Great news from our last trip to US. We met some of you, chat a little, did some presentation and even if exhibiting at the Web 2.0 is a bit tiring, each time we hear about you talking about your Dixero and your experience rewards us to the effort we do all the day long. (want to see us at the Expo? Check our latest pics :) )

As at Javits Center were taking place 3 expos at the same time, we met visitors came from a different expo and interested in a lot of different contents. For this reason, we had the chance to talk a lot with non-heavy users and we deeped into the needs of non skilled users, talking about what is a RSS feed or what is a podcast. This situation has been very useful, because we understood what to show and explain on our website and what are the frequently questions a user have in mind when reading Dixero’s website.

We presented a new selection of public channels we added to the service (Business and Politics, Lifestyle, News, Sport, the New York Times) in addition to the two public channel you already know (Entertainment, Internet and technology). We also anticipated our first contest, but I probably need a separated blog post to write a little about it ;)

After New York, we flow to San Francisco and worked a little in our office in Sunnyvale waiting for the Plug&Play Tech Center Expo. We had a space to talk about Dixero and we heard about other experiences. We met amazing people, asked for feedbacks and exchanged views with professionals and businessmen.

Waiting for the next news, we wave at you with an interview blogtalkradio did to Luca…

As we wrote here, we’ve got new plans for september. The activity is growing, we’ve some issues to work on and we’d like to start the autumn with new energies and resources. In order to do this, we’ve started a new round of investments and we can now announce that we just received a new investment of 1.5 ml of dollars that leads up founds to a total amount of 3 ml. This will let us have the opportunity of increasing quality and focusing on the mobile versions of the application.

Well, here we are. As we’d like to have more than a glance into american culture, we decided to open a new office in Silicon Valley. It’s not only a matter of market, even if it being on site will help us to understand it better and keep tighter contacts with our actual and future business partners. What we’d like to do in our new office is to improve Dixero on site, observing behaviours and listening to your needs. We want to understand deeply how you are using the service to create something closer to what you really want. It will probably lead us up to start introducing local talented people in the team. We have huge projects in mind.

The office is located in Plug and Play Tech Center, Sunnyvale, CA. Here’s a picture Luca took there.

Last week Dafne and I went to Reboot 10, a wonderful conference in Copenhagen (DK). 500 people from all over the world met to discuss about the theme of “free”, ranging from social media to biology to hardware. It was wonderful meeting and hearing from people like David Weinberger, Chris Messina, Dan Gillmor, Stowe Boyd. We was impressed by talks about user experience and guerrilla usability and had a chance to chat around about Dixero. We also had the chance to get some feedbacks and new ideas about the features, let’s see…

Now we are planning some others trips in the summer time, getting around to see new faces and discover new possibilities. Stay tuned and come to say hello to us!

Luca

We at Dixero want to thank you for joining us on this special occassion!

With Dixero you’ll be able to experience the versatility and opportunities available with the two public channels we currently offer.

The first channel will allow you to indulge in all things entertainment while the second public channel focuses on technology.

In addition to the two different public channels we offer, Dixero also provides you with the option to open up a private beta. Just think, you get the chance to build your own channel with your own feeds (tag, personal, and smart) not to mention the ability to change the voice!

Everyday more and more people are asking for invitations to Dixero, do you know how to not miss out on all the fun?

When you request an invitation we’ll send you just what you asked for! By getting an invite , you can then proceed to register and become a full-flegged Dixero member!

Please keep in mind that after January 15th, 2008 (AKA TODAY) we will be sending out invites.

At Dixero your voice counts! Because Dixero is new, we understand that there might be a few wrinkles yet to be ironed out. So… who could be better to give us feedback than the one who’s actually using the application, YOU!

For these reasons, we’re asking you to send us your feedback. Feel free to tell us what you liked about the applications as well as areas you think we should improve. So don’t be shy we really want your feedback!

Stay tuned for more information coming your way soon from Dixero!