Digital Life Simplified
Archive for April, 2010
The NEW Digital Life Simplified Blog
Apr 23rd
Happy Lisa and the lollipop!
Hi, everyone!
We’ve been really busy the last few weeks at meshtop. We are about to release a new version (details to come), which has required a lot of man hours! And we’re re-designing the website to better express the essence of MeshTop. As part of these changes, we’ve decided to take this blog in a different direction, one that you guys can relate to and will find beneficial.
The idea came from thinking about some of our favorite things. For example, a few of mine are Diet Dr. Pepper fountain soda, lollipops, and strawberry bubblegum (note: it must be bubblegum; chewing gum is not the same!). I realize that this may sound a bit silly to some of you, but it really proves the conclusion we made: Many of the things that make us happiest in this world are the simplest things around. This lead to our new blog concept: Digital Life Simplified.
We began thinking about how using computers and other technology is meant to make our lives easier. Unfortunately, things have been getting more and more complicated in some ways. For example, as an expat living in the big city, every time I leave the house, I need to have three things with me: my phone, my camera, and my mp3 player. It’s a real pain to have to carry all that around everywhere; even worse for guys because most have to try to fit everything in their pockets! Fortunately, Apple came out with the iPhone. Not only is this a phone, media player and camera in one, it has the capability to download translators, dictionaries and taxi cards in the native language. Having all these conveniences in one hand-held device is much easier: less to carry, less to remember when you leave the house, less to learn how to use.
This concept is exactly what we aim for at meshtop. Social Networking has become a huge part of the business world. Many of us rely on social networking concepts such as Twitter, Facebook and MSN to communicate with our customers and build leads. By merging the information from these sites into Outlook, you can quickly see status updates from your friends from all sites in one place, without logging into multiple websites and juggling several tabs or windows. meshtop matches the email addresses in your Inbox with your Facebook/Twitter contacts, so you can quickly check someone’s recent updates before replying to an email. Meshtop also automatically searches for an email address on Facebook to see if the contact has a profile if you aren’t already linked to that person (Note to Ye: does it do this with Twitter and MSN too? I only noticed Facebook before, but I think it probably checks them all. Please confirm.), helping you remember who you have forgotten to add as friends. As our new tag-line indicates, meshtop truly is Digital Life Simplified.
Over the next few months, we will be introducing some new products to make your lives easier. We will also bring you information through the DLS blog. We will tell you about new products and articles to make your life simpler through technology. We hope you like our changes, and as always your comments and questions are welcome.
Press Release April 20, 2010
Apr 20th
PRESS RELEASE
Meshtop simplifies social networking via Outlook plug-in.
BELLEVUE, Washington, April 20, 2010 – Today Meshtop launched an Outlook plug-in that organizes Facebook, Twitter and MSN social networks into the popular email client. As social networking services (SNS) become more important to maintain business and personal contacts in the professional world, Meshtop helps users link email addresses with their respective contacts on Facebook, Twitter and MSN, bringing ease and organization to the use of multiple social networking mediums.
Meshtop’s plug-in displays as an expandable sidebar in Outlook and searches through Outlook, Facebook, Twitter and MSN contacts to discover links between accounts, recommending suggestions to link possible matches. Expanding Meshtop to the Network view offers an intuitive way to organize contacts by creating groups and tagging contacts. These organizational tools achieve the company’s goal of simplifying SNS’s to reap their benefits more effectively.
This release of Meshtop is compatible with Outlook 2003 and 2007, which is ideal for the majority of Outlook users. In addition, Meshtop for Outlook 2010 (beta) is slated to be released later this month to accommodate those who have already upgraded.
As online social interaction continues to increase, Meshtop will release a series of products to manage and link contacts from various SNS’s, saving time and increasing productivity by bridging the gap between social network mediums.
Highlighted Meshtop Features:
• Contact management through visual networks – Right click to group multiple friends by tagging or to send them emails.
• Upload photos to Facebook – Batch upload local photos and captions as well as comment on friends’ photos.
• Browse your friends’ Facebook photos either online/offline – Meshtop will schedule a sync-up to Facebook to download the latest photos from your friends, which is a great feature for the business traveler who may not have constant access to an internet connection.
• Integration of Facebook OpenStream and Tweets into Outlook – Easily follow and interact with friends’ latest updates. Meshtop offers the option to view just Facebook or Twitter updates, as well as combining them into one list.
• Monitor trending topics and search real time topics on Twitter in Outlook – In addition to this search function, Meshtop saves custom search queries for repeated use.
• Publish your status simultaneously to Facebook, Twitter and MSN – in the “What are you doing?” field, Meshtop also offers URL shortening and photo sharing from TinyURL, Bit.ly, and TwitPic.
• Intelligent contact mapping connects Outlook contacts with Facebook and Twitter profiles – Meshtop’s intelligent match engine will find your friends’ social profiles between Outlook, Twitter, Facebook and MSN and combine the information into one contact card.
About Meshtop and Minesage:
MeshTop is a business unit of Minesage located in Bellevue, WA. Our mission is to provide the next generation of free tools to simplify social networking, thereby increasing productivity and saving time. Our team creates innovative and exciting technologies in the areas of social networking and social media applications. Meshtop’s Outlook plug-in is the first of a series of social networking solutions in the pipeline at Meshtop.
http://www.meshtop.com
Contact:
Ye Sun, General Manager
yesun@meshtop.com
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