went life. In 2008 the versions in Chinese and Polish were released. More versions were added this year in three languages: Russian, French and Dutch
  • 2. Today the work of Grif.inter@ctive is appreciated by 14 million registered users who every day receive their personalized service as well as value added communications from a wide number of sponsors who support the project. Horoscopofree. com is among the 5.000 most visited web sites in the world (Alexa), Every day over 25.000 new users join the service and share their demographic profile to obtain the excellent quality service Grif. inter@ctive guaranties. Over 8 billion e-mails timely delivered in 2008 is another confirmation once again of our success. November ten years together without a minute of 1999-2009 boredom! Despite the hard work, the staff of Grif.inter@ctive are happy to have successfully united and served millions of users from different continents and cultural backgrounds, delivering simple services always for free. Today as in the past 10 years, Grif.inter@ctive entertains million of people every day and gives an excellent opportunity for the sponsors of the project to communicate with a wide audience. For further information: Web: www.grifinteractive.com English contact: Vessela Nikolova vessela.nikolova@grifinteractive.com ph. +39 3887498055 Europa 1,5 MLN users Asia 2,8 MLN users America Latina 8,5 MLN users North America 0,3 MLN users