NutshellMail
{{Short description|Social network aggregation service}}
{{Infobox website
| name = NutshellMail
| type = Social Network Aggregation
| logo = NutshellMail.gif
| screenshot =
| caption =
| url = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014021033/http://www.nutshellmail.com/ nutshellmail.com]
| owner = NutshellMail Inc.
| author = David Lyman, Mark Schmulen, David Neubauer
| language = English
| current_status = defunct
| launch_date = October 2008
}}
NutshellMail was a social network aggregation service that allowed users to manage and interact with updates from social networking services through a consolidated email digest. NutshellMail supported Facebook,{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2009/02/17/nutshellmail-2/|title=Get Facebook in Your Inbox With NutshellMail|first=Jennifer Van|last=Grove|website=Mashable |publisher=}} Twitter,{{cite web|url=http://twitdom.com/nutshellmail/|title=twitdom.com|website=twitdom.com}} MySpace,{{cite web|url=http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/02/17/nutshellmail-delivers-facebok-myspace-updates-to-your-email-inb/|title=Yahoo!|website=www.downloadsquad.com}} LinkedIn, and Ning.
In March 2008, PC World wrote an article suggesting that NutshellMail could allow users to streamline their social network experience{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/161602/free_services_to_streamline_your_social_networking_experience.html|title=Free Services to Streamline Your Social Networking Experience|publisher=}} LifeHacker called NutshellMail "The Sledgehammer" to filter and manage online social lives in a May 2009 article.{{cite web|url=http://lifehacker.com/5234590/how-to-filter-and-manage-your-online-social-life|title=How to Filter and Manage Your Online Social Life|first=Kevin|last=Purdy|publisher=}}
Background
NutshellMail was founded in October 2008 by David Lyman, Mark Schmulen, Scott Mury, and David Neubauer. NutshellMail initially launched with a focus on email consolidation.{{cite web|url=http://www.mytechtalk.com/?p=259|title=Time Saver: NutshellMail Consolidates Email Accounts for Quick Viewing|publisher=}} However, as social networks and social media such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter dramatically increased their user bases, NutshellMail released support for these services and made social network aggregation and interaction the primary focus of its development.
On May 24, 2010, NutshellMail was acquired by Constant Contact.{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/05/24/constant-contact-acquires-social-media-inbox-startup-nutshell-mail/|title=Constant Contact Acquires Social Media Inbox Startup Nutshell Mail|publisher=}}
In September 2010, NutshellMail discontinued their email consolidation service altogether to focus on social media based features.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/nutshellmail/status/22945696742 |title=Nutshellmail в Твиттере: «@skyllo We have removed the email aggregation feature to focus on delivering great social media monitoring and management features.» |accessdate=2014-08-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913093230/https://twitter.com/nutshellmail/status/22945696742 |archivedate=2014-09-13 }}
In February 2016, Constant Contact announced the service shutdown for March 22, 2016.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
Recognition
On May 28, 2009, Facebook announced that NutshellMail was one of 20 winners of the fbFund 2009 competition out of a pool of over 400 applicants.{{cite web|url=http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/05/28/facebook-announces-19-2009-fbfund-winners/|title=Facebook Announces 2009 fbFund Winners|publisher=}} NutshellMail was participating in the fbFund 2009 Rev incubator program and had received funding through the fbFund. fbFund was administered by Facebook and funded by Accel Partners and The Founders Fund. On November 19, 2009, Ning announced that Nutshellmail won the Ning Appathon competition as a Best Ported App finalist.{{cite web|url=http://blog.ning.com/2009/11/announcing-the-ning-appathon-winners.html|title=Ning Blog - Social Media & Community Building Insights|website=Ning Blog}}