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Commtouch Launches Premier Email and Calendaring Services for About.com; Web's No. 1 Information Site Showcases New Calendaring Technologies From Commtouch
Business Wire - November 10, 1999 06:18
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1999--Commtouch Software (Nasdaq:CTCH), 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 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 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 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 powered by Commtouch and open their personal email 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 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 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, 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 joint venture ChinaByte, and the Hollinger Group's Jerusalem Post.
Founded in 1991, Commtouch has offices in Silicon Valley, New York City, London and Tel Aviv. 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.
CONTACT: Commtouch Software
Chris McCarthy, 408/845-9903 or 408/839-5665
cmc@commtouch.com
or
About.com
Tabatha Sturm, 212/413-8036
tabatha@about-inc.com
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