Yahoo said Friday that it has bought contact management specialist Xobni for an undisclosed amount, presumably to enhance Yahoo Mail and its related applications.
Xobni has taken its Microsoft Outlook plug-in out of private beta and made it available to the general public.
Yahoo’s mad acquisition spree continued Wednesday with Xobni, a San Francisco-based startup that helps users organize contacts (Xobni is “inbox” spelled backward.
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Those of you stuck using Microsoft Outlook for e-mail will be happy to know that the Xobni Outlook extension has been revamped with new integration tools for Yahoo Mail, Facebook, Skype and Hoovers.
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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.
Xobni, which began life as an organizational tool for Microsoft's Outlook software, has now expanded into Gmail, and plans to add the Android platform and iPhone are in the works.
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Xobni is launching an application development platform and store for its popular Microsoft Outlook plug-in, which has about 7 million users.