[<a href="http://storify.com/shannonlehotsky/story-20" mce_href="http://storify.com/shannonlehotsky/story-20" target="_blank">View the story " " on Storify</a>]<br /> <h1> </h1> <h2> </h2> <p>Storified by Shannon Lehotsky · Fri, Oct 26 2012 08:06:20</p> <div> <p>Wiggio is a free productivity tool that simplifies the hassles inherent in group communication. Started due to the need for a simple, mobile and unified approach to make working in groups easy, Wiggio has rapidly grown to over 750,000 users across the academic, small business, non-profit and multiple other sectors. Wiggio provides one-button access to the tools groups need most, while stripping out overly complex and seldom-used functions. The product features include real-time communication via text, email and voice, live phone and video-conferencing, file sharing and editing, group surveys, shared calendars, schedules and discussion topics. Private groups of any size can quickly and easily communicate and share in real-time. Headquartered in Boston, Wiggio secured $2.1 million in a Series A financing led by New Atlantic Ventures in mid-2010. For more information, please visit <a href=”http://www.wiggio.com” mce_href=”http://www.wiggio.com” class=”">www.wiggio.com</a>.</p> </p> </div> <div><b>About Wiggio 2.0 and the iPhone App:</b></div> <div> <p>Wiggio 2.0, launched in March 2011, is designed to make working in groups easy for even the least tech-savvy group member and includes new features that improve the functionality of the application. Key new features include a personalized feed where all of a user’s group activity is aggregated and easily viewed at once; and the ability to include members in a group in an ad-hoc manner so you can invite someone outside a group into a videoconference, for instance, simply by adding their email or posting a file and sharing it with any grouping of individuals. There is also a new universal search feature where you can filter by keyword, by referencing specific people in groups, by discussion thread and by association with a particular person. Wiggio has just released an <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV0AoJkRpMc&list=PLA23B69EEA901674C&index=9&feature=plcp” mce_href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV0AoJkRpMc&list=PLA23B69EEA901674C&index=9&feature=plcp” class=”">iPhone application</a> so that staying in touch with your group and on top of your group work is as easy as reaching into your pocket.</p> </p> </div> <p>
