WebCrossing Neighbors 2.0 Ships, Now with Video
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 18, 2007 — Web Crossing, Inc. today announced WebCrossing Neighbors 2.0, now with video support, new Neighbors Networks functionality, and much more.
New video support in version 2.0 empowers WebCrossing Neighbors administrators to create a video repository for their members on site, or to integrate with an external video repository service. A new, comprehensive feature set for Neighbors Networks allows members to quickly discover and network with others of like mind or shared interests. A new business card member option allows visiting members to participate in online conversations with an abbreviated profile instead of a personal space with content.
“Social networking sites empower companies and organizations to build relationships with their customers and constituents,” explained Tim Lundeen, president and CEO of Web Crossing, Inc. “As these sites gain popularity, members want to streamline making and interacting with friends. The new Neighbors Network features allow members to quickly find people who are like-minded or geographically close. We’re also pretty thrilled with the new video support, offering two new options for serving video.”
Now companies and organizations can let members post video content using one of two new video options. WebCrossing Neighbors 2.0 administrators can create integrated video spaces on the system in which members upload, manage and publish their own videos. Alternatively, administrators can provide video through integration with the Photobucket service, where members can upload and manage their videos, and then embed an HTML link to their Photobucket video within their journals, discussions and groups.
WebCrossing Neighbors 2.0 introduces a comprehensive set of features for new Neighbors Networks. A Neighbors Network consists of a subset of members who are on the same WebCrossing Neighbors social network site who have something in common. Neighbors Networks gives members a quick way to streamline their social network experience and meet people with whom they already share an interest. Neighbors Networks can be created around commonalities such as geographical region, vocation, avocation, etc. More than discussion participation in a community forum, Neighbors Networks provide instant connection with other members, distributed email to other Neighbors Networks members, calendars shared by other network members, the ability to read and post to community forums using email, automatic welcome and help email, and more.
WebCrossing Neighbors 2.0 also introduces a new subscriptions manager feature that allows members to change their own subscriptions, with more refined detail for how they want to be notified of activity in journals, community discussions or Neighbors Networks. A new “digest” option has been added, letting members choose to receive a daily digest of activity in their space, friends’ spaces, and community groups. A new bookmarks feature lets members easily mark a place of interest to visit later.
New support for Google AdSense lets sites add text-based advertising, which is relevant to the proximate content. WebCrossing Neighbors IM and Chat now support Unicode (UTF-8) so that members can use two-byte non-Roman languages, such as Japanese.
[B]About WebCrossing Neighbors[/B]
WebCrossing Neighbors is a private-label social network system for companies and organizations to extend brands and build relationships with their customers, colleagues and constituents.
WebCrossing Neighbors is a hosted solution complete with common areas for interest groups, personal user spaces, profiles, blogs, discussions, photo, video and file sharing, access controls, search and more. WebCrossing Neighbors lets businesses and organizations create, with complete control, their own customized, branded online social networks where members can link personal spaces with friends and colleagues.
WebCrossing Neighbors is scalable, extensible and completely customizable. Personal spaces link friends and colleagues together using a dynamic tagging engine, with support for “degrees of friendship.” System-wide search is fully indexed and lightening fast, while system-wide announcements provide members with hot news or other updates.
[B]Pricing, Compatibility and Availability[/B]
WebCrossing Neighbors is available immediately as a server hosted package for maximum uptime, priced based on traffic and member storage capacity starting at $195/month.
Guided tours of WebCrossing Neighbors are available. Additional information can be found at: http://webcrossing.com/Home/webcrossing_neighbors.htm.
[B]About Web Crossing, Inc.[/B]
Web Crossing, Inc. is the virtual communities and collaboration tools powerhouse. The award-winning Web Crossing products help companies and organizations extend brands and build relationships. Further information can be found at http://www.webcrossing.com/.
