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PRESS RELEASE - Monday, February 12, 2007


AquaMinds Software Releases New Version of
NoteShare for OS X


Collaborative notebook application adds support for real-time, concurrent editing by multiple users
Students, workgroups and research teams are using NoteShare for daily information processing


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (Palo Alto, CA - Monday, February 12, 2007) - AquaMinds Software Corporation announced today that NoteShare (version 1.5) for OS X is now shipping and also available as a free download for all registered users. The new version allows multiple users to edit and work on the same notebook document at the same time. Previous versions of NoteShare required that users take turns to edit while waiting for the pen to become available. NoteShare's concurrent editing feature also allows users to dynamically aggregate web clippings, articles, links and other information at the same time without any access restrictions.

NoteShare users can work on shared notebooks from a local LAN connection as well as from any Internet connection. NoteShare notebooks are multi-page, tabbed documents that can store and display text, outlines, paragraphs, rich media content (sound, movies, pictures), live web pages, PDFs, Flash animations, Word documents and even custom plug-in components. Notebook pages are actively indexed for easy information retrieval and searching. Popular among both students and professionals, NoteShare is used as a daily information processing tool designed to help create and manage information and projects across a wide variety of application scenarios including student portfolios (digital notebooks), lab research notebooks, team binders, executive briefing books and group discussion notebooks for meetings.

NoteShare is the company's second major product since first shipping NoteTaker in 2002 (introduced nearly one year before Microsoft's OneNote software). NoteShare is a powerful desktop application for creating, publishing and sharing content rich, multi-page notebooks. Users can instantly share their notebooks with other NoteShare users for presenting, viewing and editing information. NoteShare can be used in the same room, same building and same planet for connecting anytime, anywhere. Like NoteTaker, NoteShare is a powerful information processing platform for organizing both structured and unstructured information. It is an ideal tool for organizing written projects, keeping journals, creative brainstorming, doing web research, tracking project tasks, managing meeting notes, outlining study or lecture notes, aggregating client account information, exchanging and presenting ideas, group authoring and more. It is a power tool for daily productivity work where information processing is essential.

Today, the AquaMinds user community is a very diverse and dynamic group which includes: students and teachers; scientists and researchers; creative artists and authors; consultants and strategic thinkers; small business and work groups; even home users and hobbyists. Just about anybody who uses a personal computer to organize information uses AquaMinds software to brainstorm new ideas, track a project, write a story, outline a presentation or present research. Now with NoteShare, users can extend and enhance their use of notebook-based information by sharing and collaborating on-demand or ad hoc as needed. There has never been an easier way for two or more users to work together.

AquaMinds Software is focused on allowing users to share information in real-time or in time-shifted modes depending upon the need. NoteShare supports collaborative editing between two or more users working in the same room or working from different locations, and it supports any combination of local or remote viewing over the open Internet. The design goal has always been to allow users to work and share their notebooks without any limitations irrespective of location or time zone.

NoteShare's key user benefits include:

  • 1-step, instant live sharing is simple (anyone using NoteShare and a personal computer can share a live notebook with another NoteShare user)
  • Sharing and collaboration can happen anytime, anywhere (same room, same building, same planet)
  • Content is both rich and deep (not just text, paragraphs and outlines but dynamic, interactive plug-ins, live web pages, QuickTime, voice annotations, sketches, files)
  • Users create, control, protect and access their data on their own terms; from desktop to webtop, users are always in control
  • Notebook documents are portable so that users can make a local copy and take their information with them
Scott Love, president of AquaMinds Software, talks about NoteShare 1.5 and what it will mean to users
"As we've stated since introducing NoteShare last April, our users want seamless collaboration and more importantly, seamless access to shared notebook documents. Our users want the convenience of instant sharing and instant collaboration without restrictions. With the introduction of concurrent editing, users can now access and work on different pages of the same notebook at the same time instead of waiting to grab the pen when it becomes available." Love explains further, "As computing and communications have become increasingly pervasive, our information processing needs have as well. Users have come to expect that they can work on-demand anywhere, anytime and that includes accessing and working with shared notebooks. Concurrent editing of a shared notebook's content is mission critical. Teams share and collaborate seamlessly with NoteShare while gaining all of the inherent advantages of organizing and capturing key information in one place.

Notebook sharing is more than a feature, it's a very powerful tool for enabling social networking applications
"Our early access users started to see a new pattern in their workflow as a result of using NoteShare. The steps include the process of creating a notebook document, sharing the notebook document and then watching as the natural process of collaboration and aggregation took over. But not all collaboration activity is actually happening at the same time; in fact, most of the value comes from users being able to work on a shared notebook at different times, locally or remotely. It's second-nature for our users to aggregate and share information with each other. And because NoteShare's notebook and outline structure is both familiar and flexible, teams can quickly create and collect information within minutes of sharing a notebook. And it's this very aspect of instant sharing that creates enormous potential for professional users to create their own custom 'social network' solutions by making their notebooks available to the organization and other teams.

NoteShare Express means pervasive notebook sharing, viewing and editing on multiple platforms?
"AquaMinds is focused on the growing demand for pervasive, social computing solutions and we're announcing that our cross-platform technology is coming to NoteShare." continued Love. To further meet the emerging demands of instant notebook sharing, the company will be releasing a family of NoteShare add-ons called NoteShare Express™ which will allow users on Windows, Linux and phone/PDA devices to access and edit shared notebooks that are running on OS X systems. By the end of 2007, AquaMinds intends to offer NoteShare Express on as many platforms/devices as possible including Windows, Linux, PDAs, internet-aware devices and smart phones. The first NoteShare Express add-on will be available during the first quarter of 2007.

About NoteShare™ for OS X
NoteShare is a powerful desktop application for groups as well as individuals who are creating, publishing and sharing media rich, multi-page notebooks. Users can instantly share their notebooks with other NoteShare users for presenting, viewing and editing information. NoteShare can be used in the same room, same building and same planet for connecting anytime, anywhere.

NoteShare is an ideal social computing platform for sharing and collaborating while leveraging the unlimited creativity of users It's a powerful tool for users who already work on team projects or have a need to share notebook information with one or more users in a small group. NoteShare allows users to work on the same shared, interactive notebook from the same room, same building or even remotely from another location via the Internet or a network gateway. NoteShare also allows home or small office users the ability to work from a single notebook remotely while away from the notebook's host machine, eliminating the need for centralized synchronization. Presenting, viewing and editing a shared notebook can be done on-demand as needed. Any NoteShare user can view other shared notebooks as well as share their own notebooks.

Additional Notes for Editors
NO RISK DEMO: NoteShare Free 30 Day Trial Version Available at http://www.aquaminds.com/updates.jsp.
PRICING: NoteShare 1.5 Individual license is $149.95 and NoteShare 1.5 Family license is $199.95 NoteShare for Academic users is $99.95
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: NoteShare™ is a native OS X application developed using Apple's Cocoa platform/development environment. NoteShare runs on OS X 10.3.9 or higher.
For more information about the company and its products, please visit AquaMinds web site at http://www.aquaminds.com/.
PRESS & MEDIA Notes: Articles and product reviews can be found at the following location: http://www.aquaminds.com/company.jsp. Trademark & Copyright Notice: AquaMinds™®, NoteTaker™ and NoteShare™ - Copyright © 2002-2007 Aquaminds Software Corporation. The names of actual companies and products mentioned in this document may be the trademarks of their respective companies. AquaMinds NoteTaker and AquaMinds NoteShare are registered trademarks.

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