Xobni is out of beta

Xobni, the social Outlook plugin, is finally leaving their beta phase. The company is also announcing a new version that contains some new features, including additional user controls which will allow users to better customize Xobni's behavior. This feature is designed to help people with "underpowered" computers to take advantage of the plugin. The controls let you customize the indexing times and configure a delayed load when Outlook starts, among other things.

Besides, the company received additional investment of $3.2 million to bring their series B round to over $10 million. These money will be used for continuing development of the product and will help them proceed with work on a premium version of the software, slated for release this summer. The investment from BlackBerry Partners Fund brings the total raised in Xobni's Series B funding to over $10 million and adds BlackBerry Partners Fund Partner, Rick Segal, to Xobni's board of directors. Xobni closed the first part of the Series B in January 2009, led by Cisco Systems ($5 million).