Archive for 'Huddle News'
Only one Huddle: Google rebrands its group comms feature
Posted on 20. Sep, 2011 by Zuzanna.
At the beginning of July we brought your attention to the fact that Google launched the Huddle feature as a part of the Google+ project. As of today, this feature is no longer called Huddle, but Messenger. Google announced the name change of its group communication tool on its blog this morning (PST). We are [...]
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Huddling up with Xobni
Posted on 12. Oct, 2010 by Andy.
Today I’m very happy to announce that Huddle and Xobni have joined forces to make your life that little bit simpler. Yes, we are the next gadget in the Xobni sidebar and the company joins our rapidly expanding community of global partners, including HP, LinkedIn, Ning and XING. Thanks to this integration, Huddle and Xobni [...]
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Setting up an office in the Valley Part II
Posted on 20. May, 2010 by Andy.
Following on from yesterday’s post, here are some more tips on moving to the Valley: Hiring a US team Once your US company is in place and ready to trade you’ll probably want to think about hiring. Hiring in the US is broadly the same as hiring anywhere else – don’t hire people you might [...]
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Setting up an office in the Valley
Posted on 19. May, 2010 by Andy.
So – you’ve got your European start-up running nicely; revenues are growing, you’re hiring like mad, you’re being courted by VCs and the local tech press think you’re the best thing since SpinVox. Well, SpinVox circa 2008, anyway. Ahem. However, like all big-thinking entrepreneurs you realise that there’s more to life than London / Paris [...]
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Jaan Orvet joins Huddle as User Experience Director
Posted on 04. May, 2010 by Martin.
A few months back when I wrote the requirements for Huddle’s first ever User Experience Director I talked a lot about about passion, about championing the user and about striving for clarity. In hindsight I realise it was like describing Jaan Orvet. Jaan’s passion for usable, user friendly sites and apps is well known, as is his focus on [...]
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The Inaugural DevTank!
Posted on 20. Apr, 2010 by Zuzanna.
Last Thursday saw the successful launch of the developer spin off of Huddle’s infamous DrinkTank: DevTank! Some of the Huddle devs decided that it was time to host their own event targeted at developers in start-ups and so DevTank was born. The aim was to get developers from all walks of life (i.e. not just java/ruby/.net devs) to share their knowledge with each other and learn about both business and technical issues discussed by invited speakers.
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Join us for Huddle and SharePoint for education briefing
Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by Zuzanna.
If you’re a SharePoint user in education, you might be interested in joining us for the SharePoint/Huddle event for further and higher educational institutions. We are holding a briefing in conjunction with Microsoft’s education team on Wednesday 14 April 2010, where we will showcase the Huddle SharePoint connector, which recently won the Microsoft SocialFest competition. [...]
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In the Huddle with HP
Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by Zuzanna.
Just last month we were all getting excited about Huddle’s new features and our expansion into the US. With today’s announcement about our collaboration with HP, I think it’s pretty clear – there’s no stopping Huddle now. So what does this deal mean? Hewlett-Packard will include the Huddle collaboration application on commercial PCs, laptops and [...]
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Huddle has a magic vision
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by Zuzanna.
We’ve done it. Again. Huddle has just been named in Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace and placed its in Visionary Quadrant. According to Gartner, we’re ‘visionary’ because of the speed at which our product has evolved through partnerships and its innovative viral adoption model’. Well done, Huddle team! A lot has happened [...]
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Huddle named in Tech Media Invest Top 100
Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Andy.
Grab a copy of today’s Guardian (or, if you’re cheap like me, go online) to read the Tech Media Invest Top 100 List, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Kemp Little and Microsoft. Tech Media Invest Top 100 is a list of the hottest emerging and most innovative companies in the ever converging tech and media industries right [...]
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Stop press-Compulsory team event actually fun!
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Jon.
We thought you might be interested in seeing some of the results of last week’s Huddle HQ photo scavenger hunt. In other words, would you like to see some embarrassing photos of the Huddle crew? Of course you do…. Divided into teams and equipped with cameras we were let loose on the streets of London [...]
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Huddle launches on XING!
Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by Zuzanna.
Europe, beware, we are coming! Today, Huddle is launching on XING’s new application platform. XING is the leading European business network with more than 7.5 million users, which comes in no less than 16 languages. If you’re on XING, add Huddle Workspaces to privately share information and work together with your connections. If you’re not, [...]
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Simply the best – Huddle.net wins the Europas Award
Posted on 10. Jul, 2009 by Zuzanna.
How exciting! Last night, Huddle.net won the Best B2B/Enterprise Start-up at The Europas, the inaugural TechCrunch Europe Awards 2009 for European and EMEA tech companies. Huddle.net’s founders Alastair Mitchell and Andy McLoughlin were Highly Commended in the Best Start-up Founders category. More than 400 entrants were voted by 50,000 people and the results merged with [...]
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Vote for Huddle in the TechCrunch Europas Awards
Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 by Andy.
Huddle (and Huddle’s founders, Alastair Mitchell and Andy McLoughlin) have been nominated for two awards in the TechCrunch Europas, the tech innovation awards honouring the best tech companies and startups across the web and mobile scene from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. We have been nominated for two awards and you can vote [...]
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Huddle.net may be ‘the next Google’, says BusinessWeek
Posted on 19. Jun, 2009 by Andy.
Yesterday BusinessWeek announced their top fifty start ups that you (yes, you) need to know about. And, wouldn’t you know it, they were kind (or insightful) enough to include Huddle.net on their list! Some of our favourite global start ups such as Ning, Xobni, Boxee and Spotify were also included so it was a real [...]
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Huddle.net selected as finalist for The Next Web competition
Posted on 06. Apr, 2009 by Andy.
They say good news comes in threes so alongside our recent Red Herring 100 win I’m very pleased to announce that Huddle.net has been selected as one of 24 finalists in The Next Web’s Rising Sun Startup Rally.
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Huddle v2 big switchover announced – 26th March
Posted on 20. Mar, 2009 by Jon.
Thursday 26th March sees a major milestone for Huddle – we’ll be launching our brand new UI to everyone, and we just know you’re going to love it! When you next login after this date you will automatically see the brand new dashboard page, have access to our Meetings tools and see all the great [...]
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SaaS & The Cloud hits 1. Or rather $1billion…
Posted on 27. Feb, 2009 by Alastair.
A massive congratulations to SalesForce.com, the pioneer of selling web apps to the enterprise, who announced today that it’s hit $1bn in annual revenues. Not bad for 10 years in business….there’s hope for all of us yet! Seriously though, this is fantastic news. Salesforce pioneered the SaaS model with their ‘no software’ mantra and have been amongst the [...]
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Huddle selected for Web Mission 09
Posted on 23. Feb, 2009 by Andy.
I’m very proud that Huddle has been selected (for the second year running) to represent UK web innovation abroad on the UKTI sponsored Web Mission. Last year we travelled alongside great companies such as WAYN, Skimbit, Rummble, Mydeo and Hubdub and spent an intensive week in San Francisco receiving mentoring, giving presentations and networking our [...]
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Financial Times names Huddle as one of the UK’s 10 most promising startups
Posted on 12. Feb, 2009 by Andy.
It’s been a great week for news and announcements at Huddle. Yesterday we launched our partnership with Intercall, the world’s largest conference calling company (with a staggering 80% adoption rate amongst Fortune 500 companies) and this morning we were greeted with the news that the Financial Times named Huddle as one of the UK’s 10 [...]
