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Xobni (''inbox'' spelled backwards; pronounced )〔(Xobni FAQ )〕 was a San Francisco-based company that made software applications and services including products for Microsoft Outlook and mobile devices. It was founded in March 2006 by Adam Smith and Matt Brezina from Adam's dorm room in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as part of the Y Combinator summer founder's program. In late 2006, it relocated to San Francisco to be closer to Silicon Valley.〔( "Fear, greed or comfort: What makes (Boston) VCs invest?" ), Mass High Tech, 4 June 2007.〕 It was acquired by Yahoo! in July 2013 and shut down one year later.〔 ==History== Xobni's first product, was announced for private beta testing on September 18, 2007, at the TechCrunch 40 conference. It offered search and people-based navigation of Microsoft Outlook email archives. The company hinted at plans to offer the same functionality for other email clients.〔("Productivity & Web Apps - Panel Video" ), TechCrunch 40〕 When the Outlook product was first launched, it was called Xobni Insight, and was soon changed to Xobni for Outlook, or simply Xobni. Xobni received mostly positive coverage,〔( "Email Company Xobni Launches, may Steal TechCrunch Prize" ), VentureBeat, 18 September 2007.〕〔("Xobni - A New Look for Outlook" ), ''Technology Review''〕〔("Reinventing the Inbox" ), ''Newsweek''〕 although initial versions had performance problems on large inboxes.〔( "Improving performance" ), Xobni Blog, 11 October 2007.〕 Many users found that the pre-installed version of Xobni (and possibly the manually installed equivalent) could not be removed.〔http://community.xobni.com/xobni/topics/help_please_how_can_i_delete_xobni_no_offence_to_xobni?from_gsfn=true〕 Some anti-virus software has also flagged Xobni as malware.〔("Xobni Community on Malware" )〕 In February 2008, Xobni hired Jeff Bonforte, a vice president at Yahoo! and founder of defunct I-drive, as their CEO.〔( "Jeff Bonforte Joins Xobni as CEO" ), Xobni Blog, 15 February 2008〕 In the same month, Bill Gates gave a demo of Xobni at the Office Developers' Conference.〔Gabor Cselle, ("Bill Gates demos Xobni" )〕 This led to rumors of a US$20 million acquisition by Microsoft, which the company reportedly rejected.〔("Microsoft may buy Email Startup Xobni" ), TechCrunch, 29 February 2008.〕 The company opened its beta to the public on May 5, 2008, and garnered coverage from the ''Wall Street Journal'', ''New York Times'',〔 CNET,〔(CNET: Personal services get business flavor: Xobni and SugarSync )〕 ''Businessweek'',〔("Will Xobni Help BlackBerry take on the iPhone" ), ''Bloomberg Businessweek''〕 ''CIO Magazine'',〔(CIO: Mobile Contact Management Redefined )〕 and TechCrunch.〔("Microsoft Outlook is Starting to Look Like a Poor Man's Xobni" ), TechCrunch, 17 February 2010.〕 On July 3, 2013, Xobni announced that it had been acquired by Yahoo! for an undisclosed sum,〔〕 Yahoo! incorporated many of Xobni's features into Yahoo Mail, and Xobni’s CEO Jeff Bonforte became one of CEO Marissa Mayer’s "top deputies, overseeing communications products". However, in July 2014 Xobni was among the slew of products that were closed down in order to focus on its "core experiences". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Xobni」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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