Friday, August 15th, 2008
We recently noticed some nice spikes in user registrations, and after some digging we were pleased to find that some of you bloggers out there are helping us spread the word about Remobo… and perhaps more importantly, sharing your feedback, both positive and negative with everyone.
Luckily for us, the overall sentiment about Remobo is great. We are very happy that Remobo is actually filling a need out there, whether it be for VPN connectivity, remote desktop control, or our shiny new private BitTorrent file sharing. They of course also point out that we are in beta and still have some work ahead of us before a full release. We definitely agree!
Here’s a list of some of the awesome blogs out there that have taken the time to write about Remobo and give us their fair reviews:
download.com - Remote everything using Remobo
downloadsquad.com - Remobo: VPN, Chat, Filesharing, Remote Control All-In-One!
thefreewarejunkie.com - Social networking with P2P and more!
makeuseof.com - How To Set Up an Instant Private Network with Remobo
They all had a lot of good things to say about Remobo… in particular about the ease of use, the vpn connectivity, and of course the private file sharing using BitTorrent… but what about the concerns?
One major concern was the VNC integration… it can be a bit clumsy especially if you already have VNC installed… and since the password is the same as your Remobo password, its hard to let others remote control into your computer. In addition, if you choose to “save my password and login automatically”, your password is stored locally… which is not very secure. We will definitely fix this asap! The short-term fix is to NOT have Remobo save your password to login automatically (ie, don’t check the checkbox and your password will not be stored locally at all).
Edit: This VNC password issue is now fixed in version 0.13!
This kind of feedback and reviews that can really help us make Remobo a better product… Thanks again to all the beta users out there and to those who have taken the time to post bugs and issues in our forum… and of course to everyone who has help us spread the word about how Remobo is a great product. It will just continue to get better with everyone’s input!
If you have a blog post about Remobo that we have missed, please contact us and we’ll add you to this list 
Sunday, December 30th, 2007
I just realized that our blogging software version was out of date, so we just upgraded to WordPress 2.3.2… I love the new features and of course the bug fixes and security updates. Just a friendly reminder to upgrade your software often!
Also, now that we have more distribution partners for Remobo, we are growing at a steady pace. We also appreciate the bug posts in our forum from all you beta users out there… Keep ‘em coming! Also, feel free to let us know what you like and dis-like about Remobo.
New, exciting features are coming after the New Year… until then, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to everyone.
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
When I introduce Remobo to people, one of the first questions peole ask is: How did you come up with the name “Remobo”? Well, Remobo started as the combination of two words: “Remote” + “Mobility”.
At our startup company, AWIT Systems, we are a small distributed team that collaborate remotely. We don’t have a central office where people work in the same LAN environment everyday from 9 to 5. Wherever we work or play, we wanna be able to access all our computers & devices, from whatever computer we can access at that moment, and we don’t want the overhead of time and money to build, configure, or maintain our own VPN network. Essentially, we want to create a virtual computer network that’s centered around “humans” (ie, us), instead of “computers” (as it is today for existing VPN solutions).
So, instead of carrying our computers & devices with us and limiting our network access based on the computer identity, we rolled up our sleeves and created this new technology of virtual computer networking that decouples “Computer Identity ” from “Humain Identity”; we call it “Instant Private Networking (IPN)”, and Remobo is the first showcase of our IPN technologies.
With Remobo, You can create your own IPN, which can be accessed from any computer that you happen to log into at any time, and you can run all your favorite client/server applications over this Remobo IPN.
Remobo has redefined what a virtual network means to people: it allows the computer network to be created around the human user identity, instead of fitting human users into computers and their networks. And this is where the name “REMOBO” comes from: we’re RE-defining what “MOBility” is abOut; It’s humans that need mobility, not the computers.
The CEO of a prominent laptop manufacture has recently said: “30 years from now, you won’t see people carry their laptop computers around.” It’s true that, in sci-fi movies, you don’t see people carrying computers, either. Data should be available at whatever device they’re using from anywhere at anytime.
With Remobo, it’s time for the era of “Mobility 2.0″.
