Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2010 Previews Exhibitors' Announcements

SAN FRANCISCO, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- O'Reilly Media, Inc. and UBM TechWeb today preview exhibitor announcements that will be made at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco, happening May 3-6 this year at Moscone West. Web 2.0 Expos are the leading annual events that bring people, ideas, products, and companies together to build stronger Web 2.0 communities, shaping the next-generation Web. Registration is now open at www.web2expo.com/sf.

Sarah Milstein, Web 2.0 Expo Co-Chair, said, "We're excited to see a lot of news coming out of the tech sector this year, and we're truly pleased that Expo creates an opportunity for companies to share their announcements with an avid audience."

In addition to the vast array of sponsor news, each day will bring major announcements from the event's main stage. The line-up of Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco exhibitors making announcements is growing and a lot of news will be made on site. The snapshot of announcements currently includes:

babyTEL Inc., leader in Social Voice, will be announcing the private beta launch of its Social Telephone Voice API at Web 2.0. Web Application Developers will be amazed how easy it is to integrate fun and sophisticated voice features into their web apps.

Cazoodle builds novel vertical search engines using its large scale structured data extraction technology developed at the University of Illinois. Adding to its current search engines for Apartment Rentals and Online Shopping, at Web 2.0, Cazoodle will launch its new Vacation Rental search engine for travelers around the world.

Central Desktop will unveil the new Microsoft Office Plugin, which integrates the company's online collaboration platform with Microsoft Office. The application allows multiple users to simultaneously co-author any Office document, spreadsheet or presentation, as well as open/save files directly into the cloud. Demos available in the Long Tail Pavilion (LT#11).

Clustrix Inc. will present a radically new approach to solving infrastructure scalability challenges for Internet-scale applications on Tuesday, May 4, 1:15-1:25 p.m. Discussions will continue on the show floor at booth #730.

.CO Internet will unveil details about its launch of the .CO domain name extension this summer. Now, the name of your website, business or brand is based on what you want — not just what's left over. Come visit us in Booth #714 or www.cointernet.co to learn more.

Ravenflow is launching a new web-based application – RAVEN Cloud – that like magic automatically creates stunning, error-free process diagrams from plain English text. Designed for people who understand processes but just can't draw them very well, RAVEN's natural language engine does the drawing for you. Demonstrations available at Pavilion Booth 14.

Rhomobile will introduce the next generation of its cross-platform smartphone app framework, Rhodes, the leading framework for building native, enterprise-class applications for all devices.

Trademarkia.com, a leading legal web-based technology platform and trademark filer, releases an enhanced Logo Search feature of its free trademark search engine for the first time at Web 2.0 Expo. The new feature helps logo designers, marketers, and IP attorneys search for trademarked logos by multi-level graphic attributes or words.

In a first-time presentation at Web 2.0 Expo, OpenSRS will outline a proven revenue stream for Web 2.0 companies. The wholesale reseller services group of domain name registrar Tucows will present a seminar that will encourage companies offering Web-based publishing tools to rethink their approach to namespaces.

Wrike.com, the award-winning project management software, introduces a ground-breaking product for unparalleled project collaboration productivity. By combining the simplicity of e-mail with revolutionary productivity features and a fast, intuitive interface, Wrike's new product transforms the online management space. Managing projects, teams and businesses has never been easier and more efficient.

Zoosk, http://www.zoosk.com, the world's largest social dating community, brings online dating to popular social networks and platforms—via mobile devices and the desktop—with Zoosk Messenger and its new iPhone application, now available in 20 languages. Zoosk will also announce new partnerships including Tagged and The Onion.

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