<s>
MindMeister	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
online	O
mind	O
mapping	O
application	O
that	O
allows	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
visualize	O
,	O
share	O
and	O
present	O
their	O
thoughts	O
via	O
the	O
cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MindMeister	B-Protocol
was	O
launched	O
in	O
2007	O
by	O
MeisterLabs	O
GmbH	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
founded	O
by	O
Michael	O
Hollauf	O
and	O
Till	O
Vollmer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
10	O
years	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
MindMeister	B-Protocol
has	O
more	O
than	O
7	O
million	O
users	O
who	O
created	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
billion	O
ideas	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MindMeister	B-Protocol
provides	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
visualize	O
information	O
in	O
mind	O
maps	O
utilizing	O
user	O
modeling	O
,	O
while	O
also	O
providing	O
tools	O
to	O
facilitate	O
real-time	O
collaboration	O
,	O
coordinate	O
task	O
management	O
and	O
create	O
presentations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MindMeister	B-Protocol
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
freemium	O
model	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
basic	O
account	O
available	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
,	O
providing	O
limited	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
MindMeister	B-Protocol
is	O
to	O
enable	O
individuals	O
to	O
collaborate	O
on	O
a	O
mind	O
map	O
,	O
where	O
everyone	O
can	O
share	O
ideas	O
,	O
comments	O
and	O
plans	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
vote	O
on	O
ideas	O
in	O
real-time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MindMeister	B-Protocol
allows	O
users	O
to	O
share	O
and	O
edit	O
mind	O
maps	O
,	O
leave	O
comments	O
and	O
feedback	O
,	O
attach	O
files	O
,	O
images	O
,	O
videos	O
,	O
and	O
link	O
to	O
external	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
internal	O
sources	O
,	O
via	O
embedded	O
URLs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
behind	O
MindMeister	B-Protocol
was	O
first	O
devised	O
when	O
the	O
two	O
founders	O
,	O
Michael	O
Hollauf	O
and	O
Till	O
Vollmer	O
,	O
were	O
working	O
together	O
using	O
Writely	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
recently	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
mind	O
mapping	O
tool	O
MindManager	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
MindManager	B-Protocol
had	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
locally	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
it	O
hard	O
to	O
share	O
mind	O
maps	O
externally	O
or	O
with	O
anyone	O
who	O
had	O
not	O
installed	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
using	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
and	O
MindManager	B-Protocol
together	O
,	O
the	O
idea	O
was	O
born	O
to	O
combine	O
the	O
two	O
,	O
forming	O
a	O
collaborative	O
online	O
mind	O
mapping	O
tool	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
easily	O
shared	O
and	O
edited	O
,	O
via	O
the	O
cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
MindMeister	B-Protocol
's	O
first	O
prototypes	O
were	O
created	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
mind	O
maps	O
were	O
developed	O
with	O
1x1	O
px	O
DIVs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
7	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
MindMeister	B-Protocol
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
private	O
beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
MindMeister	B-Protocol
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
Red	O
Herring	O
100	O
Europe	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
MindMeister	B-Protocol
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
5	O
additional	O
languages	O
were	O
added	O
and	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
MindMeister	B-Protocol
for	O
iOS	B-Application
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
MindMeister	B-Protocol
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Google	O
Apps	O
Marketplace	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
native	O
version	O
for	O
iPad	B-Device
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
MindMeister	B-Protocol
integrated	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
MindMeister	B-Protocol
Groups	O
were	O
introduced	O
and	O
MindMeister	B-Protocol
integrated	O
with	O
Google	B-Protocol
Hangouts	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
add-on	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
were	O
released	O
and	O
MindMeister	B-Protocol
became	O
a	O
Google	O
Cloud	O
Premier	O
Partner	O
.	O
</s>
