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Brief Summary
Xobni is the San Francisco startup that is revolutionizing the way people manage email relationships. Xobni makes a plugin for Microsoft Outlook that helps you organize your flooded inbox. The name Xobni is the word "inbox" spelled backwards. Xobni was founded by Adam Smith and Matt Brezina in the spring of 2006.

Xobni extends Outlook by offering fast search, conversation threading, a social networking platform, and many other features designed to make email better.

Xobni is venture funded by Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Y Combinator, Atomico Investments, Baseline Ventures, and several angel investors.
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Press Releases
Xobni Releases Salesforce CRM Extension to Help Workers Manage Business Relationships
November 17, 2009
Xobni Selected To Join Microsoft Bizspark One Program
November 17, 2009
Xobni Launches Customizable Enterprise Solutions for Microsoft Outlook Customers
November 01, 2009
Xobni Announces Compatibility With Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System
October 22, 2009
Xobni Launches First Paid Service to Increase Workplace and Social Efficiency
July 15, 2009
Xobni Announces Investment from Blackberry Partners Fund Bringing Series B to over $10 Million and Removes Beta Label
March 25, 2009
Xobni Announces $7 Million Series B
January 05, 2009
Xobni Brings Valuable Third Party Content Into Outlook
November 18, 2008
Xobni Integrates with LinkedIn
June 26, 2008
Xobni Opens Beta To Public, Offers First Socially Aware Inbox For Outlook
May 05, 2008
Xobni Selected to Join Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program
January 22, 2008
MEDIA ADVISORY: Xobni Opens to Several Thousand New Beta Users
January 09, 2008
MEDIA ADVISORY: Xobni launches invitation-only beta at TechCrunch 40
September 18, 2007
Coverage
BNET: 10 Free Online Sales Tools for 2010
January 26, 2010
(Xobni) is a free add-on to Microsoft Outlook that turns it from an email system into a powerful sales tool...
ZDNET: CRM Watchlist 2010
January 25, 2010 ; Paul Greenberg
It's still very apparent that many small businesses, salespeople and solopreneurs depend heavily on email to stay connected with customers and prospects. As much as we talk about tweets, videos and blogs, most of the 1-to-1 interactions happen on the phone or via email.
LA Times: Xobni Takes Over Twitter's Old Offices
January 15, 2010 ; Jessica Guynn
You can measure the success of a start-up in square footage. Just ask Xobni. A few weeks ago, Xobni moved into Twitter's old offices in the South of Market area of San Francisco. With 30 employees, it could no longer squeeze into the offices that it first occupied with four people in 2007.
jkOnTheRun: BlackBerry Buzz: Xobni Goes 'Berry
January 12, 2010 ; James Kendrick
We have been long-time fans of Xobni - "Inbox" spelled backwards - the Outlook add-on that adds a lot of power to the program. We previously deduced that Xobni would be coming to the BlackBerry, but nothing for a while.
PocketBerry: Hands on with Xobni for BlackBerry
January 11, 2010 ; Mac Jadalhack
Another goody at the Consumer Electronic Show this year was Xobni for BlackBerry. We've been following Xobni (inbox spelled backwards) for quite a few months now, and we were definitely excited to see this hands on experience
BlackBerry Cool: Xobni for BlackBerry - CES 2010
January 10, 2010 ; Nan Palmero
Xobni (inbox backwards) is getting closer to having their application prepared for BlackBerry goodness. If you're unfamiliar, Xobni is currently an add-on for Outlook that makes searching a snap. It indexes your emails, then allows you to search them all with keywords, names or just about anything else you can throw at it...
LAPTOP Magazine: Xobni Shows Off Inbox-Organizing Tool for BlackBerry
January 09, 2010 ; Dana Wollman
In the past, we've written about Xobni, an Outlook plug-in that groups e-mails into threaded conversations, ranks contacts based on how often you communicate with them, and creates profiles for people including all of their contact information and their title. Now, Xobni is trying to clean up mobile inboxes as well, starting with the BlackBerry platform.
Inside BlackBerry: Xobni Hands On Demo
January 08, 2010 ; Douglas Soltys
As a BlackBerry smartphone user, I naturally take email very seriously. That's why I'm a huge fan of Xobni (it's inbox spelled backwards), a Microsoft Outlook plug-in that enhances your email experience in a variety of different ways.
LAPTOP Magazine: CES Reader's Choice Awards
January 07, 2010
When Xobni first appeared as a plug-in for Outlook, we quickly warmed to the way it helped organize our inbox and make searching through messages easier. Now, Xobni is out to make your BlackBerry inbox less unwieldy
Active Rain (Real Estate Blog): Xobni - A Tool that will Make You Look Good
January 01, 2010
Earlier this year I discovered and wrote about Xobni - an add on tool for Microsoft Outlook. I started using the free version (yes it's free). But it didn't take me long to realize how powerful this little tool was so I decided to go ahead and purchase. I think it cost about $30 dollars.
Tech 'n Marketing: Xobni - a Must for Every Outlook User
December 28, 2009
Xobni is an add-on for Microsoft Outlook that is a must for all outlook users. I use Outlook for all my work emails with clients and customers and Xobni has really touched on the key missing features of Outlook, and offers an easy-to-use plugin to fix all the issues.
Wall Street Journal: Business Apps Offer Social Tools
November 19, 2009 ; Nick Wingfield and Ben Worthen
...Smaller start-ups like Xobni Corp. also have found significant audiences by forming connections between social sites and business applications. The moves are the latest sign of how consumer-oriented technologies-from instant messaging to Apple Inc.'s iPhone-are invading the workplace and forcing companies to adapt to advances that boost productivity...
