Xobni brings Skype, Facebook, Yahoo! integration to Outlook

Filed under: Windows, Social Software, Beta, Search

Xobni brings Skype, Facebook, Yahoo! integration to Outlook

by Brad Linder Nov 19th 2008

Xobni is a plugin for Outlook that adds advanced search and social functions to the email client. When we last looked at Xobni, the service indexed your email messages and created personal profiles for each of your contacts by automatically extracing phone numbers and loking users up on LinkedIn. Now Xobni has rolled out an update that adds integration with Skype, Facebook, Hoovers, and Yahoo! Mail.

Here's how it works. You can search for email using the Xobni sidebar. When you click on a message, Xobni will pull up information about the sender, including information from Facebook, LinkedIn, and Hoovers. If your contact's Skype profile or phone number are available, you can also initiate a call with the click of a button.

In addition to searching your Outlook mail, you can also have Xobni index your Yahoo! Mail, although in order to reply to messages you'll need to login to the Yahoo! Mail web interface.

Tags: facebook, hoovers, linkedin, outlook, skype, xobni

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

casey said 1:16PM on 11-19-2008

This sounds like what I have always wanted....

But Outlook is out... Is there a version for Windows Live Mail ?

Jim said 4:43PM on 11-19-2008

Casey- i use http://www.wisestamp.com to add my social sites in my email signature check it out.

spundot said 9:50AM on 11-20-2008

@Jim: Wow, how totally unrelated to casey's comment. Might you work for WiseStamp?

Btw, for those of you who haven't tried Digsby, it let's you chat with Facebook contacts and check your feed without visiting the site:
http://www.digsby.com

spundot said 9:59AM on 11-20-2008

(and you don't need Outlook to use it).

That said, if you are stuck using Outlook, I can see how Xobni could make it more fun and useful. However, for searching Outlook messages, a little piece of my heart will always belong to X1 ($50, http://www.x1.com), which I can honestly say *improved my life* at my last job where I had to use Outlook.

jimy said 7:54AM on 11-21-2008

@ spundot o wow might you be working for digsby?
LOL...

Elke Reich said 3:36PM on 2-11-2009

As long as you need Outlook for your daily business, a relieable search is a MUST HAVE.

I like Lookeen (http://www.lookeen.com) very much! Enjoy

Elke

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