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New York Times: Xobni launches public beta

42 points by brezina 18y ago

aston 18y ago
Congrats, guys. Matt, classy getting this to the NYT. Definitely a step up from Techcrunch.
plusbryan 18y ago
that's just great. I don't make it into the picture, but bonforte's dog does. :<
- brezina 18y ago
  That is no ordinary dog. That is Zoe our CGCIO - Chief Garbage Can Inspecting Officer
- dreadpirateryan 18y ago
  who's cuter? well I think this is settled then.
aneesh 18y ago
Congratulations, great to see the NYT coverage! I'm surprised they didn't mention Xobni for Yahoo! Mail: "And Web e-mail services like Gmail and Hotmail are growing much more rapidly than the desktop-based Outlook, where Xobni is planting its flag, for now"
- aston 18y ago
  Gotta hold something back for the next press release.
tx 18y ago
Funny how the biggest startup (by far) of all YC-funded actually IS NOT a CRUD-powered website but a classic algorithmic software that solves your problem. Congrats guys.
- boucher 18y ago
  By what metric is Xobni the biggest YC startup "by far"?
- rms 18y ago
  Loopt. The market for what they are doing is going to emerge suddenly in 3 years or so and they will be well positioned to conquer.
  - axod 18y ago
    Have to say, I heard that 3 years ago. And 6 years ago... Mobile is going to be big!!!
    - rms 18y ago
      It's already society-changing big, but it hasn't quite converged with the internet and when it does Loopt will be there.
      - axod 18y ago
        Or, the next gen iPhone could just have gprs and expose that to javascript. In which case webapps could have all sorts of functionality included.
        rms 18y ago
        I hope the carriers eventually allow full IP access without extra extra charges, but I don't think they're ever going to give up the text messaging revenue stream. It's a tough problem, because they don't want to have to compete with VoIP providers on their own cellular networks. And eventually we'll have the new network on the old TV frequencies that's open.
        nextmoveone 18y ago
        I wish!
        18y ago
thorax 18y ago
Congrats, guys. I had to uninstall you last night, though, because it did slow my Outlook to a crawl. I may not be the best test case, though, since I have gigs of archived messages.
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fleaflicker 18y ago
YC companies consistently score impressive PR hits. Would love to know how this one came about.
- shafqat 18y ago
  I agree - would love to see how they scored a NYT article?! Impressive.
  - bootload 18y ago
    Wrong question. Maybe it's something to do with the billy G. demo ~ http://www.google.com/search?q=xobni+bill+gates http://www.google.com/search?q=xobni+bill+gates How did they get billy G. interested? Making something MS wants?

42 points by brezina 18y ago

aston 18y ago

Congrats, guys. Matt, classy getting this to the NYT. Definitely a step up from Techcrunch.

plusbryan 18y ago

that's just great. I don't make it into the picture, but bonforte's dog does. :<

brezina 18y ago
That is no ordinary dog. That is Zoe our CGCIO - Chief Garbage Can Inspecting Officer
dreadpirateryan 18y ago
who's cuter? well I think this is settled then.

aneesh 18y ago

Congratulations, great to see the NYT coverage! I'm surprised they didn't mention Xobni for Yahoo! Mail: "And Web e-mail services like Gmail and Hotmail are growing much more rapidly than the desktop-based Outlook, where Xobni is planting its flag, for now"

aston 18y ago
Gotta hold something back for the next press release.

tx 18y ago

Funny how the biggest startup (by far) of all YC-funded actually IS NOT a CRUD-powered website but a classic algorithmic software that solves your problem. Congrats guys.

boucher 18y ago
By what metric is Xobni the biggest YC startup "by far"?
rms 18y ago
Loopt. The market for what they are doing is going to emerge suddenly in 3 years or so and they will be well positioned to conquer.
- axod 18y ago
  Have to say, I heard that 3 years ago. And 6 years ago... Mobile is going to be big!!!
  - rms 18y ago
    It's already society-changing big, but it hasn't quite converged with the internet and when it does Loopt will be there.
    - axod 18y ago
      Or, the next gen iPhone could just have gprs and expose that to javascript. In which case webapps could have all sorts of functionality included.
      - rms 18y ago
        I hope the carriers eventually allow full IP access without extra extra charges, but I don't think they're ever going to give up the text messaging revenue stream. It's a tough problem, because they don't want to have to compete with VoIP providers on their own cellular networks. And eventually we'll have the new network on the old TV frequencies that's open.
      - nextmoveone 18y ago
        I wish!
      - 18y ago

thorax 18y ago

Congrats, guys. I had to uninstall you last night, though, because it did slow my Outlook to a crawl. I may not be the best test case, though, since I have gigs of archived messages.

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fleaflicker 18y ago

YC companies consistently score impressive PR hits. Would love to know how this one came about.

shafqat 18y ago
I agree - would love to see how they scored a NYT article?! Impressive.
- bootload 18y ago
  Wrong question. Maybe it's something to do with the billy G. demo ~ http://www.google.com/search?q=xobni+bill+gates http://www.google.com/search?q=xobni+bill+gates How did they get billy G. interested? Making something MS wants?