PC World: How to Choose a Hosted Email Solution
November 17, 2009 ; Michael Scalisi
...Another reason to consider Exchange is if you rely on third party apps that tie in closely with Outlook. Xobni, for example, is a great contact management and social networking tool that works with Outlook exclusively...
TechCrunch: Xobni Updates Its UI, Gains Monetizable Extensions
November 16, 2009 ; M.G. Siegler
Tonight, Xobni is selectively allowing users to download a new version of its client with a number of UI enhancements. This launch coincides with Xobni's new Salesforce extension. This is notable because it marks the launch of premium extensions for the first time, that give the company a new potential revenue stream...
ChannelWeb: Xobni Wrings Time Savings Out of Outlook
November 16, 2009 ; Kevin McLaughlin
Xobni -- that's "inbox" spelled backward -- makes a plug-in for Outlook that builds profiles of a person's contacts that incorporate phone numbers, e-mail conversations and attachments, and then links this information to social networking Web sites. Xobni displays the profiles neatly in a sidebar within Outlook, and its sophisticated analytics engine enables it to organize large caches of data to let users quickly find what they're looking for.
Wall Street Journal: Why Can't We Choose Our Office Technology?
November 15, 2009 ; Nick Wingfield
...In my case, I've installed a search engine called Google Desktop that lets me quickly scour my hard drive for files, and a product by Xobni Corp. that does something similar for Outlook email, even though neither is approved by my IT department. And those programs have made a world of difference. In a simple test, it took Outlook two minutes to track down an email from a few months ago, based on a few search terms. Xobni found the message before I finished typing the words.
Businessweek: Fertile Ground for Startups
November 12, 2009 ; Spencer Ante
Who needs job security? In June 2008, as the recession was moving from bad to worse, Caterina Fake gave up a comfortable, executive-level job at Yahoo! (YHOO) to launch a company... Fake isn't alone in betting on that. A crop of potentially groundbreaking companies is emerging from the wreckage of the Great Recession...
BusinessWeek: RIM Shows New BlackBerry Features
November 09, 2009 ; Arik Hesseldahl
Finally, I talked with Jeff Bonforte, CEO of Xobni, on Friday, a terrific plug-in for Microsoft Outlook that not only makes your mail highly searchable, but turns every bit of contact information that appears in your email into a super address book. Xobni will today demonstrate the first fruits of the investment it received from RIM's Blackberry Partners Fund....
CNET: Sneak peek: Xobni e-mail app for BlackBerry
November 09, 2009 ; Jessica Dolcourt
A few months ago, e-mail search app Xobni told us they were creating a version for BlackBerry. At the BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco on Monday, we got a look at it...
BerryReview: Xobni for BlackBerry Coming Soon! Gonna Rock Our World?
November 09, 2009 ; Ronen Halevy
Xobni just stood up at the BlackBerry Developer Conference and came out with an impressive showing of their application. They stated that 50% of their desktop plugin users are BlackBerry users. The also said that an average user has 500 contacts and the contact information is incorrect for over 50% of those contacts.
Basex: In the Briefing Room: Xobni Enterprise
November 05, 2009 ; Cody Burke
The challenge for any new tool that fights Information Overload is to gain the legitimacy that is necessary to apply it in an enterprise setting...
Financial Times: Life in an Interconnected World
November 03, 2009 ; Richard Waters
The Digital Age has bred a new class of information slaves. They process endless streams of e-mail or waste time hunting for information on their hard disks and corporate intranets. Edited and re-edited versions of the same document bounce back and forth on long e-mail threads among co-workers, challenging them to keep up.
CNET: Personal Service Gets Business Flavor: Xobni and SugarSync
November 03, 2009 ; Rafe Needleman
IT pros will often tell you that a lot of consumer technology isn't ready for the enterprise. It's not secure, it's not priced correctly, it can't be administered, yada yada. That doesn't stop businesspeople from using consumer tools in their jobs, though. It just stops the people who make the tools from profiting from their use.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - The Microsoft Blog: Popular Microsoft Add-On Makes Move for Enterprise
November 03, 2009 ; Nick Eaton
Silicon Valley, the home of Apple and Google, is known for its anti-Microsoft mentality. But the world's largest software company has a friend in one small California tech firm: Xobni.
Maximum PC: Xobni Releases Enterprise Solution for Outlook Users
November 03, 2009 ; Paul Lilly
We first covered Xobni's plugin for Microsoft Outlook in our '20 Essential Tricks Every Outlook Users Needs to Know,' and apparently we weren't the only ones impressed with it. Xobni has notched over 3 million downloads in its belt and has drawn the attention of IT managers interested in deploying the plugin to their employees. They're about to get their wish.
Wall Street Journal: Updating Office on the Cheap
November 03, 2009 ; Nick Wingfield
...Xobni-"in box" spelled backwards-says users have downloaded more than three million copies of its software, which is free of charge for a basic version and $29.95 for a more advanced edition. Last year, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates featured Xobni in a presentation at a Microsoft technical conference...
