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Presto Services Inc. Creates PrestoConnect Website and Adds New Features to Presto Mail Service
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While the Internet has enabled great strides in communicating with family and friends, more than half of Americans over the age of 65 do not use the Internet(1). Staying connected with loved ones becomes much easier with Presto and the new PrestoConnect website, a central place online for Presto account managers that simplifies creating, scheduling and monitoring communications to Presto Printing Mailbox users.
"The PrestoConnect website allows Presto account managers to more easily
manage communications with, and help care for, family members who have not
adopted today's digital tools like email and the Internet, " said
The PrestoConnect website adds the following capabilities for all Presto Mail service subscribers:
1. Pre-scheduled message delivery -- create messages for delivery at a later date and time 2. Activity reporting -- monitor email quantity and senders (email contents remain private) 3. Delivery confirmation -- confirm that messages were delivered as scheduled 4. Presto webmail -- send mail via PrestoConnect from any computer, or your email program 5. Event reminders -- schedule printed reminders to be delivered at a specific date and time 6. To-do lists -- create lists of tasks (e.g. taking medication, household chores) 7. Recurring deliveries -- schedule multiple reminders or email deliveries at one time 8. Nudge -- gently prompt family members to send more communication 9. Presto template preview -- choose from more than 30 pre-formatted, colorful designs 10. Health and wellness articles -- receive weekly news and information from Caring.comAccording to a recent AARP survey, the vast majority of aging adults would prefer to receive help, if necessary, to age in their own home. PrestoConnect provides the kind of practical communication tools that can help enable older Americans to remain independent.
Presto is available at J&R Music and Computer World in NYC, at Fred Meyer stores in the northwest, and online at: Amazon.com, ActiveForever.com, BestBuy.com, Buy.com, Drugstore.com, GoldViolin.com, Presto.com, Sears.com, SeventhAvenue.com, Solutions.com, Staples.com, Walgreens.com and Walmart.com. For more information, see http://www.presto.com.
(1) Source: Pew Internet and American Life Study 2008
About Presto Services Inc.
Presto was founded in 2004 to help families and friends stay better
connected by making it easier for them to share digital content. Led by a
world-class team of consumer product and technology veterans, Presto Services
Inc. is redefining digital delivery through a unique service that
automatically prints the digital content people want to enjoy, without the
need for a computer or Internet connection. Presto's first consumer solution
launched in
In the future, Presto plans to deliver additional consumer and business
solutions using the technology platform the company is developing. Presto
Services Inc. is based in
(C) 2008 Presto Services, Inc. "Presto", "Presto Services, Inc.", "You're
Connected", "Printing Mailbox" and the Presto stylized logos, are service
marks or registered service marks of Presto Services Inc. in
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