September 2012
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August 2012
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Now available: Smartr Inbox for Gmail Update
We’ve made some great updates to Smartr Inbox for Gmail, which many of you have been asking for - and we’re thrilled to make them available to you today. As always, keep your feedback coming - We are listening.
To get on the latest version (V-0.1. Prod-97), just refresh your Gmail page.
If you need to install? Click here to download the free extension.
Updates included in Smartr...
June 2012
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iCloud support + Smartr Contacts for iPhone (v1.6)
We’re thrilled to invite you to install the latest version of Smartr Contacts for iPhone (Version 1.6) which now supports iCloud. This means that now you can bring any person you’ve communicated with through a me.com or mac.com email account into Smartr Contacts for iPhone, as well as any other Xobni and/or Smartr client you use. Many of you have been asking for this feature, and...
May 2012
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The Future:Mobile 2012
We’re excited to announce that Xobni’s CEO, Jeff Bonforte, will be moderating the keynote session titled “What is the Role of Operators in the New Mobile World” with the following speakers; Fared Adib, Product Chief, Sprint; Brad Duea, SVP, Product Management, T-Mobile USA; Glenn Lurie, President, Emerging Enterprises and Partnerships, AT&T; and Mike Palmer, CMO, Verizon...
An update for Smartr Inbox for Gmail
May is starting out to be a great month with an updated version of Smartr Inbox for Gmail (version 0.1.production-83)! We are big fans of this update as we’ve fixed some bugs and improved upon one of our favorite features - AutoSuggest.
To get on the latest version, just refresh your Gmail page.
If you need to install? Click here to download the free extension.
Here’s...
March 2012
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Get the latest version of Smartr Inbox for Gmail
We are really excited to get this latest release of Smartr Inbox for Gmail out to you today with some much requested features and fixes (version 0.1 production-76).
To get on the latest version, just refresh your Gmail page. Need to install? Download the free extension.
Here’s what’s new:
1. Revised Recent Communications Tab
Now includes Facebook messages
New, more visual...
Smartr Contacts for iPhone Update - Now Available
by Michael Albers
Today is proud day for all of us at Xobni as we are being featured in the “New and Noteworthy” section of the App Store! As if that were not great enough, we also have a new update for you. It’s packed with many of your requests - so keep that feedback coming!
As you know, apps live and die by their reviews - We’d love your support, so if you like the...
Smartr Inbox for Gmail: Introducing Search by Job...
We’ve made some recent additions to Smartr Inbox for Gmail, including some much requested bug fixes. This is an update you won’t want to miss! To get on the latest, just refresh your Gmail page. Need to install? Download the free extension.
Here’s what’s new:
Search by Job Title and Company Looking to hire? Looking for a job? Just want to network? Use lightning-fast...
February 2012
4 posts
Bringing Full Cloud Power to Xobni for Outlook...
By Josh Jacobson
Xobni for Outlook just got Smartr. Our Smartr Cloud (formerly Xobni Cloud) was originally introduced as a simple way to keep all Xobni and Smartr contacts up-to-date across all of your devices and computers. At first, this simply included Xobni for Outlook and Xobni for BlackBerry. All of the smarts involved in finding and ranking phone numbers, email addresses, names, email...
Solve Attachment Problems with the New SkyDrive...
By Josh Jacobson
It’s been long known that large attachments and email systems are sometimes very much at odds with one another. Microsoft’s SkyDrive team is well aware of this and has created a helpful (and entertaining) new site to help solve attachment woes. AttachmentsSuck.com also highlights the brand-new SkyDrive Gadget, which is now available for Outlook in the Xobni Gadget Store....
iTunes features Smartr Contacts + Update 1.4 is...
by Michael Albers
Update: 1.4 release is now also available, which will provide our users with even more great features. Such as Yahoo! mail support, editing, hiding and much more! Do check it out.
Today is a proud day at Xobni. Not only are we being featured in the “New and Noteworthy” section of the iTunes App Store, but we also released a big update of the app - just 2 weeks...
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100,000 iPhone Downloads in 13 Days!
Wow. What a day. Smartr Contacts for iPhone has hit the 100.000 downloads milestone! It’s an understatement to say we were excited that tens of thousands of people asked to be notified when Smartr Contacts for iPhone was available… but getting 100,000 downloads in under 2 weeks even passed our lofty expectations (and hopes)!
As a whole, Xobni and Smartr products have had over 10...
January 2012
5 posts
Watch“How does mobile change the way we connect and stay in contact with people? The paradigm of the “contact manager” or “personal information system” is being changed by the context and connectedness of mobile devices and one company is reinventing this information layer that ties us all together.”