IDG (Computerworld, CIO, Networkworld): Xobni CEO talks about CIOs, Gmail and 'Getting Things Done'
November 02, 2009 ; Eric Lai
The new Xobni ('inbox' spelled backwards) Enterprise server software lets IT managers centrally deploy and manage the company's plug-in to employees' client PCs, Xobni CEO Jeff Bonforte said in an interview last week. During that interview, he also talked about why the San Francisco startup isn't afraid to buck Web 2.0 peer pressure and how it's catering to David Allen's influential time-management philosophy, Getting Things Done.
eWeek: Xobni Enterprise Launches as Salve for Corporate Microsoft Outlook
November 02, 2009 ; Clint Boulton
Xobni Nov. 2 took the plunge into the business market, releasing a secure version of its e-mail search plug-in to let IT administrators give their employees an easy way to sift through content in their Microsoft Outlook inboxes.
ReadWriteWeb: Xobni Goes Enterprise 2.0
November 02, 2009 ; Sarah Perez
Xobni, the Outlook plugin that reveals the hidden social network in your inbox, has today launched a business service called Xobni Enterprise. With this, I.T. administrators are being given new tools to deploy and manage the plugin across corporate desktops. In addition, the company is offering customizable extensions for popular enterprise systems including Salesforce CRM, SharePoint, Microsoft Dynamics, and others. It can even tap into a company's own information store saved in an LDAP...
IT Pro: Xobni Moves to Enterprise with New Release
November 02, 2009 ; Nicole Kobie
A new edition of Outlook add-on Xobni is bringing in some enterprise-friendly features... Xobni is a free add-on that brings better organisation and search to Microsoft Outlook's calendar and email as well as integrating social networking sites. It claims it saves the average user as much as half an hour a week.
VentureBeat: Xobni Launches Enterprise Version of its Improved Inbox
November 02, 2009 ; Anthony Ha
Xobni, the company that improves Microsoft's email application Outlook by showing you more data about your contacts, is aiming for bigger and bigger customers - it just announced an enterprise version, which includes new features like integration with Salesforce.com's sales application and Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration technology.
V3.co.uk: Xobni Adds Enterprise Appeal
November 02, 2009 ; Daniel Robinson
Email management firm Xobni has released a tool designed to help organisations manage and deploy the company's namesake plug-in for Outlook which allows users to easily find information in their inbox.
Mashable: Xobni Launches Twitter Access Within Outlook
September 30, 2009
With the Xobni Outlook plugin, users can send tweets and direct messages, view the Twitter updates from their contacts, post retweets, and follow or unfollow users all from within Outlook. Xobni says this is just the first step to providing Twitter information within Outlook.
TechCrunch: Xobni Brings Twitter To Your Inbox
September 29, 2009
Earlier tonight, Xobni quietly released, at least to some users, a new version of its Outlook plug-in that brings Twitter streams into your email in an intelligent way. Instead of acting like any other Twitter client and showing you the full stream of everyone you follow, it shows you only the recent Tweets of the person whose email you are reading, whether or not you follow them on Twitter.
New York Times: Xobni Takes the 'Freemium' Route
July 16, 2009 ; Claire Cain Miller
For all those Microsoft Outlook users who cannot imagine using their e-mail without the help of Xobni, the free software that makes Outlook e-mail much more bearable, a new version comes out Tuesday night that will supercharge the tool. The catch: you have to pay for it.
BusinessWeek: Xobni Charges for Outlook Add On
July 16, 2009 ; Doug MacMillan
If you're an e-mail pack rat like me, you let your inbox fill up with thousands of messages of varying degrees of importance knowing you will need to refer to some old conversation or contact at some point down the road. The problem is, the e-mail client used by a vast majority of businesses, Microsoft Outlook, does a poor job of managing all that mail.
TechCrunch: Xobni Decides To Start Making Money, Launches Premium Upgrades For Your Smarter Inbox
July 15, 2009 ; Jason Kincaid
Xobni, a startup that looks to make your inbox a little less chaotic, is well known for walking away from an acquisition offer from Microsoft last year, not long after being publically complimented by Bill Gates. Since then the service has continued to grow, with over 2 million downloads in the last year and an avid user base.
PC World: Xobni Meets Facebook, Right Inside Outlook
April 28, 2009 ; BRENNON SLATTERY
Xobni, the company that's making it easier for users to integrate their lives with Microsoft Outlook, has just broadened its Facebook add-on to include live streaming buddy updates.
Motley Fool: Ignore Y Combinator at Your Own Risk
April 28, 2009 ; ANDY LOUIS-CHARLES
Xobni, an e-mail software maker, was demoed by Bill Gates at Microsoft's Developer Conference in early 2008
TechCrunch: Feed Me: Xobni Going Live With Full Facebook Stream Tonight
April 27, 2009 ; JASON KINCAID
Now you'll be able to see this information at a glance directly from your Outlook mail client, which is obviously far more efficient than having to manually check your Facebook page.
VentureBeat: Xobni brings Facebook streams into Outlook
April 27, 2009 ; ANTHONY HA
It's easy to see why a Xobni user would benefit from seeing not just a correspondent's Facebook or LinkedIn profile (which Xobni already allows) but also their most recent activity on Facebook as published in their stream, since that might provide more up-to-date and relevant information.
Mashable: More Facebook On the Desktop: Xobni in Outlook
April 27, 2009 ; BEN PARR
Now, email management software Xobni, which we featured as a great implementation of Facebook Connect, has taken advantage of the new features as well.
San Jose Mercury News: Facebook gives users more flexibility
April 27, 2009 ; SCOTT HARRIS
Xobni, a startup intended to enhance Microsoft Outlook, also rolled out technology to allow its users to view the Facebook feed within the Outlook inbox.
