Critical Path Acquires ShoZu

Tuesday, 05 January 2010 00:00

Deal brings together two leaders in online communication, organization and sharing for consumers and businesses

DUBLIN, IRELAND - 5 January 2010 – Privately-held Critical Path, Inc., a leading provider of messaging software and services, today announced that it has purchased the business and assets of ShoZu Limited. The acquisition of ShoZu's mobile social media services significantly advances Critical Path's delivery of consumer-focused mobile and social networking solutions across the entire range of mobile platforms.

"The acquisition of ShoZu propels us forward in enriching our mobile and social networking solutions for our customers around the world”, said Critical Path CEO Mark Palomba. “Now, we can offer an unparalleled experience for people to connect and stay current on the most popular social networks using virtually any device as well as extend their use of personal media and messaging activities.”

There are substantial strategic customer advantages for both Critical Path and ShoZu customers from this acquisition. Critical Path has long been a leading provider of white-labeled messaging and consumer applications platforms to service providers, focused primarily on mass-market devices. ShoZu adds award-winning mobile applications for sharing media and personal experiences across the most popular social networks, with native support for the leading smartphone platforms. The combined set of capabilities provides consumers with a complete social networking and personal communications capability, ranging from the simplest mobile device to the most advanced.

“ShoZu has achieved broad recognition as an industry leader in connecting mobile consumers with popular social networks through their personal media”, said ShoZu Chairman and CEO, Chris J. Wade. “We are delighted that these capabilities will have the opportunity to reach a broader audience through Critical Path, as well as those customers who currently use and value ShoZu”.

ShoZu will continue to be supported across the full range of handsets, online stores and websites that it reaches today.

About ShoZu, Inc.

ShoZu is the leading provider of mobile social media services that connect mobile consumers with their online social networks, personal blogs, photo storage sites and other Web 2.0 properties from the handset. The company's patented technology provides fast, easy, one-click uploads of photos and video clips from the mobile to the Web, full-resolution photo and video delivery without compression, an emerging suite of services that push content to the phone, the ability to work in the background even if a connection is dropped, and other unique features that simplify and enhance the user experience, plus a mobile advertising service that provides non-intrusive and behaviorally targeted ad delivery. The company was founded in 2000 and has formed partnerships with some of the leading players in the mobile ecosystem, including Motorola and Samsung.

About Critical Path, Inc.

Critical Path’s Memova® suite of applications and services are chosen by leading service providers and enterprises around the world to enable millions of people to communicate, connect, share and organize while providing industry-leading safety and assurance.

With offices around the globe, Critical Path supports companies with their deployments of Memova solutions to drive revenue, boost loyalty, streamline operations and reduce costs. More information is available at www.criticalpath.net.

Note to Editors:

Critical Path, the Critical Path logo, Messages that Matter, The World is Mobile, AppLink, Memova and the Memova logo are the trademarks of Critical Path, Inc., registered in various jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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