Partnership will extend Jenkat’s casual games from a try-and-buy model to a more consumer desired, free ad-supported distribution model.

Colorado Springs, CO, May 7, 2008 — Jenkat Media, Inc., a leading casual game developer and distributor, founded by veterans of Fox Interactive Media and MySpace Games, today announced they have entered into a distribution agreement with W3i, provider of integrated desktop and mobile marketing solutions. Jenkat and W3i will work to distribute Jenkat’s original game titles to W3i’s 15 million monthly unique users.

As a provider of integrated desktop and mobile marketing solutions, W3i provides its users with useful, safe, free software and utilities to improve their Internet experience. W3i’s goal is to connect users with downloads that make their time on the Internet more enjoyable including screensavers, wallpapers and now games from Jenkat Media.

“W3i is a leader in the distribution of free downloadable content on the Internet, having the ability to monetize users in an effective and user-friendly manner,” said Malcolm Michaels, President of Jenkat Media. “Lowering our reliance from the more traditional try-and-buy model of casual games will help lead the way to a better consumer experience and more effective monetization, all while helping Jenkat further its growth.”

“Our partnership with Jenkat further expands W3i’s access to top quality content. Studies show 90% of users will watch ads if it means they can play games for free. Knowing that casual games are one of the hottest and most desirable products for download on the internet, we know partnering with a leading developer of casual games, like Jenkat, will expand our offering of quality products for consumers,” comments Robert Weber, VP of Business Development and Co-Founder of W3i.

About Jenkat Media, Inc.:
Jenkat Media has over ten years of collective experience in creating successful socially-based casual games on multiple platforms, including PC and mobile devices. The management team at Jenkat Media has previously created and produced over 100 casual game titles, which have been played online over one billion times worldwide. Coming this summer is Jenkat’s new game, ”Mr. Biscuits,” an endearing hidden-object game full of mystery and fun for all ages. Please visit http://www.jenkatgames.com and http://www.jenkatmedia.com for more information.

About W3i
W3i, owner of Freeze.com and Ringtone.com, delivers proven, integrated desktop marketing and mobile marketing solutions. With offers and services tested and optimized on over 15 million unique users each month, W3i can increase your revenue from digital content or provide a receptive consumer base for customized, targeted marketing programs. The three Weber brothers, owners of W3i, are recent winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2006 Award in the Minnesota and Dakotas region. To learn more about W3i, visit www.W3i.com.

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St. Cloud, MN March 27, 2008 – Hayden Creque will be featured at an invitation only, educational seminar sponsored by mBlox on April 2, 2008, in Las Vegas, NV. He will present “The State of the Off-Deck Market—Repercussions of the Florida General’s Cyber Fraud Task Force.”

He will specifically address these key topics:

1) The Florida AG Settlements with Azoogle Ads and AT&T

2) Applicable advertising and privacy standards including:

• FTC Section V – Misleading and Deceptive Practices
• COPPA
• Liability for Acts and Practices of Business Partners

3) The Outlook including:

• Strategies for ensuring partner compliance
• Strategies for risk minimization
• What’s next

“The Mobile Industry as well as the Internet is in an evolving state,” comments Hayden Creque. “At W3i we have been working diligently to understand and implement the advertising and privacy standards as they come to pass.”

About W3i
W3i, owner of Freeze.com and Ringtone.com, delivers proven, integrated desktop marketing and mobile marketing solutions. With offers and services tested and optimized on over 15 million unique users each month, W3i can increase your revenue from digital content or provide a receptive consumer base for customized, targeted marketing programs. The three Weber brothers, owners of W3i, are recent winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2006 Award in the Minnesota and Dakotas region. To learn more about W3i, visit www.W3i.com.

About Hayden Creque
Hayden Creque is the Vice President and General Counsel of W3i. Hayden leads W3i’s privacy, risk minimization and best practice initiatives. He also counsels the company on contract, human resource, intellectual property and privacy law. In addition, he has a key role in determining W3i’s evolving strategy. He held several management positions with TDS TELECOM before attending law school. After law school he entered private practice with Lindquist & Vennum PLLP as a litigator.

Hayden holds a J.D. cum laude from the University of Wisconsin and a Certificate of Concentration in International Business Law. He also earned a B.S. in Business magna cum laude from Edgewood College.

