Dopplr launches at LeWeb3 in Paris
We’re very happy to announce that Dopplr has now officially launched. Our beta period is over and now anyone can join.
Here’s the release:
Dopplr opens to all with Paris release
Paris, December 11, 2007 – Dopplr, the online service that lets frequent business travellers share travel plans with trusted colleagues and friends, is now open to travellers worldwide.
During the “beta” test period, the service was available by invitation only. The general availability arrives with valuable new features, with many more to come in the near future, and a growing base of enthusiastic users.
One active Dopplr user is Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, who has called Dopplr his favorite non-Wiki Web site. He said, in a November article (http://tinyurl.com/343odm) in the Sunday New York Times Magazine: “You put in your travel schedule and link to your friends. It allows you to see where everyone is. I love it.”
Enabling coincidence, and spreading quickly
Dopplr lets you share your future travel plans with a group of trusted fellow travellers whom you have chosen. It also reminds you of friends and colleagues who live in the cities you’re planning to visit. For example, Dopplr might tell you that three of your trusted friends and colleagues will be in Amsterdam when you are planning to be there.
In recent months Dopplr has become an essential tool for users around the globe. Many joined the service after invitations from friends and colleagues. Others joined after Dopplr extended invitations to the travellers at the Dopplr 100 (top international companies and institutions), the Dopplr MBA 100 (leading business schools), the Dopplr NGO 100 (leading international and humanitarian organizations) and the Dopplr Premium 100 (leading fashion and luxury brands).
“We’ve worked hard to make this simple and very useful for these frequent business travellers,” said Lisa Sounio, CEO and co-founder of Dopplr at the LeWeb3 conference in Paris. “That’s why we’ve made Dopplr so easy to use and, we believe, a joy to look at. We call it beautility – combining beauty and utility on the social web into a practical pleasure.”
Extending Dopplr’s power and reach
During the beta period, the Dopplr team has kept a strong focus on the core mission: enabling connections and coincidence, and making that easy. Even as we have added a host of useful new features, we’ve put major resources into maintaining that focus while ensuring rock-solid stability for users.
Among the recent new features is a mobile-phone version — m.dopplr.com — extending the service’s core benefits. From mobile devices, members can add trips, see coincidences, and see the future travels and whereabouts of trusted colleagues and friends. Dopplr Mobile can be used with any mobile device with a modern browser including the Nokia Nseries and Nokia Eseries ranges, the Apple iPhone and RIM Blackberry devices.
More about Dopplr
Dopplr is the first online tool for global business travellers. Dopplr lets you share your travel plans privately with a group of friends and colleagues whom you have chosen. It then tells you when people you know will be in the same cities. It also reminds you of people who live in the places you’re planning to visit.
Dopplr works on your personal computer and mobile phone. Dopplr is easy to link with most online calendars and social networks.
Dopplr is built by an international team with deep experience in design and technology. The Guardian newspaper recently chose Dopplr as one of 10 independent Internet companies to watch. With offices in Helsinki and London, Dopplr is backed by a premier international group of investors.
For Journalists:
If you have questions, please contact us at press (at) dopplr.com.
You can also meet up with our team in Paris LeWeb3 ‘07 on 11-12th December.
Congrats to everyone! Wonderful service – one of the few 2.0 apps I keep returning back to!
As a long time beta tester, I’m shocked that Dopplr is going public without improving its cities database. Dopplr needs geography lessons…
Does this share data with ACT!?
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