LONDON, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ --
Hailed by Techcrunch as "The new Foursquare for future real-world
meet-ups", uberlife( http://www.uberlife.com ) a
real-world location-based social network that makes it easy to hang
out with your online networks and new likeminded people in offline
settings will be launching their iPhone app( http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/uberlife-for-iphone/id477209415?mt=8
) in the U.S. at South by Southwest (SxSW).
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20120301/517012
)
Social networks give us the tools to connect easily, instantly and
frequently online. uberlife brings that same ease and opportunity
to "offline" interactions making informal get-togethers and
socializing with friends and new people, easier, faster and more
fun.
uberlife is CEO and founder SanchitaSaha's second startup in the
online/offline social networking space after raising GBP1m funding
from European VC PROfounders Capital, backed by Michael Birch
(Bebo) and Brent Hoberman (Lastminute.com).
Users sign-up with Facebook or Twitter and create real world
"hangouts" around where they are or intend to be. Broadcasting
these to their online social networks invites whoever's free to
"come join", saving time pinging back and forth, inviting people
individually, and the rejection of a "no" if they're
unavailable.
Users can also discover and join hangouts happening around them,
and search them by tags to find hangouts that match their interests
to meet and socialize with other likeminded people.
Following the UK launch of their API, web and mobile app, the
company has seen growing interest globally with people using
uberlife to find others to grab a meal with as well as to go to
upcoming gigs, conferences, festivals and happy hours with.
uberlife is also attracting interest from DJs and bands( http://uberlife.com/influencers
) - as a fun, easy way to engage offline with their fans and
connect them with each other in the process - with international
DJs Gabriel & Dresden, electronica indie rock band Shiny Toy
Guns and rock new wave band Metric the first with confirmed fan
"meet & greet" hangouts at SxSW.
SanchitaSaha explained:
"While social apps today are for sharing moments of our lives with
our network, uberlife is about making those moments happen.
"SxSW provides an invaluable first opportunity to tap into the U.S.
digital community, it's the perfect environment, where thousands
will be attending alone, to meet and hang out with new
people.
"uberlife is also the ideal tool for speakers, brands and bands
considering hosting 'tweetups' to bring their fans and followers
together at SxSW."
Additional uberlife features include:
-- A hangout creates an "umbrella" capturing guestlist,
comments, check-ins and photos that act as a beautiful
digital memory capture afterwards.
-- Users can import their Facebook Likes, connect their
Last.fm
account and follow interest tags to receive nearby hangout
recommendations.
-- Users earn a Connector Score when people who meet at their
hangout start following each other. Like Klout for real world
connectors.
-- uberlife members can follow others to receive
notifications
when they create hangouts nearby and become "friends" only
once they've hung out.
For more information, visit http://uberlife.com.
For SxSW hangouts, visit: http://bit.ly/sxsw-hangouts
Contact:
Lucy Cullen
[email protected]
SOURCEï¹›uberlife