Check out this great blog and interview of our very own, VP of Product Management, Michael Albers.
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Smartr Contacts for iPhone now available!
By Michael Albers
Xobni is very excited to announce the release of Smartr Contacts for iPhone!
A few months ago we introduced Smartr Contacts for Android and announced that Smartr Contacts was coming to iPhone. Since then, we’ve gotten great feedback on the Android product, and have been astounded by the level of interest in the iPhone app. In fact, tens of thousands of people asked to be...
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Smartr Contacts Tip: Get your widgets!
Add the Smartr Contacts Widget to your Android homescreen to ensure your contacts are always close at hand. With the widget, you’ll have one click access to search all your contacts or compose an email to multiple people.
We think it’s a lifesaver and hope you do too!
Adding the Smartr Contacts Widget is easy:
From an empty spot on your screen, press and hold until the menu...
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Smartr Contacts Tip: Contacts in Focus
You may notice that sometimes on the Smartr Contacts home screen, you see a “focused” view of single contact. What is this?
The contact in “focus” is displayed in 4 squares and is surrounded by photos of all the contacts you both have in common
Tap any photo to view the complete profile details for that contact
This is a great way to explore your contacts and find those...
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Smartr Contacts Tips
As you know, there are loads of great features and functionality in Smartr Contacts for Android and we want to make sure you can make the most of the app - So we are starting a series of tips for both the Android and Gmail products - We hope you enjoy!
Tip #1 - Smartr Contacts ranks everyone by importance, so the people you talk to the most are at the top.
Swipe the contacts screen up or down to...
December 2011
3 posts
Get the Smartr Contacts for Android update!
We’ve got a new version of Smartr Contacts for Android, just in time for the holidays. We’ve added some great new features and made some key bug fixes — This is an update you don’t want to miss.
To download this release (Version: 1.5.814) go to http://xobni.com/adl
To make this easier in the future, enable Auto-updates on your phone, by clicking the menu tab from the...
Latest updates to Smartr Inbox for Gmail
Version 0.1 Production-68
We’ve just pushed another update to Smartr Inbox! This smaller release features a handful of goodies that you’ve been asking for. If you’ve already have Smartr Inbox installed, it’s easy to get on the latest—just refresh your Gmail page. You can also download it for free on our website.
Main highlights include:
Support for the Preview Pane lab in...
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Xobni - Nominated as Top Sales Productivity Tool...
Xobni and Smartr are priceless for Sales & Marketing professionals as these products allow them to take relationship management to a new level. In the Sales world, your contacts are your business and both Xobni and Smartr make finding anyone you’ve ever communicated with incredibly easy!
Xobni has been nominated for “Top Sales Productivity Tool” as part of the Annual Top Sales...
New Features and Fixes for Smartr Inbox
By Angel Steger
Great news! We’ve made some recent additions to Smartr Inbox for Gmail, including some much requested bug fixes. You won’t want to miss out. If you’ve already have Smartr Inbox installed, just refresh your Gmail page. Want to try it out? You can also download it for free.
Here’s what’s new:
Support for multiple Gmail and Google Apps accounts Now,...
November 2011
5 posts
New Hire: Mike Rizkalla from webOS to head up...
It’s not every day that you’re able to hire one of the top engineering leaders in the mobile space - but today is our day (Ryan at GigaOm caught wind before we posted). We’re beyond thrilled that Mike Rizkalla has joined the Xobni team, overseeing engineering for our Mobile products.
Mike came from HP’s Palm Business Unit, where he led application development for...
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On Facebook, it's now 4.74 degrees of separation
The old “six degrees of separation” adage appears to be shrinking quickly!
92% of Facebook users are separated by only 4 degrees from any other user, according to analysis Facebook calls, “the largest social network studies ever released.”
“The average distance in 2008 was 5.28 hops, while now it is 4.74,” Facebook says. You can learn more about Facebook’s...
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Tis the Season... to Work! [INFOGRAPHIC]
Xobni has released our 2nd annual survey results on email behavior around the holidays… and it ain’t pretty if you’re a believer in disconnecting over the holidays. Overall, the percentage of people checking and receiving email was shockingly similar to last year’s results, leading us to believe this is a very valid representation of email behavior over the holidays.
The...
Smartr Inbox named a Top 100 Product of 2011 by...
Ok - so we’re not big on using this blog to beat our chests, but we just can’t contain ourselves… Xobni’s new Smartr Inbox product for Gmail was just named one of PCWorld’s 100 Best Products of 2011!! And we are among some great company - Samsung, HP, Verizon, Apple, Intel, Canon, Lenovo, Motorola, T-Mobile, Spotify, Box.net. We’re thrilled to be named a...
