Desktop Refresh, Email Groups and Beacons – Socialcast Feature Updates for November 13, 2009

Today, Socialcast announced several new features and updates to make it even easier to use. Many of the updates came from user feedback from our customers – thanks to everyone that has made suggestions, offered their use-cases and ideas, and served as beta-testers in recent weeks.

New Socialcast Features:

Email to Groups

Stuck in Outlook all day with no time to log into Socialcast? You can now email a message into one specific group. Inside each group, find the unique email address in the right hand navigation bar. Use this email address any time you want to share a message into that group directly.

Beacon

Have you been away from your desk, and need to see what messages you’ve missed? Now, Socialcast has a “beacon” feature that alerts you to unread messages in each of your streams. Look for the blue bubble to the right of a stream, indicating that you have unread messages there.

Desktop App Updates:

The desktop application has been completely refreshed to be very similar to the web app.  We received such great feedback on our new version of the platform that we wanted to make the desktop app just as feature-rich and fast.

Enhancements include:

• Completely new user interface
• Beacon feature shows you when there are new messages in any of your groups or streams
• Edit, delete, and flag posts from the app
• Sort posts by type, and run a full search of the network
• Smaller memory footprint and improved performance

To get the desktop app, or to download the latest version, visit your network and click on “View All Socialcast Applications” in the right hand navigation bar. Then, click on the Desktop App icon to either install for the first time or download the newest version. Current users do not need to delete the old version.