Press Releases

October 22, 2007	Plaxo Introduces Lifestreaming Widget Users can now easily add to any web page an aggregated feed of the diverse content they are creating all over the open social web
August 29, 2007	Plaxo Helps Open Up the Social Graph Develops Online Identity Consolidator and releases it as open source; Launches developer guide at opensocialgraph.plaxo.com
August 5, 2007	Plaxo Unveils Next-Generation Social Network Enhanced Pulse now aggregates "people feeds" from sites across the open social web, including Del.icio.us, Digg, Flickr, MySpace, Twitter, Yelp, YouTube, and many more
July 18, 2007	Plaxo Pushes For "Open Social Web" Endorses and implements key open standards, OpenID and microformats
June 25, 2007	"Sync Up" With the All-New Plaxo Plaxo debuts first online address book and calendar with multi-way sync between Microsoft, Google, Yahoo!, AOL, Mac, Thunderbird, and mobile phones
May 23, 2007	Talent Agents, Publicists, Politicians, and CEOs Top "Connected Index" as Most Well-Connected Professions Plaxo Ranking Shows Bloggers Beat Journalists, Nurses Outdo Doctors, and Police Officers Trump Firefighters with Number of Contacts
May 7, 2007	Comcast announces plans to launch interactive SmartZone™ communications center Partners with HP, Plaxo, Zimbra and other industry leaders to create innovative web-based communication application
February 16, 2007	Reunion.com and Plaxo, Inc. Reach Settlement in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Companies agree to cross-license patented technology.
February 1, 2007	Penny-Pinching Internet Startups Produce Big Game Ads on The Cheap Wiser for the Wear, Dotcoms meebo, Meez, Multiply, Plaxo, RockYou.com and Technorati Go the Viral Route
October 31, 2006	Plaxo and Zingy to Offer a 'Smarter' Address Book for Mobile Phones Plaxo Mobile Plus Enhances Mobile Address Books with Wireless Synchronization of Contacts, Interactive Maps and Photos
October 2, 2006	Plaxo Network Grows To 15 Million Membership jumps 50% in just six months
September 12, 2006	Openwave's Network Address Book Makes Convergence Happen for Operators and Their Consumers With Plaxo and Voxmobili, new offering allows the display, synchronization and editing of contact information from any device, anywhere, anytime
August 22, 2006	Plaxo Introduces Connected Index, Ranks Most Connected Countries Argentina Tops List; United States Ties with Dominican Republic for 29th Place
June 21, 2006	Plaxo Takes The Stage At Supernova 2006 CEO Ben Golub and VP John McCrea to discuss the innovations driving technology and changing the industry
May 23, 2006	Plaxo Teams with JAJAH To Add Click to Call To Plaxo Smart Address Book Plaxo members can now enjoy the benefit of simple, cheap calls without headphones, microphones, or software downloads
May 11, 2006	Plaxo For Mac 1.0 Now Available World's First “Smart Address Book” Comes to the Large and Growing Mac Community
May 1, 2006	Plaxo To Acquire Web 2.0 Calendar Start-Up HipCal New York Fraternity Brothers Create Upstate UpStart and Land Silicon Valley Jobs.
March 21, 2006	Plaxo Exceeds Ten Million Members Rapid growth and heightened member activity attributed to market need for a Universal Address Book.
March 21, 2006	Plaxo Hires First Vice President of Marketing Web pioneer, John McCrea, brings depth of marketing and internet product strategy experience to Plaxo's management team.
March 14, 2006	Plaxo Contact Management Now Available for Apple's Mac OS X Release represents major step toward Plaxo's vision of a “Universal Address Book”
February 1, 2006	Plaxo Launches Open Platform Program for Partners and Developers New Partner Program and Toolkits Make it Easy to Integrate Address Book Functionality into any Application or Web Site
December 6, 2005	Plaxo Introduces New eCard Service New Service Helps Members and Businesses Revitalize Their Networks While Saving Time and Money
November 1, 2005	Seeking to differentiate themselves with superior customer service, small businesses turn to Plaxo People-intensive fields such as real estate, sales and religion turn to easy-to-use technologies for success
October 11, 2005	New survey from Plaxo finds people recall low level of personal detail, despite high number of contacts Respondents more likely to remember contact's place of work and if they have a pet than their birth date
July 26, 2005	Plaxo extends personal information management to Mozilla Thunderbird Thunderbird extension provides seamless and automatic synchronization of contact information across mutliple platforms and e-mail clients
July 6, 2005	America Online Inc. and Plaxo Inc. form agreement to help AOL® members and AIM® users better manage contact information Technology integration will make it easy to import contact information into the new AIM® Mail service — now one million users strong — and build the AOL® Instant Messenger (AIM®) service into Plaxo™ services
June 7, 2005	New survey from Plaxo finds Rolodex, Post-It Notes more popular than Microsoft Outlook for address book upkeep Many still rely on pen and paper, or spouse to keep track of ever-changing phone numbers, email addresses of business and personal contacts
May 26, 2005	Plaxo wins Best Consumer Productivity Service at 2005 Codie Awards
March 22, 2005	Plaxo introduces premium services New services enable access to contacts, calendar and tasks through and WAP-enabled device and eliminate address book clutter
January 25, 2005	Five million people worldwide now trust Plaxo as personal and professional contact information hub Company surpasses major milestone, Continues to develop new services designed to make hectic lives more manageable
January 4, 2005	Plaxo appoints Verisign executive Ben Golub as company's first CEO Golub adds proven business leadership and expertise in building a trusted consumer brand to rapidly growing startup
November 22, 2004	Plaxo partners with online retailers to deliver convenient new services to fast-growing network Four million Plaxo users can now shop online; send gifts, cards, books, and flowers directly from their address books
November 22, 2004	Plaxo introduces direct mobile access to Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express address books New premium services connect mobile phones and wireless devices with Plaxo members. Updated contact information and calendars
September 14, 2004	Plaxo signs five deals to “Plaxo-Enable” commercial applications User adoption accelerates as Plaxo network reaches three million registered users
September 14, 2004	Plaxo keeps college students connected to friends and family Software can update online address books hassle-free
May 24, 2004	Plaxo releases Plaxo 2.0, integrating Yahoo! Search into Microsoft Outlook platform New API allows businesses to "Plaxo-enable" applications, extending reach and utility of the Plaxo network
May 24, 2004	Plaxo Inc. secures $7 Million from Cisco Systems, Sequoia Capital, and Globespan ventures to build critical internet network
May 13, 2004	Plaxo and Yahoo! to provide access to Yahoo! Search directly from Outlook and Outlook Express Plaxo to generate revenue from search-enabled email inboxes
December 17, 2003	Plaxo breaks 1 million mark Company also launches its first premium product, Plaxo VIP Support
December 8, 2003	Plaxo reaches North Pole
November 24, 2003	Plaxo Contacts used by over 800,000 members in over 200 countries to stay connected to friends, family and colleagues More than 10 million people worldwide use service to update their contact information
July 28, 2003	Plaxo streamlines e-mail contact updating process with Click-to-Connect&trade Company also announces $8.5 million in second round funding
May 21, 2003	Plaxo Contacts 1.0 keeps people connected anywhere, anytime Plaxo, Inc. announces release of new free contact update tool
February 18, 2003	Plaxo doubles private funding Secure Contact management start-up receives follow-on funding from Sequoia Capital; Internet distribution veteran Ram Shriram joins Plaxo Board of Directors
November 12, 2002	Plaxo launches; makes it easy to keep contact information up-to-date Napster co-founder leads Sequoia Capital-backed company