About mBlox
mBlox is the world’s largest mobile transaction network. The company specializes in simplifying the complexities, commercial and technical, of mobile billing and message transmission for our clients. Via a carrier-grade network, mBlox enables companies to communicate with mobile subscribers on more than 500 carriers in 180 countries, millions of times each day. The company has U.S. headquarters in Silicon Valley, with EMEA headquarters in London, Asia headquarters in Singapore and offices around the world. For further information, visit http://www.mblox.com/.

Tags: w3i, ctia, mblox, hayden creque, mobile, off-deck market, privacy standards

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St. Cloud, MN, February 21, 2008 – W3i’s InstallIQ™ enables flexibility in the download process. The new, proprietary installation authoring tool systematically delivers the optimal download experience for each specific user and partner. InstallIQ™ supports Microsoft’s Windows Installer technology.

“W3i’s intuitive InstallIQ™ allows us to customize the install for each user. With this new technology our users are only offered downloads that are useful to them. This creates a better user experience in the long run,” comments Robert Weber, Vice President of Business Development and Co-Owner of W3i.

InstallIQ™ can also be easily customized with partners’ graphics and text and is an essential element of the W3i Download Network, an outsourced, permission-based advertising solution that allows additional profit from software downloads. “Since using InstallIQ™ for the installation of W3i’s original content, we have increased our valid install rate by 50% with 25% increases in EPC rates,” adds Robert Weber. “InstallIQ™ is a proven, proprietary technology that we offer to all our partners.”

W3i has developed a service for companies with consumer software that are looking for additional revenue from these downloads. To learn more, contact W3i about the W3i Download Network.

About W3i
W3i delivers proven desktop and mobile e-services, which enable increased revenue from integrated, multi-channel digital content. With e-services tested and optimized on over 15 million unique users each month, W3i can increase your revenue from digital content or provide a receptive consumer base for customized, targeted marketing programs. The three Weber brothers, owners of W3i, are recent winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2006 Award in the Minnesota and Dakotas region. To learn more about W3i, visit www.W3i.com.

Tags: w3i, installiq, windows installer, download

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SARTELL — Andy Johnson briefly met the Weber brothers in summer 2006, when the Webers’ company, W3i, won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 Award in the Minnesota and Dakotas region.

Johnson, then president of Minneapolis-based CMS Direct, also was in the running for the award. When he congratulated the Webers, he learned more about the sibling-owned company in Sartell that started in a college dorm room at St. Cloud State University.

“I was impressed,” Johnson said. “These guys built a fantastic company.”

And the Webers were equally impressed with Johnson. So impressed that W3i’s board of directors in December 2007 named him chief executive of the company.

(Excerpt of article from http://www.sctimes.com By Amy Trang, News Writer, February 20, 2008)
To view the full article on the Saint Cloud Times website, click here.)

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Seasoned strategist and e-commerce executive joins W3i to grow its e-services that enable integrated, multi-channel digital content.

St. Cloud, MN December 13, 2007 – W3i Holdings, LLC, an e-service provider based in Sartell, MN, today announced its Board of Governors has appointed Andy Johnson as CEO for the company, effective immediately. Johnson brings over 30 years of senior-level experience and operational excellence in network database management and online marketing for companies, such as CMS Direct, Prefer Network and Fingerhut Companies, Inc.

As president of CMS Direct, a leading network database company serving the direct marketing industry, Johnson grew market share, creating and installing a business planning process, establishing a clear vision statement, mission statement, set of core values and defining a culture of accountability. Under Andy’s leadership, CMS Direct was named to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Growth 50 in 2005 as one of the areas fastest growing privately held companies.

“With the appointment of Andy as CEO, W3i has secured a successful, experienced and highly capable executive who will build on W3i’s growth of 106% in gross sales in the last three years to expand its position in desktop and mobile e-services,” comments Robert Weber, Vice President of Business Development and Co-Founder. “Internet marketing has become mainstream and mobile marketing is posed for extreme growth. W3i is in a good position to capitalize on both emerging interactive channels.”

“Desktop and mobile marketing are essential in today’s multi-channel marketing arena.” comments Andy Johnson. “I am very excited to become part of the W3i team as we accelerate our growth in this digital explosion.”

About Us
W3i delivers proven desktop and mobile e-services, which enable increased revenue from integrated, multi-channel digital content. With e-services tested and optimized on over 15 million unique users each month, W3i can increase your revenue from digital content or provide a receptive consumer base for customized, targeted marketing programs. The three Weber brothers, owners of W3i, are recent winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2006 Award in the Minnesota and Dakotas region. To learn more about W3i, visit www.W3i.com.