October 2011
5 posts
Workday Comes to Outlook via Xobni Gadget Store
For years, Xobni has been known as a tool to make Microsoft Outlook “livable” and “more productive” with our easy people and email search plugin. While there has been a lot of excitement and hoopla recently around our new Smartr-branded products for Android and Gmail (“a smarter way to go about overcoming contact overload”), we continue to improve upon the product that put us in business – Xobni...
One to Watch
It’s not every day that the fearless leader of your start up gets featured in Fortune’s Top 40 under 40: Ones to Watch… So we’re doing a bit of fist pumping and chest pounding for ours: Jeff Bonforte!
Fortune 40 Under 40 Ones to Watch
150 = 4,000 - Cool math and science on the brain
At Xobni, we often describe a successful product as one that lets you “comfortably” keep track of and manage tens of thousands of relationships.
While our brain can hold on to tiny bits of thousands of interactions and people, we were wired to manage just 150 relationships - a number scientists call Dunbar’s Number, after British scientist Robin Dunbar. Scientists believe this...
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INFOGRAPHIC: The Value of Contact Information
At Xobni, we believe the address book as it is today is broken. We spend a lot of time around here figuring out how to make email and contact management easier, better and effortless. Some call it the magic in the mundane, but we call it awesome. Our most recent product called Smartr (now for Gmail and Android) has been called a “magic address book,” and PC Magazine said it best...
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The Implicit Twitter Feed
By Mark Rubin, Software Engineer @ Xobni
At Xobni, we’re continually experimenting with useful and compelling ways to leverage the data in your “implicit social graph.” In short, this is the graph of connections that arises from your social behaviors – who you email and who emails you, who you call and who calls you, etc. All the functionality you find in Smartr Inbox for Gmail...
September 2011
8 posts
Say Hello to Smartr™ Inbox for Gmail and Smartr™...
By Jeff Bonforte
Xobni has built a reputation for building smart products, taking the pain out of our inbox and rethinking contact management. Our Outlook and BlackBerry products have been downloaded over 10M times. Of course not everyone (not even all Xobni employees) uses Outlook and a BlackBerry. We have had thousands of customers request products on new platforms, devices and for different...
Introducing Smartr™ Contacts Public Beta for...
By Michael Albers
When we announced a few months ago that we’d be coming out with products on new platforms, we were amazed at the number of requests we received to test our Android product. After working for 3 months with this incredibly engaged community of testers, we are proud to bring you the public beta of Smartr Contacts for Android.
The traditional address book is flawed, outdated...
Why Smartr™?
By Jeff Bonforte
The Xobni brand (the word “inbox” backwards) has been good to us. The name actually was the idea of Paul Graham (Y Combinator). It really captured the original product, an email search plug-in that in many ways turned the inbox on its head. Xobni remain the name of the company (and the publisher of these new apps), and some products - existing and new - will still fall under...
New Platforms - What Takes So Long?
By Jeff Bonforte
The paradox of simple to use fast products is that they are deceivingly difficult to build. What makes these new Smartr products both more simple and more powerful than anything we have done before is basically invisible. Everything from our inbox and contact indexing, to injecting and integrating into the right places at the right time, to our massively improved ranking...
What About Xobni Customers?
By Jeff Bonforte
For the millions of current Xobni customers, things shouldn’t change much, and you can still refer to us by our Xobni brand. Still, all these new Smartr products are for you, too. We recently updated all of Xobni’s current products in previous releases to work with the new Smartr platform, so the products work together seamlessly, and the experience should feel familiar.
For our...
Introducing Smartr Inbox for Gmail
By Angel Steger
We’re proud to be entering public beta today under a new moniker, Smartr Inbox for Gmail. The Smartr Inbox extension for Gmail is now available for everyone—no more waiting lists to get in! Get started with Smartr Inbox now or watch a video.
We’re also releasing the public beta for Smartr for Android today. So if you’re also an Android user this is a great way to have...
The new home for Xobni's blog
Xobni’s blog has made the move from WordPress to Tumblr. We wanted a new, simple and clean place where we could share the musings from the Xobni team.
We are really excited about our blog’s new home, and rest assured, you will always be able to access all the previous posts from here.
Why you should work at Xobni
by Ryan Gerard
Many people know of Xobni as the Outlook search plugin. That’s not wrong – but it’s only a fraction of what we are today. While we still love our Outlook customers, we are no longer strictly a desktop software company. We’re a data-centric company, and our specialty is analyzing your data and transforming it into useful and relevant information. Our first product provided...