San Francisco Chronicle: Facebook's latest assault on Twitter
April 27, 2009 ; VERNE KOPYTOFF
E-mail plug-in Xobni plans to allow users to see their contacts' full Facebook stream within their Outlook inbox
Boston Globe: E-mail add-ons can tame even the peskiest inbox
March 26, 2009 ; HIAWATHA BRAY
For sheer versatility, my favorite e-mail helper is Xobni
BusinessWeek: Will Xobni Help BlackBerry Take On the iPhone?
March 25, 2009 ; ARIK HESSELDAHL
Investing in Xobni makes sense in light of features Apple plans for its forthcoming iPhone operating system upgrade, says Michael Gartenberg, an analyst at market research firm Interpret.
CNET Webware: Xobni takes in funding, exits beta
March 25, 2009 ; RAFE NEEDLEMAN
In other words, it should work acceptably quickly for users with large e-mail installations, such as Xobni investor Josh Kopelman. Passing "The Kopelman Experiment," Brezina says, was a key milestone during development.
VentureBeat: Email startup Xobni leaves beta, raises $3.2M
March 25, 2009 ; ANTHONY HA
Even in beta mode, Xobni has been downloaded 2 million times, he says. The company plans to roll out premium versions (in other words, versions with enhanced search and relationship management, that you actually have to pay for) later this year.
ReadWriteWeb: Xobni Leaves Beta, Adds Features, Takes in Funding
March 25, 2009 ; SARAH PEREZ
In this release, Xobni has also included additional user controls which will allow users to better customize Xobni's behavior. This feature is designed to help people with "underpowered" computers to take advantage of the plugin. (Can we say netbooks?) The controls let you customize the indexing times and configure a delayed load when Outlook starts, among other things.
Download Squad: Xobni drops beta, organizes your Outlook info faster
March 25, 2009 ; BRAD LINDER
The new version doesn't come with any shiny new features, but it it does have a number of improvements under the hood that let Xobni and Outlook work better together. For instance, Xobni loads faster, loads messages better due to caching, and users can controlho woften and how much of their email is indexed by the plugin.
San Jose Mercury News: Like it? Pixazza helps you find it and buy it online
March 25, 2009 ; SCOTT HARRIS
Xobni also announced "a major upgrade" to its product, improving search and management — so much better, it says, that it dropped the "beta" label.
National Post: BlackBerry Partners Fund makes investment in Xobni
March 25, 2009 ; DREW HASSELBACK
This team is off-the-charts good. Virtually all of the hot buttons you hear from the VC community, these guys nailed em.
Globe and Mail: BlackBerry Partners Fund to give boost to Xobni
March 25, 2009 ; MATT HARTLEY
Xobni Corp.'s moniker may be "inbox" spelled backwards, but it's the company's forward-thinking e-mail management ideas that have attracted the attention of the BlackBerry Partners Fund.
Web Worker Daily: Xobni Loses Beta Tag, Adds Speed
March 25, 2009 ; Simon Mackie
Xobni, a very useful Microsoft Oulook plug-in that we've covered with glowing reviews previously, has droppped its beta tag with version 1.7, released today.
GottaBeMobile: Xobni Now Out of Beta
March 25, 2009 ; WARNER CROCKER
Xobni is now out of Beta and it is still free. The folks at Xobni are touting that the program now loads faster and has better customization to allow you to take advantage of the sidebar for your need, among other improvements.
Phones Review: Can BlackBerry (RIMM) battle with iPhone? New Xobni
March 25, 2009 ; STAFF
The iPhone is one of the most talked about smartphones at the moment and a question we would love answered is "Can BlackBerry (RIMM) battle with iPhone? The reason we ask this is because with the new Xobni investment can the above be true.
Washington Post: BlackBerry Partners Fund Invests About $3 Million Into Outlook Plug-in Xobni
March 25, 2009 ; TRICIA DURYEE
The investment will go towards the company's second round of funding. In early January, it raised $7 million from Cisco Systems (NSDQ: CSCO), Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures and Atomico. In total, it has now raised more than $10 million in the round.
Wall Street Journal: Startups Juggle Platforms, Prioritization
March 23, 2009 ; JESSICA VASCELLARO
Email management company Xobni said its initial decision to target one platform, Microsoft Office, paid off, allowing it to focus its resources on one core group of customers.
VentureWire: Making Sense of Email
February 17, 2009 ; TOMIO GERON
The software creates a sidebar on a user's Microsoft Outlook screen, where a wealth of information is displayed for every email that arrives.
Lifehacker: Top 10 Outlook Boosters
February 14, 2009 ; KEVIN PURDY
One download gives you a look at all your email in/out data, fuller contact cards, speedy indexed search that also remembers corporate hierarchy (so you can find, for instance your contact's secretary), Gmail-like conversation threads, and a lot more
Marketing Professor: Social Networking Overwhelm, Integrated Social Profiles in Outlook
February 05, 2009 ; TRAVIS CAMPBELL
It is a time saver. For those in online marketing, speed of information is just as important as information quality. I'm finding that centralizing these social networking profiles creates awareness of my connections and this can create more opportunities to connect with them and add value.
Telegraph: Review: Xobni free email manager
January 23, 2009 ; DAVID PHELAN
Its speed and seamless integration are what make this a stand-out product.
