Wiggio Announces Version 2.0 Of Its Popular Group Collaboration Software - 'What Google Wave Should Have Been'

Online, March 8, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Wiggio Grows User Base Over 70 Percent in 2010 - Solidifies 'Must Have' Application Status for Groups, Businesses and iPhone Users

BOSTON, Mass. â"€ Wiggio (www.wiggio.com), developers of collaboration software that provides the easiest way to communicate and work in groups, today announced Wiggio 2.0. Designed to retain all the simplicity and time-saving capabilities that Wiggio is known for and wrapped in a completely redesigned interface, this latest release expands the idea of hassle-free group collaboration with new features that streamline communication, information sharing, status tracking, group management and on-the-fly "quick group" functionality.

"Wiggio offers a next generation communication tool without the complexity and hassle - our goal is to keep Wiggio dead-simple to use. Even the least tech-savvy people in your groups should be able to get in and start contributing," said Wiggio CEO Dana Lampert. "Users can view a chronological thread that incorporates all of their groups' activities, add the members they want, and start communicating - the entire experience is frictionless and takes less than a minute. Wiggio provides a strong alternative to what the industry promised, but failed to deliver with Google Wave, in a simpler, more streamlined version of that effort."

Key new features of Wiggio 2.0 include:
• Robust Toolkit: Each group has access to group emailing, calendaring, file sharing and editing, polling, audio and video conferencing, mass messaging (SMS and voicemail), task tracking, and more.
• Communication & Collaboration: These features can now be used in a "one-off" or "ad-hoc" manner, with any assortment of individuals, not just within an existing group. For example, start a videoconference just by adding email addresses of participants, or post a file and share it with any grouping of individuals.
• iPhone Application: Users will be able to keep track of their groups on-the-go (coming next month)
• Feed Updates: A user's group activity is now aggregated and shown on a personalized feed, making it easier to manage and keep track of multiple groups at-a-glance.
• Universal Search: The application now supports full search and filtering capability by keyword, by referencing specific people in groups, by discussion thread and by association with a particular person.

"Working at the county-level for the Jerry Brown Gubernatorial race in California, it was important that we had a tool that allowed us to effectively communicate with several thousand volunteers," said Jared LS Dearing, Ground Operations Manager, Sacramento County, Jerry Brown for Governor 2010. "While Yahoo and Google groups might have met some of our needs, from the perspective of functionality, we would still need to find outside supplemental resources. With Wiggio, we found one collaboration tool that fulfilled all of our needs and more."

Wiggio's user base grew from 350,000 to over 700,000 in 2010 as it moved in to compete with services like Basecamp, Yammer, and Chatter. In addition to academic and social groups, Wiggio is now seeing a large part of its growth coming from businesses and non-profits, as well as political clubs and organizations.

View our "What is Wiggio Video" at: http://tinyurl.com/4jdvwxh

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