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<p>Zip2 Corp. was a company that provided and licensed online <a href="/facts/City_guide/4XI2n98H">city guide</a> software to newspapers. The company was founded in <a href="/facts/Palo_Alto%2c_California/KJpC7kd8">Palo Alto, California</a>, as Global Link Information Network, Inc. on November 9, 1995, by Greg Kouri and brothers <a href="/facts/Elon_Musk/GFgcp9Im">Elon</a> and <a href="/facts/Kimbal_Musk/jJxt4CAE">Kimbal Musk</a>. Initially, Global Link provided local businesses with an Internet presence,: 61 but later began to assist newspapers in designing online city guides before being purchased by <a href="/facts/Compaq/6LuhWTE7">Compaq Computer</a> in 1999. </p>