05 August 2009

Starting today, we now provide you with an up-to-date Help section for bDule and sobees web (in addition to the sobees one which was already available)! We just published the 2 first articles:

• Starting with bDule
• Groups in bDule

While implementing services and features of a high level, we aim to create a user experience as easy as possible. Therefore, we obviously think a lot about our future development, and the way we could “keep it simple”, but we also wanted to provide additional support. This is why we are publishing this new Help today. We will be adding articles regularly based on your questions and comments.

• Notifications
• Facebook Connection OOB
• Real-time Search
• Installing Silverlight

25 June 2009

We’ve been rather busy of late with bDule’s success. We are pleased to announce that we are now ready to update sobees.

This is a major new release with countless new features, improvements and fixes.

In brief the new version of sobees has a smaller ribbon (which can auto-hide), new themed windows or “bDules” and support for new services digg. Oh, and we improved the support of some of our existing services like Flickr and Facebook. (See attached release notes for details.)

bDule vs. sobees

So we now have two products. Let’s clear up how they relate to one another.

bDule is our starter kit. If you are a social network user and are looking for the best Windows Twitter and Facebook client, you need look no further.

bDule is a single window application. It is easy to install and requires minimal setup (no account required). It is also light weight and runs well on netbooks.

http://www.bdule.com/

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sobees offers much more than bDule. It is a multi window application where each window is like bDule. The “bDules” in sobees offer more services and more customization options than bDule. Plus sobees has the ability to share almost anything you discover using any of many services supported by sobees, such as Twitter or Facebook or digg.

http://www.sobees.com/en/learn-more/

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What are we working on now?

We are working on an even simpler, cross platform, web version of bDule, to be released this July. We are also working to add cool new social networking services to bDule and to move bDule out of alpha soon.

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sobees 0.9.6.6 Release Notes

• Smaller ribbon (half size) with auto-hide
• New thematic windows or “bDules” (Digg, MLB, NFL, Soccer and Tennis)
• New services (Digg, Digg search and Digg RSS)
• Flickr search rewrite and revamp
• Addition of full Facebook stream with comments
• Share to Digg
• Minimize to tray
• Changes in database synchronization for increased performance and reactivity
• Improved multi-threading
• Improved responsiveness when opening/closing menus and bDules
• Improved performances in general
• Moved sobees’ aggregate friend list to a separate window
• Many smaller enhancements and bug fixes

08 May 2009

We’re Moving Fast! We’ve just integrated Facebook Open Stream API, Twitter and Twitter search in a new application.
Users can now “start simple,” enjoying desktop aggregation without creating an account.
We were developing a standalone sobees module when we heard last Monday that Facebook released its API for the full stream. In just few days, we’ve been able to integrating the new Facebook stream API (requiring a conversion of the Facebook Stream API in .NET), a powerful Twitter client and Twitter search, making our already powerful sobees social networking aggregator even more robust. We call the new application bDule by sobees (combining “bee “and “module”).
Windows 7 RC was released this week, so it’s a good timing for offering a great desktop companion for Windows users. And Mac users, we are working on your version based on Silverlight (running in and out of the browser), so hang in there.

Our goals with the new client:

• offer a “start simple” experience making it easier for users to enjoy desktop aggregation without creating an account
• offer a solution for netbook users

Here’s what bDule by sobees lets you do:

• Facebook stream with some filters, likes and comments (update the status, likes and comments within the application)
• Twitter client with multi-accounts, groups, single or multi-column view, etc.
• Twitter search
• A powerful and easy organization of the content in templates with sizeable columns and rows, just like in sobees

bDule by sobees is based on .NET and is easily installable on any Windows 7 computer as well as Vista and XP if .NET is up-to-date.
In parallel we are also working on a new release of sobees with a smaller ribbon and a bunch of other features and enhancements.
It’s pretty exciting to see how powerful the desktop aggregation is becoming with great APIs such as Facebook’s and Twitter’s and we are looking forward to providing sobees users with the best possible integration of such services. You’ll be seeing more of these bDules in coming months. Like I said, things are hopping here at sobees!

08 April 2009

We're proud to announce that sobees has been chosen as a winner of the Red Herring 100 Europe 2009, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region each year.

Technology industry executives, investors, and observers regard the Red Herring 100 lists as an invaluable instrument to discover and advocate the promising startups that will lead the next wave of innovation.

And we're not the only Swiss start-up among the winners. With a total of 14 winners, Switzerland is the leading country, followed by Germany, Israel and Sweden. We could conclude that Switzerland is the Newest Tech Hub.

Go to our press page or visit the Red Herring website to get more information.