MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Sep 14, 2004--This fall, more than 4.5 million new students left home to begin their college educations, resulting in the creation of 4.5 million new university-affilitated email addresses. In addition to a new email address, many of these students will also have new phone numbers, cellphone numbers and mailing addresses. With so much changing contact information, many students find it an overwhelming task to update friends and family and remain in touch while adjusting to the start of the new school year.
To help with this transition period, Plaxo offers a free contact management tool that works with Outlook and Outlook Express email programs. Once a student downloads Plaxo 2.0, completes a profile and select contacts to add to his or her address book, they will always remain connected via the Plaxo Network. No matter how many times a user changes his or her information, Plaxo will automatically update every member`s address book that includes that user`s profile.
Plaxo also allows members to reach non-Plaxo members. Students can easily send updated information to friends in their address book and request an update. Plaxo will automatically update the user`s address book with any received responses.
''As soon as I moved into my new dorm room, I immediately `Plaxo-ed` my friends and family. In just five minutes, they all had my new email address and other contact information,'' said Sherry Shen, an undergraduate student at University of California, Berkeley. ''Plaxo has also been really useful as I`m meeting new people in my dorm and in my classes. I `Plaxo` them so we can exchange all our contact information. Even if they change their phone number or email during the year, my address book will be automatically updated and we`ll stay in touch.''
New students aren`t the only ones to benefit from Plaxo. Approximately 15 million undergraduates are enrolled in four-year colleges in the United States this year, and many of them will be changing addresses (moving into new dorms, sorority or fraternity houses, off-campus housing), transferring to new schools, and getting new phone numbers.
Additionally, once recent graduates make the transition to the working world, their contact info changes yet again, even if the change is seemingly as minor as relinquishing an active student email address for one in the alumni domain -- [email protected], for example, instead of [email protected]. Plaxo helps people stay connected automatically through all of life`s transitions.
''Plaxo has been such a quick and easy way to stay in touch with my friends from college,'' said Julian Taber, a recent Cornell University graduate and Plaxo member. ''We live in so many different places now, and my information -- and theirs -- is constantly changing. After graduation, I moved to the West Coast and have already gone through one job change and two apartments. Without Plaxo, I probably would have lost touch with people who mean a lot to me.''
Plaxo Features
Plaxo 2.0 allows users to access Outlook Contacts, Calendar, Tasks or Notes information from any Internet-enabled location through Web-based Plaxo Online. No matter where a student is on campus, they have access to their information, which is automatically synchronized and updated on a personal Plaxo Web page. Plaxo also enables users to access Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and Notes from mobile phones. Plaxo 2.0 is free for non-commercial use and is available at www.plaxo.com.
Plaxo adheres to the strictest security standards, taking the same precautions as major banks and financial institutions. Plaxo uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology for all communication both on the Web and in the Outlook Platform. In addition, Plaxo has adopted one of the industry`s most stringent privacy policies.
About Plaxo
Plaxo, Inc. is the creator of the fastest-growing contact management software, Plaxo 2.0. With close to 3 million registered users, and nearly 50 million unique users, Plaxo has created the critical network infrastructure that keeps people connected on the Internet. Founded by Stanford engineers, Todd Masonis and Cameron Ring, and former Napster co-founder Sean Parker, Plaxo is a privately held company funded by Cisco Systems, Sequoia Capital, Globespan Ventures, Harbinger Ventures, Ram Shriram, Tim Koogle and other angel investors. For more information or to become a part of the Plaxo Network please visit www.plaxo.com.
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