Slide Launches Top Friends(tm) for the iPhone(tm)

Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:01pm EDT
 
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Slide Inc.
(www.slide.com), the leading social entertainment company, launched its Top
Friends iPhone application. Developed specifically for iPhone, Top Friends
incorporates Facebook Connect and includes many of the features found in the
original application, such as the ability to communicate directly with friends
and interact using fun SuperPoke! actions. New to the application is the ability
for users to track and share locations with their Top Friends through real-time
geo-tagging.

Designed to automatically sync up with the iPhone address book, users will be
able to call, e-mail or short message service (SMS) their contacts directly from
within the Top Friends application interface. Friend lists can be personalized
with customized skins and viewed as either a grid (gathering them all on one
screen) or as a cover flow (turning each friend into an album in a jukebox). By
signing in with Facebook Connect, users have the option to allow status updates
and SuperPoke! actions to also be shared through their Facebook News Feed and
profile page.

"Our real-time, social mapping feature is a compelling way to stay connected.
You can keep up with your Top Friends and share locations instantly," said Keith
Rabois, vice president of strategy and business development, Slide. "Customized
for mobile use, Top Friends is also one of the first iPhone apps to feature
Facebook Connect, creating a seamless experience across both platforms."

With more than 49 million users, Top Friends is a customizable profile that
allows users to express themselves and interact with the friends that matter
most to them. Consistently one of the top applications on Facebook, more than
100 million people have been named Top Friends. The application is an engaging
experience in which users can display their moods, own their friends' profiles,
and send each other drinks and gifts.

Top Friends is available for iPhone from Apple's App Store:
www.topfriends.com/iphone

About Slide Inc.

Slide is the world's leading social entertainment company. We offer people the
ability to communicate, engage and have fun with one another within the context
of relationships they built on social networks such as Facebook and MySpace. The
social networks benefit from increased user activity, advertisers benefit from a
highly engaged audience, and our users can share popular videos, send virtual
gifts or even throw sheep at each other. At Slide, we take fun very seriously.
That's why more than 150 million people each month interact with our products,
including SuperPoke!, Top Friends, FunSpace and Slideshows. Slide was founded in
2005 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and is backed by Mayfield Fund, Blue Run
Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.

The Slide Inc. logo is available at
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=6138

Top Friends and all related logos are trademarks of Slide, Inc. All other names
are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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CONTACT:  Slide Inc.
          Press Contact:
          Maya Kamath
          415.814.1782
          Maya@slide.com

 

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