Tags: w3i, andy johnson, ecommerce, desktop, mobile, marketing, e-services, ceo

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FalconStor Software, Inc announced that W3i has implemented FalconStor Network Storage Server, powered by the FalconStor IPstor virtualization platform, for storage, data provisioning and migration of its data.

W3i provides desktop and wireless e-services for marketers and publishers. Offering such graphically intensive solutions as screensavers, ring tones and games, increased the impact on their storage challenges…

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Tags: w3i, falconstor, network storage, ringtones, screensavers

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ST. CLOUD, MN, October 5, 2007 – Halloween is an excellent time for family fun. The Internet is a great resource for fun ideas for your family from creating invitations for your Halloween party to decorating your desktop with Halloween images.

Did you know? Halloween started in the U.S. as a harvest festival. It is now the sweetest holiday of the year with over 25% of candy sold in the two months prior to Halloween in the U.S. And it’s not just for children any more over 60% of adults get into the Halloween spirit (and admit to sneaking their children’s candy every now and then).

Get your family in the Halloween spirit with these spooktacular ideas:

• Print FREE Halloween party Invitations to get the party started. Free borders, text, images and more included.
• Add Halloween clip art for a ghastly touch to all your craft projects.
• Decorate your screen with a superior 3D Halloween Screensaver.
• Turn your wallpaper into a haunted cave—complete with 3D witch, ghouls and more.
• Download FREE Halloween sound effects to get in the creepy spirit!
• Play Halloween games until the haunting begins.
• Create a greeting card with your favorite goblin’s picture. Totally adorable.

All these Halloween products are available FREE at Freeze.com.

Create lasting Halloween memories for you and your family. Quality time doesn’t have to be expensive

About Freeze.com
Freeze.com was founded on the premise that superior quality content would draw a large audience. Over $1 million of original 3D screensavers, wallpaper and clip art are currently available. This totally free content is funded by optional promotions. Freeze.com is part of the W3i family of websites. To review Freeze.com’s superior quality content, visit Freeze.com.

Tags: halloween, halloween ringtones, screensavers, family fun, clipart, wallpapers, invitations, freeze.com, games, sound effects

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St. Cloud, MN, October 5, 2007 – Founder and CMO of W3i Holdings, LLC, Ryan Weber will be awarded the 2007 SCSU Alumni Award for the Graduate of the Last Decade (Gold Award) on October 12, 2007, at the 2007 SCSU Alumni Awards Dinner and Ceremony.

Commenting on the award, Ryan Weber, CMO, said, “It is an honor to have been selected as the winner of this year’s SCSU Alumni Awards. I was fortunate to attend SCSU who has a first class science and engineering program. We have built our winning team with many SCSU graduates allowing us to have 106% growth in gross sales over the past four years. My sincere thanks and appreciation goes out to the staff at SCSU and the entire W3i team. We have worked together to build a thriving Internet business in central Minnesota.”

The SCSU Alumni Awards spotlight those alumni, friends and employees of the university who demonstrate the highest standards of integrity and character, individuals whose career and life accomplishments reflect positively on our university community.

About W3i
W3i delivers proven unconventional marketing solutions. With over 15 million unique users each month, W3i provides a receptive consumer base for customized, targeted marketing programs including software marketing, lead generation, display advertising and product placement. The three Weber brothers, owners of W3i, are recent winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2006 Award in the Minnesota and Dakotas region.

W3i Holdings, LLC, was established in 2007 to unite all its business services that were formerly known as Freeze.com, LLC, founded in 2000. Freeze.com continues to be a flagship consumer brand for W3i, along with Ringtone.com, ScreenSaver.com and Wallpapers.com. Today W3i employs more than 60 Internet professionals. To learn more about W3i, visit www.W3i.com.

About St. Cloud State University
Located in St. Cloud, Minnesota, St. Could State University (SCSU) is the largest member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, the second largest university in Minnesota. SCSU is one of the most highly accredited universities in the upper Midwest offering more that 175 academic programs.

