September 10, 2007 - Mountain View, CA
Who: meebo, a website for instant messaging
What: File Transfer on meebo Raises the Bar for Web-Based Instant Messaging
When: Monday, September 10, 2007, 9:00 PM PDT
Background:
Today, File Transfer comes to meebo! You can now seamlessly transfer files to your IM buddies, on meebo or off meebo, regardless of which IM network they're on, no software or download required.
"We're so happy to be debuting file transfer on meebo. This answers a huge feature request from our users," said Seth Sternberg, founder and CEO, meebo. "Please let us know what you think!"
With over 600 million people using IM globally, meebo continues to capture market share. According to Nielsen/NetRatings, meebo is the fastest-growing IM destination in the US - ahead of Google Talk (GOOG) and Skype Messenger (EBAY).
At its core, File Transfer utilizes the Amazon (AMZN) Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), core features of Amazon Web Services. Together, they provide an affordable, scalable and fault-tolerant solution to file storage and retrieval in a web environment.
"We're pleased to offer meebo the infrastructure solutions they need to expand their offerings for their customers," said Steve Rabuchin, Director of Developer Relations for Amazon Web Services. "meebo has a record of innovating for its customers - our suite of web services helps them stay singularly focused on that goal."
Founded in September 2005, meebo continues to catch on with IMers across the globe. More than 6 million people use meebo monthly, spending over 2 hours on average per day, several times per week. meebo's investors include Sequoia Capital and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Visit meebo.com today to connect with people live on the Web.
File Transfer arrives today on Internet Explorer and Firefox (both PC and Mac), with Safari support to follow soon.