The Web Conference Blog: Xobni for Email Management
January 14, 2009 ; DAVID CHAO
Overall, Xobni is a great application to have. If you have issues with email management, want to capture back countless hours of searching for information that you never end up finding, download Xobni now! -David Chao, Manager NA Sales, WebEx
Techlatina: Xobni el plugin perfecto para Outlook (Spanish)
January 09, 2009 ; FERNANDO SCHEPS
Finding e-mails is really simple and Xobni accomplishes what other add-ons never could, results appearing REALLY FAST without sacrificing computer resources
New York Times: Cisco Funds Xobni, the Outlook Search Tool
January 05, 2009 ; CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
"Cisco and Xobni actually share a very similar vision of using collaboration," said Sandhya Venkatachalam, director of corporate development at Cisco. They both "center the experience around the people one wants to communicate with."
TechCrunch: Xobni Closes $7 Million B Round Led By Cisco
January 05, 2009 ; ERICK SCHONFELD
Smarter-email startup Xobni has raised $7 million in a B round of financing from Cisco Systems
VentureBeat: Xobni raises $7M to battle Outlook's email overload
January 05, 2009 ; ANTHONY HA
By making related content (phone numbers, past messages, files exchanged, and more) immediately accessible, Xobni helps you avoid fruitless or time-consuming searches through giant piles of email
Webware: Xobni raises cash from Cisco
January 05, 2009 ; RAFE NEEDLEMAN
The company blog discusses a "focus on our premium business, and address the growing interest from our enterprise customer base," which meshes with Cisco's business model.
GigaOm: With Microsoft in Sight, Cisco invests in Xobni
January 05, 2009 ; OM MALIK
In a blog posting, the company said that their Outlook add-on software has been downloaded more than 1.5 million times. They are currently conducting product trials with Fortune 500 companies.
Lifehacker: Must-Have Free Windows Programs
December 30, 2008 ; GINA TRAPANI
One of our favorite sources of free downloads, the Freewaregenius blog, posts their top 10 list of lesser-known, "must have" free programs and we're on board with most of the list, which includes Digsby, Everything, Launchy, Xobni, and the KMPlayer.
BNET: The Top Freeware of 2008
December 29, 2008 ; RICK BROIDA
The Outlook add-on I can't live without, Xobni adds much-needed search capabilities along with social-networking features so you can instantly find your contacts on LinkedIn, Facebook, and the like. Hard to believe it's still free - not that I'm complaining.
PC World: Get More From Outlook With Hassle-Free PC
December 02, 2008 ; RICK BROIDA
It's the fast and easy searching that makes Xobni a must-have tool, especially for Outlook 2003 users (Outlook 2007 does have decent mail-search capabilities, but none of Xobni's other amenities). Incredibly, Xobni is free, at least while it's in beta (which it has been for quite a while). Don't tell the company I said so, but I'd gladly pay a few bucks for it.
TechCrunch: Xobni Adds Yahoo Mail, Facebook, Skype, Hoovers, And The Kitchen Sink
November 19, 2008 ; ERICK SCHONFELD
Jeff Bonforte never met an API he didn't like. The CEO of Xobni, a startup that makes an outlook plug-in that makes your e-mail smarter, has been busy getting his team of engineers to integrate every possible API they can think of into the service.
Lifehacker: Xobni Incorporates with Your Facebook Profile, Yahoo Mail, and Skype
November 19, 2008 ; ADAM PASH
Xobni is a must-have for anyone looking to get more from Outlook, and today the plug-in gets even better. That's because Xobni now integrates Facebook, Yahoo Mail, Skype, and Hoover company profiles directly in the Xobni sidebar,
WebWorkerDaily: Xobni Brings Even More to Your Outlook Inbox
November 19, 2008 ; SCOTT BLITSTEIN
As we connect with people through so many various channels, having a way to tie these communications together and connected to your contacts is becoming more critical. If you're an Outlook user, these Xobni improvements look to be a step in the right direction.
Download Squad: Xobni brings Skype, Facebook, Yahoo! integration to Outlook
November 19, 2008 ; BRAD LINDER
Xobni is a plugin for Outlook that adds advanced search and social functions to the email client.
eWeek: Xobni Social Inbox Friends Facebook, Yahoo Mail, Skype, Hoovers
November 19, 2008 ; CLINT BOULTON
Xobni is a messaging and collaboration startup whose application brings social contacts from other consumer and enterprise applications to Microsoft Outlook inbox. Xobni today has integrated with Web services Yahoo Mail, Facebook and Hoovers, as well as from VOIP communications provider Skype
Ars Technica: Xobni Outlook plug-in gets more social, integrated
November 19, 2008 ; DAVID CHARTIER
Xobni, the virtual life preserver for those who are drowning in Outlook e-mail, is back with a major update.
IT PRO: Email is the new smoking
October 18, 2008 ; Simon Bisson & Mary Branscombe
Does email suck up more time than I'd really like? Definitely. Could I give email up for a week and still have any work coming in? Probably not. What I really want it more tools like SNARF and Xobni that let me deal with the key messages without spending time wading through messages that can be filed unread in case I ever need the information in them.
IT Pro: Fused with my Xobni
October 14, 2008 ; NICOLE KOBIE
It made me really, really miss Outlook-add-on Xobni, which is a work of pure genius; it makes Outlook useful and functional.
Inc.: Cool, Determined & Under 30
October 01, 2008 ; DONNA FENN
Xobni, co-founded by Adam Smith and Matt Brezina, hopes to transform Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Outlook inboxes into social networking tools.
Associated Press: You've got mail, again: Tips for e-mail overload
September 24, 2008 ; HILLARY RHODES
The makers of Xobni, which is "inbox" spelled backwards, say their Microsoft Outlook plug-in speeds up the process by "threading" conversations (grouping responses together).
Huffington Post: The Quantification of Everything
September 17, 2008 ; Esther Dyson
Whom do you write to most, and who writes to you? Which of your friends have you not pinged since the last online holiday card? Who answers quicker in the morning vs. the afternoon?
