Commtouch Launches Premier Email and Calendaring Services for About.com; Web's No. 1 Information Site Showcases New Calendaring Technologies From Commtouch.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1999-- Commtouch Software (Nasdaq:CTCH CTCH Common Traffic Channel ), a leading global provider of outsourced email for corporations and consumers, announced the premier launch of its new Custom Mail(TM) service with About.com (Nasdaq:BOUT), the Web's leading network of niche vertical sites. About.com is ranked No. 1 among all news, information and entertainment sites according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Internet market research firm Media Metrix. Developed by Commtouch for About.com, the Custom Mail calendaring technology will push content concerning upcoming events on the site directly to About.com's members. Commtouch Custom Mail provides About.com users with advanced email, calendaring and address book capabilities all from inside a single, friendly user interface. About.com's Custom Mail users are able to synchronize See synchronization. their to-do lists, calendar entries and contact information between their personal digital assistants (PDAs) and online Custom Mail accounts. Online, users see all their contact names with associated email, telephone, fax and pager icons, allowing one-click connections from their Custom Mail address books. "The new Commtouch Custom Mail service enables us to enhance the overall experience for About.com members and make our services an even more integral part of their lives," said Scott Kurnit, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of About.com. "This fits nicely with our strategy to actively connect our members with each other, our hundreds of Guides, third party merchants and our new ShoppingAbout e-commerce environments. "Integration of these new personal productivity tools with email and offline PDAs will help our users stay even closer to their favorite sites within our huge network." Registered users at About.com can now sign up for a free, personal About.com email account email account email n → compte m (e-)mail powered by Commtouch and open their personal email address See Internet address. : yourname@About.com. About.com users can immediately begin coordinating their lives and increasing their productivity with Custom Mail's productivity tools. Wherever About.com users are, their up-to-the-minute productivity information and email messages will be available for modification and review through a password-protected Custom Mail account that is accessible through any web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. on any computer on the planet. "We are thrilled that a leading Internet company has joined us for the online premier of our new Custom Mail service," explained Commtouch President Isabel Maxwell. "About.com has developed a network of properties that makes them the 'go-to' site for anyone looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. comprehensive information on the Web." About About.com About.com is the leading network of niche vertical sites for users and marketers. The network includes over 650 highly targeted environments, each overseen by a professional guide. Each vertical niche provides a comprehensive consumer experience including the Internet's best link directories, original content, community features and commerce opportunities. Media Metrix (September 1999) ranks About.com as the largest news, information and entertainment Internet property. This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties regarding About.com. Investors are cautioned that such results or events predicted in these statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from anticipated events or results include the company's limited operating history, history of losses and anticipation of continued losses, potential volatility of quarterly operating results, and other risks that are contained in About.com's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. About Commtouch Serving 7.5 million active Email boxes around the world, Commtouch is a leading provider of outsourced email and messaging services for corporations and consumers worldwide. Commtouch email is designed for superior performance and rapid scalability, offering end user interfaces in sixteen of the world's major languages. With more than eight years of delivering intuitive, award-winning email software, Commtouch provides its customers a truly comprehensive turn-key email service See Internet e-mail service. , together with options for premium communications services and direct marketing opportunities. The Company partners with internationally recognized consumer-driven organizations, including About.com, Ericsson, Excite International, First USA, Go2Net, McGraw Hill's BusinessWeek Magazine, Discovery Channel Online, Microsoft, Nippon Telephone & Telegraph, ZDNet, Talk City, Netopia, Snowball.com, Hachette Multimedia, the McClatchy Group's Nando.net, The Headbone Zone, the News Corp. and People's Daily The People's Daily (Chinese: 人民日报; Pinyin: Rénmín Rìbào), a daily newspaper, is the organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, published worldwide joint venture ChinaByte, and the Hollinger Group's Jerusalem Post. Founded in 1991, Commtouch has offices in Silicon Valley, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , London and Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest . Additional Company information may be obtained by visiting www.Commtouch.com. Note to Editors: Commtouch is a registered trademark of Commtouch Software Ltd. Terms and product names in this document may be trademarks of others. |
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