Archive for: June, 2008

PamFax now integrated in Facebook and Salesforce.com

We have just added some very interesting enhancements to PamFax: Integration of PamFax into Facebook and Salesforce.com.

In Facebook, you can now see your fax history with status of your latest faxes and even start a new fax very easy. If you want to see if a fax was delivered, it’s now only one click away:

In Salesforce.com, the integration goes much further: You not only have the fax history embedded in Salesforce, but you also have the ability to start a fax from any Contact, Account, User or Lead! So no more copy&paste to send a fax to one of your contacts, as PamFax starts with name and fax number prefilled and you only have to select what you want to fax and then send the fax.

And another integration is currently in development: A Windows Vista sidebar gadget. With this gadget, you have your latest faxes and fax status right on your desktop so you can check their status very easily. As with the other integraton tools, you can simply access your PamFax Portal or start a new fax with a single click. This will be available shortly.

Enjoy this new faxing comfort and please let us know what you think.

Yes, we did it again!

We just received the eBay Star Developer Award for Innovative Application 2008! I am currently in Chicago at the eBay Developer Conference, where we were given this award for our newest software Jaast for Wii, which brings eBay to your TV using Nintendo’s Wii console.

We already received this award back in 2006 for our software mceAuction. So we feel very proud of getting this award again this year. I don’t know if there was ever any company who received this award twice.

Here are some photos from us getting the award (click to enlarge):

	A slide showing that we received the award on stage
	Me and Max Mancini (Senior Director of Disruptive Innovation of eBay) on stage after receiving the award
	Max Mancini and John Donahoe (CEO of eBay) giving the award to me

Big thanks to eBay for giving this award to us. Let’s see what we can do for next year

Jaast for Wii + new Scendix Software Online Shop

Two great news for today:

Jaast for Wii has just been released as public beta. Jaast enables you to browser on eBay, search for items and even bid and buy things just with your Nintendo Wii console. This cool new experience makes eBay even more fun. Just sitting on the couch waving with the Wii Nunchuck controller to buy stuff on eBay, just great .
This website has all the details, screenshots, a video and installation instruction for you: www.scendix.com/jaast

New software online shop on Scendix websites: The Scendix software websites (scendix.com and scendix.de)  just got their new software online shop that makes it even more easy to buy our software. There are several advantages of the new shop: i.e. you will get the license key immediately after your purchase, you are able to download PDF invoices, rebates for multiple licenses are automatically calculated, ….
All old orders have been imported to the new shop. If you forgot your license key or want to upgrade your existing license, you can click on “forgot password” and then get your new login to the shop where you have access to your previous orders.

Minor PamFax changes

We recently started to notice that people enter fax numbers in the most interesting ways. Instead of the standard format, numbers were entered like +0049 and other variations. This obviously resulted in a bad fax experience as the fax could not be sent.

We did some thinking and came up with a solution for this which just went live. Basically as of not it does not matter how you format the phone number, PamFax will figure it out for you and correct any non-standards.

In addition we added a blocker for satellite area codes as sending a fax via satellite is very very expensive.

In addition we noticed that many people install PamFax but then do not send their free fax. This could be because they don’t have a fax to send to or no document. To remind people, PamFax will send a reminder chat after five days so that people are reminded to send their free fax.

PamFax server and local application updated

Yesterday we released a server update and this time the local PamFax application is updated too. The application is available as download from www.pamfax.biz and will be made automatic for all users as soon as Skype release the new build to the Extras Gallery.

Changelog of 1.0.51.33 (.51=Server, .33=Client)
- Client: Implemented workaround where on some systems PamFax registry settings where missing
- Client: Updated scanner driver
- Client: Scanned documents are now saved as PDF instead of TIFF
- Server: International numbers are corrected if PamFax notices that they are obviously wrong (i.e. a “0″ after +49 for German numbers is removed automatically)
- Server: Show warning if fax is higher priced because it is a slow number, mobile or a service number
- Server: Updated cover templates and added a blank one so you can also just send a written text as fax
- Server: PamFax shows “Recommend to a friend” page automatically
- Client+Server: Improved starting/connecting behaviour

If you want to update the PamFax client because you have regular connection timeouts on first start (Skype bug) or want better scanner support just download PamFax build 33 and run the installer which will update your PamFax to the latest version.

Stay tuned for more cool stuff enhancing your PamFax experience soon. We are super happy with PamFax performance and the feedback we receive from users is exceptionally good. So keep the feedback coming!

More PamFax features available!

We released a new server update and this time also an update for the local PamFax Extra application (available in Skype under Tools, Do More).

The highlights of the update are:

1. Redesigned first page in PamFax application for easier start.
2. Resend fax option added to portal. This is nice as it allows you to resend failed faxes easily.
3. Added more conversion server power.
4. If a document can not be converted to PDF due to issues in the document, there is now a gracious refund process.
5. Fixed a Vista UAC issue when Skype is started by PamFax after installing PamFax.

Besides the above we also did the normal set of minor bug fixing and improvements here and there.

Some screenshots:

Your PamFax application will be auto-updated once Skype have released the new version to the Skype Extras Gallery.

Very soon we will be posting about another cool new function we will be adding. This time it will be about integration of PamFax in Facebook, Salesforce.com and in the Vista SideBar. Stay tuned!