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ST. CLOUD, MN – October 1, 2007 – Robert J. Weber, CEO and Co-Founder of W3i Holdings, LLC, was the keynote speaker at the 4th Annual RAIN Makers Conference held at the St. Cloud Civic Center in St. Cloud, MN. Rob shared his story both as a young entrepreneur that raised seed capital to start a high growth business to becoming an early-stage angel investor himself for other potentially high growth businesses.

“It is through angel investment that entrepreneurs get the funding they need to start businesses that invigorate the nation’s economy. According to the Economist, “America gets more than half of its economic growth from industries that barely existed a decade ago.” “The Internet has opened a new frontier for entrepreneurs. Growing our business to $27 million and over 50 employees has been a challenge. We have always utilized the advice and support of our investors.” comments Rob.

“RAIN Source Capital provides a solid template that makes it possible for people who’d like to be active investors to step up to the plate. Through the RAIN® funds, individual angel investors can share the expertise, the capital, the work, the risk and the financial and emotional rewards of supporting entrepreneurs, building growing companies, and having a positive impact on their community, as well as making money.” said John Reid, RAIN fund member.

About W3i
W3i delivers proven unconventional marketing solutions. With over 15 million unique users each month, W3i provides a receptive consumer base for customized, targeted marketing programs including software marketing, lead generation, display advertising and product placement. The three Weber brothers, owners of W3i, are recent winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2006 Award in the Minnesota and Dakotas region.

W3i Holdings, LLC, was established in 2007 to unite all its business services that were formerly known as Freeze.com, LLC, founded in 2000. Freeze.com continues to be a flagship consumer brand for W3i, along with Ringtone.com, ScreenSaver.com and Wallpapers.com. Today W3i employs more than 60 Internet professionals in central Minnesota. To learn more about W3i, visit www.W3i.com.

About RAIN Source® Capital
RAIN Source Capital (www.rainsourcecapital.com) is a multi-state network of RAIN® funds that works with angel investors who are interested in supporting growing companies. RAIN Source helps bring together like-minded angel investors to form individual RAIN funds - and then provides these funds with capital, legal templates, a process for due diligence, management support, access to deal flow and other resources. RAIN funds share expertise, deals and experience between and among RAIN Source Capital’s multi-state network.

Tags: Rain source capital, w3i, ringtones, screensavers, wallpapers, entrepreneur, angel investment, marketing, mobile, internet

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St. Cloud, MN, September 24, 2007 – Robert Weber, Founder and CEO of W3i Holdings, LLC, named as one of the CEO’s Under 30 in the 2007 Inc. 5,000 list.

“It is an honor to be named on the CEO’s Under 30 list. Growing an Internet business was a great learning experience. My sincere thanks and appreciation goes out to the entire W3i team and all our partners for enabling us to achieve 106% growth in gross sales over the past three years. We have worked together to build a thriving Internet business in central Minnesota.” comments Robert Weber, CEO.

According to Inc.com the Inc. 5,000, an extension of Inc. magazine’s annual Inc. 500 list, catches many businesses that are too big to grow at the pace required to make the Inc. 500, as well as a host of smaller firms. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy. “The Inc. 5,000 provides the most comprehensive look ever at the most important part of the economy – the entrepreneurial part,” said Inc. 5,000 Project Manager Jim Melloan. “The expansion of the list has allowed us to tell the stories of larger companies, older companies, and a wealth of companies in industries like Manufacturing and Construction that are underreported in the business media. (Inc.com, PR Release, August 23, 2007, New York, NY)

About W3i
W3i delivers proven unconventional marketing solutions. With over 15 million unique users each month, W3i provides a receptive consumer base for customized, targeted marketing programs including software marketing, lead generation, display advertising and product placement. The three Weber brothers, owners of W3i, are recent winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2006 Award in the Minnesota and Dakotas region.

W3i Holdings, LLC, was established in 2007 to unite all its business services that were formerly known as Freeze.com, LLC, founded in 2000. Freeze.com continues to be a flagship consumer brand for W3i, along with Ringtone.com, ScreenSaver.com and Wallpapers.com. Today W3i employs more than 60 Internet professionals in central Minnesota. To learn more about W3i, visit www.W3i.com.

About Inc.
Inc.com, the Daily Resource for Entrepreneurs, delivers advice, tools, breaking news, and rich multimedia to help business owners and CEOs start, run, and grow their businesses more successfully. Information and advice covering virtually every business and management task, including marketing, sales, finding capital, managing people can be found at http://www.inc.com. Complete information on this year’s Inc. 5,000, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.

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