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September 15 2008 
Fusebox wins 2 WMA Awards
Fusebox received two Standard of Excellence WebAwards from The Web Marketing Association.  We were awarded the 2008 Bank Standard of Excellence award for outstanding achievement in website development for our work on  DiscoverBank.com. We were also awarded the Blog Standard of Excellence Award for our work on  INF Daily.
April 3, 2008
First round of start-up presentations
Good news for all you visual story tellers out there, Empressr wants to make your life easier. They’re “The First Online Application That Lets You Create, Manage and Share Rich Media Presentations Online”. Ernst-Jan Pfauth (The Next Web)
February 16, 2008
Forget PowerPoint: 13 Online Presentation Apps
We’ve helped you find online word processors and spreadsheet apps, now it’s time for presentations. We’ve gathered up 13 online presentation creators to make it even easier for you to forget about doing anything offline ever again! Sean P. Aune (Mashable)
February 5, 2008
Coolsiteoftheday.com
Cool Sites For February 2008
Empressr is featured on cool site of the day. A Web site that showcases the world's coolest sites one day at a time.
November 2007
Inc. Magazine
Technology Tools: On Beyond Powerpoint Presentations get a wake-up call
Inc. Magazine reviews 6 applications and Empressr is awarded Best for Handling multimedia Web presentations.
November 1, 2007
Empressr wins the Technology Pace Setter Award at the New New Internet Conference's Web 2.0 Competition
The judging committee, made up of industry experts and venture capitalists, reviewed a profile of each company in advance of the conference – and then toured the exhibitor showcase the morning of. The committee then selected 3 of the participating companies as "Technology Pace Setters." At intervals between speakers, these companies were invited to give a special 5 minute introduction about their company to the entire conference audience in the main meeting room. In addition, conference attendees voted on the exhibitors and chose by popular vote winners of 3 awards. And Empressr won the Technology Pace Setter Award at the New New Internet Conference's Web 2.0 Competition.
November 2, 2007
From Flash to Flex—Empressr Reborn

EI wrote about Empressr earlier this year. Back then it’s a pure Flash based startup that entered into the online slides creation space, along with Thumbstacks and others. Now, Empressr V.3 is out with brand new Flex user interface and richer set of features. Very impressive.

To differentiate with other online/offline presentation creation offers, Empressr is focusing on rich media. I think it’s the right direction to take. Going more visual and social is generally a path to success at the online world.

I’m sure Flex gives them quicker and easier ways of adding and improving features set, than doing pure Flash. Also they can easily hire more developers this way. But still, I like to hear how and why they turned to Flex and what’s the plan regarding offline (AIR?) I’m sure they have one.... Charles (Flex RIA)

November 1, 2007
Empressr Releases Private Beta of Flex Based Presentation App
Empressr is devoted to creative presentations through a combination of “Uploading, Linking, Creating, and Sharing.” The platform, however, boasts several differentiating features – all connected to the use of Adobe Flex. By using the Flex platform, Empressr enables simple incorporation of rich media items such as video, images, charts, etc. Easy access to Flickr, Photobucket, YouTube and others ensure users will be able to create a visual story beyond bullet points and stagnant images... Andy Angelo (Mashable)
January 25, 2007
Empressr aims to impress
Empressr offers the unique ability to create, share and store Flash-based slide presentations online with ease. Empressr aims to impress by offering the ability to incorporate rich media features, like streaming video and animation into an online presentation. Empressr has incorporated an easy to understand set of steps to help users create crisp looking presentations without prior knowledge of Flash technology. Empressr is free to use and store up five presentations on its secure servers and premium options are available additional presentation storage space. Finally, Empressr presentations use addressable URL to offers users the ability to share presentations with ease.” Frank Gruber (somewhatfrank)
January 22, 2007
I wonder how long it will be before Google swallows this up to get a presentation bit for their office suit
If you need to create a presentation and don’t have anything to do it with (other than a network connection) and don’t want to make another Google Page, take a look at Empressr. Right now it doesn’t seem to like FF2 on the Mac very much, but I think that has more to do with FF’s issues with Flash in this build. Safari and Windows browsers seem to be right up to spec. I wonder how long it will be before Google swallows this up to get a presentation bit for their office suite?
July 26, 2006
The interface is effective and attractive, and creating / manipulating elements is as easy as can be

PowerPoint has been worked to death, and people are ready for different types of presentations. Perhaps something a little flashier would do the job? Empressr is an AJAX/Flash-based Web application that allow you to create, share, and store presentations online. It’s free to use, and you can start creating presentations without needing to sign-up for an account. Of course, if you want to save your work, then you’ll need to become a member. The interface is effective and attractive, and creating/manipulating elements is as easy as can be. Empressr does more than just allow you to use basic text and graphs; you can actually include streaming media and animations if you feel the need to do so. That should help your audience to be revived from their presentation coma. A presentation isn’t any good unless it’s shared with others, so feel free to pass your work around to your contacts. Put away the bullet points - it’s time to make your presentations presentable. Brandon Watts