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"Sync Up" With the All-New Plaxo.


Plaxo Debuts First Online Address Book and Calendar With Multi-Way Sync Between Microsoft, Google, Yahoo!, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , Mac, Thunderbird thunderbird

In North American Indian mythology, a powerful spirit in the form of a bird that watered the earth and made vegetation grow. Lightning was believed to flash from its eyes or beak, and the beating of its wings was thought to represent rolling thunder.
, and Mobile Phones

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Plaxo[R], Inc. today introduced Plaxo 3.0, a major new release of its market-leading "smart address book" service. Plaxo 3.0 is the first online address book and calendar to synchronize between Microsoft, Google, Yahoo!, AOL, Mac OSX See Mac OS X. , Thunderbird, and mobile phones. The new version makes simple what had until now been impossible: bridging between disparate tools and services with automated, multi-way synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission.

(2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization.

(3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP.
 - without cables, cradles, or complicated software set-up. Plaxo 3.0, now available for free in seven languages, is currently in beta and accessible to all at http://beta.plaxo.com.

"After a year of hard work re-tooling our service, this is much more than just another product release; we're really introducing an all-new Plaxo," said Todd Masonis, Founder and VP of Products. "Plaxo 3.0 is the platform upon which we can build out our 'sync and share' vision, giving people access to all their data wherever they need it, and enabling ever richer ways to stay connected with the people who matter in their lives."

"The all-new Plaxo seamlessly integrates with my digital life," said Marc Baizman, Project Manager for NPower, a national network of nonprofit organizations. "I have a PC at work, a Mac at home, and I use Outlook, Google Calendar This article or section contains information about computer software currently in development.
The content may change as the software development progresses.
, and iCal and Address Book to keep contacts and appointments. Plaxo just works! I don't have to do anything special; it runs in the background, keeping everything in sync!"

Plaxo 3.0 gives people universal access to all of their contacts and calendars - at work, at home, or on the road. Plaxo 3.0 offers a wide range of access options, including: a new web interface; native client software for Windows and Mac OSX; and several mobile options, including a new WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point.

(2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages.
 2.0 version for mobile browsers, available at m.plaxo.com.

The service, which until now has only been available in English, is now also localized in French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish, expanding the company's addressable Reachable. When something is addressable, it can be identified and manipulated independently of its surroundings. For example, screen pixels and RAM memory are addressable. Each of the screen's picture elements can be individually turned on and off, and each of the memory's bytes can be  market.

The new online interface to Plaxo is a rich AJAX web application, with multiple components, presented in a seamlessly integrated, interactive environment. Key features include:
-- A new Sync Dashboard for taking the complexity and effort out of
setting up and monitoring multiple "Sync Endpoints"

-- A dramatically expanded array of Sync Endpoints, including:

-- Google (starting with Calendar, with Gmail coming soon)
-- Microsoft (Outlook, Outlook Express, Vista Mail, and Hotmail)
-- Yahoo! (Mail and Calendar)
-- Mac OSX Sync Services (for Address Book, iCal, iPhone, and more)
-- AOL (AIM)
-- Mozilla Thunderbird
-- LinkedIn (available as part of Plaxo Premium)
-- Mobile phones

-- An even smarter address book, with Find-as-You-Type Search,
One-Click Directions (via mashup with Yahoo!), and Click-to-Call
(via mashup with Jajah)

-- An innovative new calendar, built by the HipCal team (acquired in
May 2006), with Upcoming View, Countdowns, Weather (via mashup
with Weather Underground), Photos (via mashup with Flickr), and
calendar sharing


Plaxo 3.0 also includes Plaxo Pulse, a revolutionary automated content sharing system, with all of the power of RSS feeds, but none of the complexity. As people you know post content online, it just shows up automatically in your Pulse tab, based on their sharing settings. Initial feeds include Flickr photos, blogposts, Amazon.com Wish Lists, and Plaxo contact info changes.

About Plaxo Inc.

Plaxo is the creator of the "smart address book" service that helps over 15 million members around the world stay in touch with the people they know and care about. Serving customers since 2003, Plaxo is a privately held company privately held company

A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly.
, funded by leading investment and technology firms -- Sequoia Capital Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. The firm's partners include Don Valentine, Pierre Lamond, Michael Moritz, Doug Leone, Mike Goguen, Mark Stevens, Jim Goetz, Sameer Gandhi, Roelof Botha, and Mark Kvamme. , Globespan Capital Partners, Harbinger har·bin·ger  
n.
One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner.

tr.v. har·bin·gered, har·bin·ger·ing, har·bin·gers
To signal the approach of; presage.
 Venture Management, DAG Ventures, and Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation).
Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006.
 -- and by individual investors Ram Shriram Ram Shriram served as an officer of Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO. Ram came to Amazon.com in August, 1998, when Amazon acquired Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm of which Ram was president.  and Tim Koogle. The company offers services directly to consumers and through a wide range of service provider partnerships. More information on the company is available at www.plaxo.com.

Plaxo is a registered trademark of Plaxo, Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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