...The Economist eCalendar Companion launches...
on board infoTM, the pioneering London-based electronic calendar software and e-commerce company, has launched the new Economist eCalendar Companion, following on from the successful Economist Diary Companion 1999.
With a totally re-designed user interface and Internet update capabilities, The Economist eCalendar Companion is aimed at the busy professional, saving them time and effort by personalising their electronic calendar, on their desktop or handheld device, with key dates and events that matter to them.
The Economist eCalendar Companion is simple to use and compatible with all leading electronic calendars, offering thousands of essential business and cultural dates as well as a selection of The Economist's world famous reference data. Simply make a selection of topics and eCalendar Companion does the rest, writing the appropriate dates straight to the calendar. The information is kept up to date all year round using on board info's new automatic Internet update service, which is free of charge to all eCalendar Companion users.
Ray Eitel Porter, Chief Executive Officer, on board info, (http://www.infuzer.com) said: "More and more busy people are coming to depend on an electronic calendar to keep themselves organised, which is what makes it the ideal place to communicate date-related information. The Economist eCalendar Companion does exactly that by personalising the calendar with the user's selection of dates and events according to their interests. Not only that, but the new Internet update service ensures that the information we provide is always up to date, all year round."
Jonathan Hewlings, Director of Economist Diaries, (http://www.economist.com) said: "The Economist eCalendar Companion is exciting because, as we've already seen with Diary Companion, the electronic calendar is a highly appropriate medium for The Economist to communicate with its audience. With the developments we're seeing in handheld technologies and desk-based calendaring at the moment, we're delighted to have The Economist eCalendar Companion as our first venture into this key market."
The Economist eCalendar Companion...
Easy to use: works with all leading existing electronic calendars and handheld devices
Personalised: the user creates their own profile dependent on their interests and the level of detail required
Comprehensive coverage: thousands of dates and events from which to choose
Plan ahead: avoid clashes in social and business calendars
Keep up to date: a full 12 months' coverage plus free online updates all year round
Price: £24.99 (inc.VAT)
Notes to Editors:
1. Earlier this year, on board info secured over $1,000,000 development capital to grow the number of premium content partners and to integrate e-commerce services in the next wave of product enhancements. The syndicate of investors was led by the NatWest IT Fund and Cambridge Research and Innovation Ltd (http://www.cril.demon.co.uk). on board info is supported by Interregnum Venture Marketing (http://www.interregnum.com), a specialist IT venture marketing company helping companies to devise business strategies to increase realisable market value.
2. Ray Eitel Porter founded on board info in 1996 and succeeded in bringing to market a range of software for the emergent handheld and mobile computing markets. The most successful was the eCalendar Companion range targeting business professionals who value the ability to personalise their calendar with dates and information which match their business and personal interests.
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