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APROPOS CONTACT                       APROPOS INVESTORS RELATIONS CONTACT
Frank Leonard                         Leslie Loyet
Apropos Technology                    Financial Relations Board
Phone: (630) 472-9600 ext. 7724       Phone: (312) 640-6672
E-mail: frank.leonard@apropos.com     E-mail: lloyet@financialrelationsboard.com
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                       APROPOS TECHNOLOGY ADDS A DIRECTOR

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL - JANUARY 13, 2005 - APROPOS TECHNOLOGY (NASDAQ: APRS), a
leading provider of real time multi-channel interaction management solutions,
today announced the appointment of John M. Kratky III as an additional director
of the Company. Mr. Kratky will also serve as a member of the Company's
Compensation Committee.

John M. Kratky III is the managing member of Kratky Management, LLC, which in
turn is the general partner of Valor Capital Management L.P. Mr. Kratky, Kratky
Management and Valor Capital Management share voting and despositive power over
2,542,300 common shares of the Company, representing approximately 14.5% of the
total shares outstanding.

David McCrabb, President of Apropos, noted: "We are pleased to welcome John
Kratky to the Board. His intense focus on finding value in small cap technology
and health care companies fits well with Apropos' continued focus on growing
revenues and enhancing profitability. John will be a valuable addition to the
Board."

ABOUT APROPOS TECHNOLOGY

Apropos Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: APRS) provides software applications to enable
contact centers to efficiently manage voice, e-mail, web chat and fax
communications, through an open, infrastructure-independent and highly scaleable
application suite. This application platform enables companies to personalize
and intelligently manage all of their customer, employee and vendor
interactions, thereby reducing costs, improving communications and operating
efficiency, and increasing overall revenue opportunities. The solution
intelligently classifies, prioritizes, routes and reports on each business
interaction, based on the value of each interaction, across a variety of
communications media, including Voice, E-mail, Web, Fax and Voice over IP
(VoIP). The company's award-winning solution has received seven (7) US patents
for call center related technology inventions, including a patent on the concept
of blending multi-channel communications into a single, universal queuing
system. Apropos Technology serves over 300 clients worldwide from its corporate
headquarters in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, and from its European headquarters
in the United Kingdom. Additional information about Apropos and its products can
be found at http://www.apropos.com.