Business Week: CEOs' Take on Twitter
September 08, 2008 ; DOUGLAS MACMILLAN
Mashable: 20+ Tools to Make Any Email Inbox More Social
August 29, 2008 ; DORIANO CARLA
If you want extended information about the people that send you emails then checkout Xobni, which snaps inside Outlook and displays many new details about senders and all of the emails that you've exchanged with them. The service now connects directly to users' LinkedIn accounts if they own one, which opens a whole new world of possibilities.
TheStreet.com: Xobni Email Plug-In Makes Search a Cinch
August 25, 2008 ; JONATHAN BLUM
Right from the beginning, Xobni can optimize search for email on older versions of Outlook that don't support the new search features found in Microsoft's Vista, the company's most recent operating system. I found the performance far better than other third-party desktop search tools, such as Google Desktop.
Technology Review: TR35
August 20, 2008 ; OM MALIK
Smith's goal is to help people unlock and harness the social relationships embodied in their in-boxes. The first version of Xobni (inbox spelled backwards) is a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook and works only on Windows computers--but the results are remarkable.
Lifehacker: Email Innovations You Want in Your Inbox
August 18, 2008 ; GINA TRAPANI
The free Xobni add-on for Outlook is probably the most developed and feature-rich of the current crop of advanced email search products
Metro: Zennström backar nytt hippt e-postprogram (Swedish)
August 12, 2008 ; ELISABETH BRAW
The Guardian: Elevator Pitch: Nivio can synchronise your digital life
August 11, 2008 ; SACHIN DUGGAL
Outlook email tool Xobni - I use that about 30 times a day
CNET: Venture capital investing: What's next?
August 06, 2008 ; STEPHANIE OLSEN
One example of this would be an application that tells an executive who he or she e-mails the most and responds to fastest. Is it a boss or a co-worker? Xobni, "inbox" spelled backwards, is a plug-in for Outlook that provides that kind of information, including context from the Web about a person who's just e-mailed you.
Orlando Sentinal: Use technology to clear inbox, get things done
August 03, 2008 ; ETAN HOROWITZ
If you use Outlook, download the free Xobni plug-in, which has an incredible search function that reduces the need for lots of folders with detailed names.
Wall Street Journal: Xobni Can Make Good Old Email Even More Useful
July 31, 2008 ; WALT MOSSBERG
Xobni turned my Outlook experience from one that was organized by messages and dates into one that was organized by people, relationships and histories.
LA Times: You've got too much e-mail
July 31, 2008 ; LESLIE BRENNER
Another program, Xobni ("in-box" backward) determines the "hot zones" when a person tends to receive the most e-mail
Fox Business (Video): Social Network Tool For Email
July 31, 2008 ; WALT MOSSBERG
Inc: Technology Tools: E-mail's Little Helpers
July 29, 2008 ; RYAN UNDERWOOD
Best For Managing Your Contacts
Netword World: Podcast/Video: Xobni & Co-Founder Matt Brezina
July 24, 2008 ; MITCHELL ASHLEY
If you aren't using the Xobni plugin for Microsoft Outlook, then its time to upgrade from stone knives and bear skins to some new email + social networking tools.
New York Times: Facebook Conference Report: News From Xobni, Zynga and iLike
July 23, 2008 ; BRAD STONE
Xobni, the Microsoft Outlook plug-in that we wrote about last month, says it is adding Facebook information to its service. That means social information from Facebook -- profile pictures, mutual friends and status updates -- will appear inside Xobni's useful Outlook sidebar tool alongside the names of people that users have previously e-mailed.
LAPTOP Review: Xobni (Beta)
July 21, 2008 ; JOANNA STERN
With all the functionality and useful tools rolled into Xobni, it's hard to believe this program is free. Its speedy search results and ability to extract useful contact information and attachments makes this time-saving application a must-have for any Outlook user.
Forrester Research: What The Startup Xobni Teaches Tech Vendors About Innovation
July 16, 2008 ; Chris Andrews
The company is notable for the simplicity and strength of its value proposition, as well as what it shows about the state of technology market innovation.
The Washington Post: Address Book Programs Need to Network to Get Ahead
July 10, 2008 ; Rob Pegoraro
"The best you can get is a free plug-in for Outlook called Xobni"
Download.com (Home Page): Ultimate Email Stats
July 08, 2008 ; EDITOR
The ultimate Outlook add-on, Xobni is a veritable e-mail data mine. It can tell you how often you and your boss communicate, and when, open e-mails, find attachments, and help you schedule meeting requests from a colorful, retractable interface.
CNET: Featured Freeware: Xobni
July 03, 2008 ; SETH ROSENBLATT
Xobni integrates into your Outlook installation and shows you more about your e-mails than Outlook ever could.
PC Magazine: Xobni Updates with LinkedIn
July 01, 2008 ; OLIVER RIST
...this thing rocks. For email-heavy SMBers, Xobni not only better organizes your inbox, it also lets you use email as a tool in new ways.
Wired (Print Edition): The Great American Timesuck
July 01, 2008 ; CLIVE THOMPSON
Among other cool tricks, Xobni spots hidden patterns in your email usage. It identifies, for intstance, who your most important contacts are, what time of day they typically send email, and how long it takes you to reply to one another.
Washington Post: Xobni Gets Even Better with LinkedIn Data for Your Contacts
June 26, 2008 ; JASON KINCAID
Xobni, the email startup that we've described as "The Superplugin for Outlook", has partnered with LinkedIn to automatically pull contact information from the popular professional network.
