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Information Overload and overpriced media monitoring are now a thing of the past! We are thrilled to announce that the Filtrbox media monitoring service is now available to the public. The service emerges from private beta today with an entirely new user interface and a number of new features.From the press release…

Filtrbox (www.filtrbox.com), the media monitoring service of choice for savvy professionals, today announced a disruptive new media monitoring service designed for business professionals that rely on the Internet for gaining knowledge and a competitive edge.  The beta release of the service has been embraced by thousands of users and has received worldwide acclaim across the blogosphere.  Now the service is available to anyone wanting a streamlined solution to monitor, analyze and share content with peers.  Filtrbox eliminates the need for multiple tools reducing cost while increasing productivity. (read the web release here)   

What’s New:

• Entirely new Flex user interface
• Additional sources, including twitter and FriendFeed monitoring
• Search, Sort, and Preferences
• iPhone formatted Daily Briefing emails
• Flagging of important articles
• Google Alerts import
• Drag and Drop Filtr management
• Pro and Team subscription versions
• Content widgets based on custom RSS feeds
• More…

Filtrbox has also announced three versions of the service:Filtrbox: 5 Filtrs and 15 days of article history - FREE! Filtrbox Pro: 25 Filtrs and 45 days of article history - $20/monthFiltrbox Team: 100 Filtrs and 1 year of article history, 6 users - $100/monthSign up today at http://www.filtrbox.com (no CC required!). We hope you’ll agree our easy-to-use rich web application and powerful monitoring features help address information overload and provide a compelling, cost-effective media monitoring solution for anyone who needs to stay in-the-know and on top of their business, competition, or market. Work smarter, save time, and let Filtrbox do the work of monitoring the world’s information for you.For a quick overview, just check out the updated screencasts!

The Filtrbox team has grown again with the addition of Justin, and we are really excited about him coming on board. Justin is on his way to becoming an RIA/Flex expert and has a great eye for web design too.

He’ll be working on the Flex dashboard primarily, and you’ll see his hand in the software very soon. He’s working on some new sharing features and a Flex skin to update the look of the app. Justin regularly blogs about Flex, Flash, Adobe AIR and all things RIA on his personal blog.

Filtrbox announced today at VCIR it has closed its seed financing round, led by Flywheel Ventures and True Ventures. We also have a wonderful group of angels on the funding team, including Steve Eskenazi, John Zeisler, David Cohen, and Ron Bloom. We could not be happier with the investors we have brought together and are excited to have support from both the rocky mountain region and silicon valley.

We also announced the start of our private beta today. If you have already registered on the Filtrbox.com site, you will receive an invitation code in the coming weeks. We gave out 250 accounts today to the VCIR attendees as well. If you want access to the private beta, just sign up here and we’ll invite you as soon as we can.

After a few very busy weeks and many late nights we have released the new Filtrbox.com site!

The previous site didn’t have all that much information about the service or what we were really up to, so we took a big step forward and have now included screen shots, product information, FAQs and more. We are in private beta, so you can sign up for the beta and we’ll send you an invite in the coming weeks. Like everything in an early-stage startup, its a work in progress and we’ll be making constant updates and improvements.

Let us know what you think!

Our team has grown again with the addition of Brandon Harper. Brandon is a senior software developer with 10 years of experience in software development. His background and technology base are a great fit for Filtrbox, and we are thrilled to have him on board. Brandon also runs a popular developer blog, devnulled and is a published author.Welcome aboard Brandon - now get crackin’