-The "Smiley :)" Has Evolved-
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IncrediMail Ltd. (NASDAQ:MAIL), an Internet company offering graphic rich content for Internet consumers, today celebrates the 25th birthday of the emoticon with a new emoticon collection -- Fun Chubbycons.
The emoticon, or emotional icon, is a popular symbol in digital communication most often associated with the smiley face or :). It has populated instant messages and e-mails since 1982 when it was brought about by Carnegie Mellon University Professor Scott Fahlman as a way to demonstrate surprising humor among a small, local community of computer researchers. The emoticon continues to evolve in design and popularity as consumers embrace this form of non-verbal communication, and companies such as IncrediMail develop new ways to express emotion through graphic images.
Using e-mail as a tool, IncrediMail delivers products to enhance the online experience. IncrediMail not only strives to diversify its offerings, but diligently endeavors to make e-mail communication a more entertaining and unique experience for its 80 million-plus registered users.
"The smiley has come a long way since 1982," commented IncrediMail's Director of Development Javier Salom. "We are thrilled to celebrate this unique anniversary with our special emoticon collection, Fun Chubbycons. With these and other icons, IncrediMail will help consumers further diversify and entertain others with e-mail." With more than 80 million registered users worldwide, IncrediMail sells premium entertainment software products with subscriptions to its content database, improving the user e-mail, instant messenger and desktop design experience. The company also licenses and co-brands the IncrediMail name to third-party sites. Embedded throughout the site itself are ads, sponsored links and keyword search capabilities.
To view the new birthday emoticon and find out more about the IncrediMail offerings, log on to http://www.incredimail.com/.
About IncrediMail IncrediMail designs and markets an integrated suite of customized and entertaining Internet software products for the consumer market. Our products include: IncrediMail Xe, which allows users to personalize email messages with creative features and is offered free of charge; IncrediMail Premium, an enhanced version of IncrediMail Xe; IncrediMail Letter Creator, which enables further personalization of backgrounds; The Gold Gallery, a content database of additional backgrounds, animation and notifiers, JunkFilter Plus, an anti- spam solution, and Magentic, a desktop enhancing solution. IncrediMail generates revenue by the sale of these products and services; licensing and co-branding the Incredi brand to operators of third party websites; generation of searches and selling paid advertising and sponsored links on its website and email client. For more information about IncrediMail, visit http://www.incredimail.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains historical information and forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to the business, financial condition and results of operations of the Company. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "plan," "should" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views, assumptions and expectations of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, among others, changes in the markets in which the Company operates and in general economic and business conditions, loss of key customers and unpredictable sales cycles, competitive pressures, market acceptance of new products, inability to meet efficiency and cost reduction objectives, changes in business strategy and various other factors, both referenced and not referenced in this press release. Various risks and uncertainties may affect the Company and its results of operations, as described in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. The Company does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
Contact: Kendra Peavy
RLM PR
212-741-5106 x226
DATASOURCE: IncrediMail Ltd.
CONTACT: Kendra Peavy, RLM PR, +1-212-741-5106 x226, , for IncrediMail Ltd.
Web site: http://www.incredimail.com/
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