November 29, 2011
Introducing Soshiku Mobile for Smartphones

I’m happy to announce the release of Soshiku Mobile for smartphones! Soshiku Mobile is a mobile-optimized version of the Soshiku website that works on any modern smartphone. This includes the iPhone, all Android phones, Blackberries, and Windows Phone 7.

When you’re not near a computer, you can use Soshiku Mobile to view your upcoming assignments, create assignments and tasks, and see what your partners are up to.

Soshiku Mobile is a website and not an app, so there’s nothing to download! All you have to do is visit http://soshiku.com on your smartphone and you’ll be taken straight to it. I hope you enjoy Soshiku Mobile! Please let us know what you think.

Special tip for iPhone users: Add Soshiku Mobile to your home screen by going to http://soshiku.com in Safari, tapping the middle arrow icon in the bottom toolbar, then tapping the “Add to Home Screen” button. A Soshiku icon will now be on your home screen and it’ll be full screen just like a real app!

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August 15, 2011
Amazon Launches New iPhone App for College Students

Just in time for back-to-school season, Amazon has launched a new iPhone application targeted towards students. With the “Amazon Student” app, college students can perform instant price checks on textbooks and other items, keep lists of items they want to buy, and post used textbooks, games, movies, or gadgets for trade-in.

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June 15, 2011
New: Organize your courses by semester

We’re happy to introduce a better way to organize your courses. You are now able to choose which semester (or quarter) your courses belong to whenever you create a new course or edit an existing one. This feature has been available for a few weeks now, but we’ve just worked out all the kinks and believe it deserves a proper introduction.

And if you’d rather not organize by semester, that’s fine too. Just uncheck the box before creating your course.

Also, your courses are now listed by “Current Semester”, which you can change at any time by selecting the desired semester in the menu located above your courses.

Please note that the “archiving feature” is no longer available, but we think this is a great upgrade for students wanting better course management. And it’s available to all users!

Have a great summer!

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April 20, 2011
The 10 Sites That Will Get You an A in School

A great compilation of websites we think all of our users should check out.

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January 20, 2011
Soshiku has a new phone number for text messaging

We would like everyone to be aware that our phone number that you use to send text messages to has changed. From now on, please send text messages to (206) 504-2212. Also from now on, you do not need to add “soshiku” to the beginning of your text message.

One more little benefit is that there are no ads in the text messages you receive now. Yay!

Our old number still works in the meantime, however you will receive a notice to use the new number as the old one will not work in a week or so.

To see everything you can do with text messaging, check out this section of the help page. You might learn something new!

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December 16, 2010
Partners page and privacy updates

If you’ve seen your “Partners” page recently, you may have noticed we have updated it to prominently show all of your partners’ activities in one place. This is a great way to keep up with all of your partners’ activities, such as creating assignments or creating new tasks. We are also working on an RSS feed you can subscribe to.

We have also updated the privacy aspect of your activity feed. On your preferences page, you now have the option to show your activity feed on your profile to everyone or just your partners. Please take a moment to look over this option and select the right one for you.

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October 2, 2010
Celebrate Soshiku’s birthday by getting 50% off Soshiku Pro

Soshiku just had a second birthday on September 25th and we’d like to celebrate it by giving new Soshiku Pro users 50% off their first month. That’s just $2.50! Better hurry, because the offer only lasts until October 16th.

How can I get 50% off?

All you have to do is sign up for Soshiku Pro if you’re not already a user, or upgrade if you are already a user. There is no coupon code to enter; you will automatically get 50% off your first month. Please note that while you sign up, it will say the cost is $5 after your free trial. We will have to manually take off 50% your first month and we’ll send you an email confirmation.

We hope you enjoy Soshiku Pro and we’re excited for the year ahead!

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May 12, 2010
Top 25 Free & Freemium Web Apps for College Students

Thanks to Nurse E.D.U. for including Soshiku as number 7!

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May 8, 2010
Soshiku has been featured on Chompie!

A big thank you to the people at Chompie.com for featuring Soshiku on their site. In their words, “Chompie actively updates a collection of the most useful new websites, applications, products and services on the internet.” Glad to know Soshiku fits their criteria!

Soshiku on Chompie

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May 7, 2010
Are you a Pro user? Take our survey!

If you are a Pro user, you’ll see a message (shown above) with a link to a survey the next time you log in. This survey will help us know what you like and dislike about Pro, and what we can do to make it even more useful to you. Thanks so much!

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