TechCrunch opened voting for the best European startups today. Doodle is nominated as “Best Bootstrapped Startup”. Whatever that means exactly: All Doodle users – vote for us now!
And while you’re at it, please vote for our friends at Wuala, too. (They’re in a different category.)
Our latest release combines the Outlook Plugin with the Invite & Contact feature. The new version of the plugin allows you to invite people from Doodle directly and to connect with your Outlook address book to quickly access the names and e-mail addresses of your invitees. » Read more about the Outlook Plugin.
Wow! Murphy hit us hard today. Two of our servers failed simultaneously. Other — non-related – problems made us hunt down the wrong causes for a while. In the end, Doodle was not available for quite some time today. We apologize for the downtime and the inconvience this has caused.
Here’s the good news:
Facebook announced their Verified Apps program in early 2009 and we applied as one of the first applications. A few weeks ago, Facebook told us they would launch the program with an official announcement. However, they seem to have decided to silently launch the program: We never noticed anything official but our app is now wearing the verified badge.
Here’s what this means for the users of the app (from the Facebook FAQ):
Verified applications have passed a detailed Facebook review to confirm that the user experience they provide complies with Facebook policies. Verified applications have committed to be transparent about how they work and will respect you and your friends when they send communication on your behalf.
Because these applications have passed a review by Facebook, they are prioritized higher in the application directory and are highlighted by a green checkmark. A “Verified Apps” badge will appear on their Profile Pages as well.