weblins conquer Windows Live Messenger! Windows Live starts cooperation with zweitgeist GmbH

zweitgeist GmbH and Windows Live Messenger, one of the most popular fast communication tools for young people, announced the start of their cooperation today. With 7 million users in Germany alone, the new Instant Messenger, with features such as contact list, emoticons and immediate contact with friends, is one of the most popular forms of communication. Exclusive avatars and completely branded clients are just two of the many possibilities Windows Live Messenger provides its community.

Find out more http://messenger.weblin.com and download the Windows Live Messenger version of weblins for free.

Beta phase successfully completed; zweitgeist becomes weblin

zweitgeist GmbH has completed the successful Beta phase of its social software zweitgeist and now announces that the software has been renamed “weblin”. In view of the international alignment of the company’s strategy and the user groups targeted in future, the change of name is an important step to make the consumer software also known to non German-speaking users worldwide.

Federal Ministry of Economics awards prize to zweitgeist

Outstanding award for zweitgeist GmbH: on the occasion of the Founder Congress Multimedia 2007 in Berlin on 6th March, the start-up company received the prize for the lighthouse project of the High-Tech Gründerfonds (Founder Fund) in the category multimedia from parliamentary state secretary Dagmar Wöhrl. Following the “Innovation Prize Web 2.0″ from the State of Baden-Wurttemberg in the category “Digital Life”, this was already the second award for zweitgeist in the last six months.