Press Releases
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July 24, 2008 |
In Appreciation of Rapid Growth and High Usage in The Netherlands, Plaxo Translates its Popular Next-Generation Social Network, Pulse, into Dutch |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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July 18, 2007 |
Plaxo Pushes For "Open Social Web" Endorses and implements key open standards, OpenID and microformats |
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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 |
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May 23, 2007 |
Plaxo Ranking Shows Bloggers Beat Journalists, Nurses Outdo Doctors, and Police Officers Trump Firefighters with Number of Contacts |
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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 |
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February 16, 2007 |
Reunion.com and Plaxo, Inc. Reach Settlement in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Companies agree to cross-license patented technology. |
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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 |
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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 |
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October 2, 2006 |
Plaxo Network Grows To 15 Million Membership jumps 50% in just six months |
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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 |
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August 22, 2006 |
Plaxo Introduces Connected Index, Ranks Most Connected Countries Argentina Tops List; United States Ties with Dominican Republic for 29th Place |
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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 |
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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 |
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May 11, 2006 |
Plaxo For Mac 1.0 Now Available World's First “Smart Address Book” Comes to the Large and Growing Mac Community |
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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. |
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March 21, 2006 |
Plaxo Exceeds Ten Million Members Rapid growth and heightened member activity attributed to market need for a Universal Address Book. |
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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. |
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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” |
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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 |
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December 6, 2005 |
Plaxo Introduces New eCard Service New Service Helps Members and Businesses Revitalize Their Networks While Saving Time and Money |
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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 |
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October 11, 2005 |
Respondents more likely to remember contact's place of work and if they have a pet than their birth date |
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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 |
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July 6, 2005 |
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 |
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June 7, 2005 |
Many still rely on pen and paper, or spouse to keep track of ever-changing phone numbers, email addresses of business and personal contacts |
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May 26, 2005 |
Plaxo wins Best Consumer Productivity Service at 2005 Codie Awards |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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September 14, 2004 |
Plaxo signs five deals to “Plaxo-Enable” commercial applications User adoption accelerates as Plaxo network reaches three million registered users |
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September 14, 2004 |
Plaxo keeps college students connected to friends and family Software can update online address books hassle-free |
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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 |
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May 24, 2004 |
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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 |
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December 17, 2003 |
Company also launches its first premium product, Plaxo VIP Support |
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December 8, 2003 |
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November 24, 2003 |
More than 10 million people worldwide use service to update their contact information |
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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 |
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May 21, 2003 |
Plaxo Contacts 1.0 keeps people connected anywhere, anytime Plaxo, Inc. announces release of new free contact update tool |
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February 18, 2003 |
Secure Contact management start-up receives follow-on funding from Sequoia Capital; Internet distribution veteran Ram Shriram joins Plaxo Board of Directors |
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November 12, 2002 |
Plaxo launches; makes it easy to keep contact information up-to-date Napster co-founder leads Sequoia Capital-backed company |