PC World: Xobni Outlook Add-On
June 04, 2008 ; KEVIN C. TOFEL
This free application is a must-have for anyone who lives in Outlook. It provides functionality that Outlook should deliver natively, and does so without affecting the e-mail client's performance.
The Guardian: Technophile
June 04, 2008 ; KATE BEVAN
I think Xobni is brilliant: it's made my absurd inbox very much more manageable and useful.
Orlando Sentinal: Gaining control of your e-mail
May 10, 2008 ; ETAN HOROWITZ
Stop the chaos in your Outlook! A free download allows you to quickly navigate your inbox to find the information you need.
SmartBiz: Xobni Turns Your Outlook Inbox Inside Out
May 07, 2008 ; RICH KARPINSKI
Xobni - "inbox" spelled backwards -- provides tools for making it easier to deal with the onslaught of email to your Outlook inbox.
ITProPortal: Xobni comes out of Beta to rock Microsoft Outlook's world
May 07, 2008 ; DESIRE ATHOW
Contact management tool Xobni has been officially released yesterday after nearly seven months of Invite-only beta and could be a life-saving tool for users who depend on Outlook to communicate with the rest of the world.
Scenta: Xobni Outlook add-on launches into beta
May 07, 2008
The company says that with email volume growing rapidly Xobni helps users quickly find and understand what's in their inbox, freeing up wasted time.
TechCrunch: Xobni Acquires IP From Failed Web 1.0 Startup FireDrop
May 07, 2008 ; MICHAEL ARRINGTON
Xobni CEO Jeff Bonforte says the Zaplet idea was a good one, just too early. And that's why they've acquired much of the intellectual property of FireDrop from MetricStream.
VNUNET.com: Xobni touts social network for the inbox
May 06, 2008 ; CLEMENT JAMES
Displayed as a sidebar in Outlook, Xobni's proprietary technology analyses emails in the same way that the human brain naturally understands communication, according to the firm.
ars technica: Hands-on with Xobni: make Outlook more productive, social
May 06, 2008 ; DAVID CHARTIER
A new plug-in for Microsoft Outlook, called Xobni, claims that it can help you "organize your flooded inbox." It even offers contact management and discovery features, some of which led Bill Gates to call Xobni "the next generation of social networking."
ITWire: Xobni outs Outlook inadequacies
May 06, 2008 ; STAN BEER
Xobni indexes and organises all the email information you have locked up in Outlook and then lets you search for it and find it quickly.
InformationWeek: Xobni Makes Outlook Searchable And Social
May 06, 2008 ; THOMAS CLABURN
"Right now, people have to go and dig through some kind of separate folder that has all their contact information for someone, which I think is totally absurd," said Brezina. "If I'm looking at an e-mail from you and I want to call you, I don't have to have to do any extra work. I just want to see your phone number."
eFluxMedia: Xobni For Outlook Is Here To Deal With Your Messy Inbox
May 05, 2008 ; DEE CHISAMERA
For all the Microsoft Outlook users out there: the solution to all your inbox frustrations is here!
WebFuture.de: Mail-Verwaltung neu erfunden: Xobni Beta geöffnet
May 05, 2008 ; ROLAND QUANDT
Konkret handelt es sich um eine Art Add-On für den E-Mail-Client, der dafür sorgt, dass alle Nachrichten schnell durchsucht, geordnet und analysiert werden können.
The Boston Globe: Plug-in aims to ease Outlook searches
May 05, 2008 ; BRAD STONE
Xobni has ambitions that extend well beyond Microsoft Outlook. Jeff Bonforte, a 35-year-old former Yahoo vice president, joined Xobni as chief executive in February. He plans to expand Xobni's reach to various e-mail programs as well as to social networks like Facebook and Linkedin.
Mashable: Xobni Enters Public Beta
May 05, 2008 ; Stan Schroeder
Last time we wrote about Xobni, the e-mail organizer that plugs into your Outlook and makes your e-mail-related life easier, it was entering an invite-only beta. As of today, Xobni is in public beta and everyone can try it by downloading it from the official site.
PC Pro: Xobni now open to all
May 05, 2008 ; TIM DANTON
Xobni's key benefits are for anyone who uses Outlook. If that includes you, we recommend you download it today.
CNET: OK, just admit that Outlook's lame--and fix it, already
May 05, 2008 ; CHARLES COOPER
Xobni, which came out of beta testing today, has received a bounty of attention because its backers include Vinod Khosla and Niklas Zennstrom. (Getting a freebee compliment from Bill Gates hasn't hurt.)
Lifehacker: Xobni Beta Now Open to the Public
May 05, 2008
Previously in invite-only beta, Xobni adds email analytics, better contact cards, fast search, threaded conversations, and more to your Outlook inbox.
New York Times: If You Use Outlook E-Mail, Meet Xobni
May 05, 2008 ; BRAD STONE
The free downloadable software can index all of your Outlook e-mail and make messages quickly and easily searchable.
PC World: Xobni Revamps Inbox: Adds Social Networking Twist to Outlook
May 05, 2008 ; TOM SPRING
Based on the premise your Outlook inbox is in desperate need of a revamp a company called Xobni has introduced a free beta version of a program designed to turn Outlook on its head.
PC Magazine: Outlook Slowing You Down? Enter Xobni
May 05, 2008 ; CHLOE ALBANESIUS
Tired of waiting for Outlook to peruse thousands of e-mails in your inbox to find a message you received three weeks ago? Xobni wants to help.
