In this issue

Welcome!
Year-end Special
Cast your vote
New - You have SSL now!
New - Getting Social, Profile Photo, What are you working on?
New - BaseEscape
The Buzz at GetSatisfaction, Twitter & Facebook
Get Featured
Closing

Hello, and welcome to the year-end edition of the DeskAway newsletter. Its been a great journey so far - our first anniversary is already around the corner! I would like to thank you for helping build DeskAway to the service it is today. Do keep an eye out on our blog for "Journey 2008" coming up later this month.

Have a great & safe New Year. See you in January '09. Cheers!

Sahil Parikh
Founder, DeskAway.com

Upgrade to any of our yearly plans and get 10% off immediately. All yearly plans already come with 2 months free, so this makes it 3 months free!

Use 'DA2008' as the coupon code when upgrading on the 2Checkout page (they handle payments for us).

Your new upgraded account will be activated immediately! Offer valid until 31st December, 2008.

DeskAway has been chosen as a top 30 hottest Indian startup (out of nearly 600 startups) for the Tata NEN Hottest Startups Award this year. Voting ends on Dec. 22, 2008 and the Top 5 hottest startups will be chosen then.

Show us your support by voting for us! With your help we can win! Please vote here.

It's finally here! DeskAway is 256-bit SSL encryption-enabled. What this means is that the data that you send between your computer and the DeskAway server is encrypted. So, if you are on the Professional, Plus or Power plans your account is SSL-ready! See how you can enable SSL.

Get a taste of the introductory social features, that is the just the start of more to come! After all, collaboration is about people. View screenshots.

An overwhelming number of people have requested an easy way to import data to DeskAway from Basecamp. So, here it is - BaseEscape (get me out of there!). Simply login to your account and access BaseEscape from the My Account - BaseEscape link. Only Account Owners are allowed to import their Basecamp data once into DeskAway. Learn More.

GetSatisfaction Online Customer Service

With GetSatisfaction you can ask support questions, share ideas, and join in conversations. If you have a feature request, this is the best place to put it - others interested in the same feature or idea can 'follow' the conversation.

Know what we are working everyday on Twitter

We will give you the inside scoop on Twitter. If we have something new to say or announce, you bet its going to be on Twitter as well. :-)

Facebook Fan Page

If you are on Facebook®, we would love to have your support on our fan page.

Are you a current DeskAway user and want to share your experience? We'd like to feature your company.

Click here to send us your email and we will get in touch with you personally

Have a great & safe New Year and thank you for being a part of the DeskAway community.

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