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PASADENA, CA Snap Technologies, Inc. today announced the immediateavailability of the Snap Shots Add-On for web browsers, allowing users to take theSnap Shots service and experience with them as they browse the web. Snap Shots isan open platform that intelligently delivers related content such as stock quotes,streaming audio or video, product information and more, directly to users as theybrowse the web using an enabled web browser all in a format that is useful andengaging to users. Snap Shots Add-On delivers the rich Snap Shots experience acrossthe entire web not just on web sites that have Snap Shots installed enhancinglinks on blogs, search engines and more. Snap Shots Add-On currently works withFirefox and Internet Explorer.
The Snap Shots platform through its delivery of enhanced content has alreadychanged the way millions of people now surf the web, said Tom McGovern, CEO of SnapTechnologies. Snap Shots Add-On takes the service to the next level by extendingthat superior browsing experience that they ve become accustom to and delivers it tolinks across the entire web.
For profiled sites such as Google, Yahoo!, Xanga, and Amazon, Snap Shots Add-Ondelivers the entire menu of Snap Shots which includes previews of correspondinglinks and enhanced content for links to photo albums, RSS feeds, stock quotes,video, Wikipedia and more. For other sites, all shots are enabled with the exceptionof Preview Shot.
Users of the Snap Shots Add-On also have full control over the look and feel of SnapShots including options to change the language, color, size, link icon and more.Snap Shots Add-On is available as a free download fromhttp://www.snap.com/about /addon.php
About Snap Shots
Snap Shots are a radical departure from the traditional Internet model of forcingusers to browse web site after web site, manually trying to find what they relooking for. Snap Shots are interactive and put users in control of their surfing,making for a much richer user experience. Users trigger Snap Shots whenever theymouse over a link or the Snap Link Icon. Upon triggering, a small window appearsproviding the user with additional content relevant to the subject of the link orthe enabled text. Snap Shots has been implemented on more than 2 million sites andblogs worldwide and is used over 20 million times daily.