VentureBeat: Xobni launches email organizer for Outlook
May 04, 2008 ; Matt Marshall
Xobni, the San Francisco company we raved about last year that offers a way to better organize your email from Outlook, is launching publicly with its test version.
Webware: Xobni makes Outlook better, but where's the business?
May 04, 2008 ; RAFE NEEDLEMAN
Xobni integrates into your Outlook installation and shows you more about your e-mails than Outlook can itself.
JKOnTheRun: Freeware of the Moment- Xobni
April 22, 2008 ; JAMES KENDRICK
Today I got an invite to the Xobni closed beta from good friend Steven Hughes and decided to give it a shot. Boy am I glad I did as it has already made a big impact on my productivity.
Washington Post: Tips Galore for Slaying the E-mail Beast
April 09, 2008 ; ERIK LARKIN
For Outlook he looks at an add-on called Xobni that can help sift and organize your messages - though you have to request an invite to participate in the Xobni beta.
CNET: New Outlook add-on cuts through the inbox clutter
April 07, 2008 ; DENNIS O'REILLY
Xobni is one of those programs that makes you wonder, "How do they do that?" When you select a message, information about your correspondence with the sender appears in the Xobni pane to the right of the message window in Outlook 2007 and 2003.
Recruitment Times: Save Time Searching for Client, Candidate and Staff Data - Power-Up MS Outlook
March 01, 2008
In between calls to clients and candidates are you struggling to manage important information in your Outlook inbox? How much time do you waste trawling through folders in your inbox, sent items and deleted items for important information?
Newsweek: Reinventing the Inbox
February 28, 2008 ; CHRIS FLAVELLE
One of the leading startups in this new field is Xobni. The San Francisco firm hopes to capitalize on dissatisfaction with swelling IN boxes that make the eyes glaze over.
Los Angeles Times: Come for brunch. Bring billions.
February 26, 2008 ; JESSICA GUYNN
Xobni Corp., a San Francisco start-up that helps people better organize and search their e-mail and contacts.
ReadWriteWeb: Xobni - Social Network in Your Inbox
January 14, 2008 ; SARAH PEREZ
Xobni's brilliance is in providing you with a true social network filled with information that can help you stay productive and get things done. [...] This makes Xobni not just useful, but one of those, "how did I ever live without it" kind of things.
TechCrunch: The Super Plugin for Outlook
January 09, 2008 ; NICK GONZALEZ
Being the only guy with Outlook in the office, it's been a personal favorite of mine. Xobni's sidebar has improved Outlook for me by offering faster search, and automatic organization of my email and contacts. Their search function alone has saved me time by just being faster and more comprehensive than Outlook's native search.
Server Management: Well Connected
December 04, 2007 ; MARY BRANSCOMBE
Xobni is an Outlook add-in, launching soon, that ranks your contacts based on the messages you exchange, extracting contact information and identifying people the messages are connected to. You can click through to explore the conversations you've had with those connections.
Wall Street Journal: Email's Friendly Fire
November 27, 2007 ; REBECCA BUCKMAN
Xobni's product places a set of features on top of a customer's email inbox, such as "profiles" of online contacts complete with photos, and quick links to set up appointments.
Business Week: Will Email Really Be the Next Social Network?
November 14, 2007 ; ROB HOF
It looks useful as a way of injecting some social smarts into Outlook.
Technology Review: A New Look For Outlook
October 02, 2007 ; KATE GREENE
"...what makes Xobni distinct is that it turns e-mail from a message-based system into a people-based system."
Founders at Work Blog: Xobni Beta
September 20, 2007 ; JESSICA LIVINGSTON
"with the launch of Xobni Insight, they seem to have made something people want. And I couldn't be happier for the Xobnis."
GIGAOM: Is Email The Ultimate Social Environment?
September 20, 2007 ; OM MALIK
The impressive launch of San Francisco-based Xobni: Email, the most socialist of all web apps
Technologyevangelist.com: Xobni is One Impressive Email Tool
September 19, 2007 ; ED KOHLER
"TechCrunch had tons of impressive companies present, but the one that really jumped off the page for me was Xobni. They have created a new email platform that creates significant value without asking anything more from users. That's a killer combination.
A VC Blog: Xobni launches
September 19, 2007 ; FRED WILSON
"It's safe to say that we're blown away ... for those of us stuck in email hell in Outlook, Xobni is showing a way out.
Webware: Hands-on: Handy Email Helper
September 18, 2007 ; RAFE NEEDLEMAN
"Our in-boxes really do contain a lot of social information, and I am very eager to see if Xobni will help me uncover mine."
VentureBeat: Email company Xobni launches, may steal Techcrunch prize
September 18, 2007 ; MATT MARSHALL
"It's extremely useful and we'll make a bet now it will win the show here... We've downloaded it, and are playing with it, and find it truly impressive."
ZDNet: Xobni and Orgoo - Weird Names, Useful Applications
September 18, 2007 ; DAN FARBER
"It makes you wonder what Microsoft has been doing with billions in R&D."
The Brian Alvey Weblog: TechCrunch 40 at Xobni
September 18, 2007 ; BRIAN ALVEY
"The first presenter this morning was probably better than any of yesterday's. It's called Xobni, which is inbox spelled backwards. It extracts some great contact and relationship information from your email stream."
Valleywag.com: I'm too sexy for my install script
September 18, 2007 ; OWEN THOMAS
"It's traditional for software developers to put their names on a product... But pictures? That's an innovation, as far as I know."