meebo Inc. Extends its IM Platform; The meebo me(TM) widget Provides an Easy Way to Integrate IM into Websites, Enabling Embedded Web Communications Everywhere.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. -- Company Also Reaches Key Milestones -- 45 Million Messages Carried Each Day and 700,000 Daily Logins meebo, the popular web-based Instant Messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or (IM) provider, today announced it has extended its IM communications platform beyond meebo.com and into any web page. meebo is a web-based instant messaging provider that allows users to access all of their IM buddies from any computer with a 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. . The company's new widget Pronounced "wih-jit," for decades, the term has been a popular word for a generic "thing" when there is no real name for it. It is often used to describe examples of made-up products along with other fictitious names; for example, "10 widgets, 5 frabbits and 2 dingits. , meebo me(TM), easily integrates the meebo instant messaging platform into numerous types of websites: social networking sites A Web site that provides a virtual community for people interested in a particular subject or just to "hang out" together. Members create their own online "profile" with biographical data, pictures, likes, dislikes and any other information they choose to post. , blogs, commerce sites and more. The new meebo me widget has two main features -- it enables site-owners to privately chat with anyone visiting their website; and it offers real-time presence information for site-owners to see visitors to their page. meebo me is the first IM service to enable individuals to deeply embed em·bed also im·bed v. em·bed·ded, em·bed·ding, em·beds v.tr. 1. To fix firmly in a surrounding mass: embed a post in concrete; fossils embedded in shale. IM everywhere throughout the web as well as enabling real-time web presence information to site owners. The meebo me widget has also been selected by WordPress.com to be bundled for their users. WordPress.com is a rapidly growing blogging service and meebo me enables WordPress users to integrate IM into their blogs with a single click. The company also released user statistics today. meebo has more than 700,000 daily logins, sends 45 million messages daily and has more than 2.5 million unique monthly visitors. "Everything has moved to the web -- from commerce to productivity tools, to community -- all are done via a web browser. meebo is doing the same for IM," said Seth Sternberg, 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. and co-founder of meebo Inc. "With meebo me we are offering exciting new ways to connect with family, friends and customers." meebo me -- IM Everywhere meebo me is designed for anyone with a web page that wants to communicate with his or her users, visitors or community. Here is how meebo me works: --Simply go to www.meebome.com to create a meebo me widget (or widgets). --Copy and paste the automatically generated line of code into your web page or pages. --Log into meebo.com with your meebo account and as people visit your web pages, they will appear as new buddies on your buddylist, organized by widget name. As they come and go, your buddylist will update accordingly. meebo me -- Your Visitors --A visitor to a web page with an embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. meebo me widget will automatically see a meebo IM window appear on the page with the site owner's online chat availability indicated. --Simply click on the IM window to start chatting. --Page visitors have the option of disabling dis·a·ble tr.v. dis·a·bled, dis·a·bling, dis·a·bles 1. To deprive of capability or effectiveness, especially to impair the physical abilities of. 2. Law To render legally disqualified. the widget. meebo me -- Inside meebo --An owner of a web page with an embedded meebo me widget will get live updates about people visiting their page. --If the owner names his or her widget "My Place", visitors will appear on the buddylist as new buddies, organized under the "My Place" buddy group. Furthermore, if a user has multiple widgets, new buddy groups will form accordingly, e.g. "My Place 1", "My Place 2", etc. --Users can browse their buddylist for page visitors and chat with any of them. Ways to use meebo me: meebo anticipates that some of the more popular uses of meebo me will include: --Social Networking sites: meebo me helps you communicate with all of your buddies and see who's looking at your profile, without needing to be logged into your profile page. --Bloggers: meebo me adds another dimension of communication beyond what's available today. meebo me enables real-time conversations to exist between readers and bloggers. Popular bloggers may choose to use meebo me like office hours office hours, n.pl See business hours. - specifying times when they plan to be online and open to initiating an IM conversation. --Small businesses: meebo me can help small businesses with high-touch customer service. Small business owners can help customers by reacting in real-time to web site inquiries. --Ecommerce sites: meebo me enables buyers and sellers to engage in real-time question/answer sessions that could help facilitate transactions. "We are really excited about extending meebo and helping our users connect more with their communities," said Elaine Wherry, co-founder and front-end engineer, meebo Inc. "When we founded meebo, our first goal was to create the best web-based IM for our users. Based on user-feedback and user-adoption, we feel we've accomplished that. Now as we enter the next phase of meebo, we want to harness the power of web-based IM to enable communication everywhere. Anytime you need to IM someone, all you have to do is visit their web page. With meebo me, no more downloads, no need to remember buddy names." meebo and the meebo me widget work with Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. , Firefox, Safari and almost any web browser. The meebo me service is free. For more information visit www.meebome.com. About meebo Inc. meebo is the first Web-based instant messaging service that gives users, no matter where they are, a hassle-free way to connect to every major instant messaging service using only a browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used . With meebo, there is no need to download and run multiple software products. meebo's investors include 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. and other individual investors. More than 700,000 users login Signing in and gaining access to a network server, Web server or other computer system. The process (the noun) is a "login" or "logon," while the act of doing it (the verb) is to "log in" or to "log on. to meebo daily. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA, and offers its free service at www.meebo.com. All brands, names, or trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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