urFooz 2.0 is Here
EL SEGUNDO, CA--(Marketwire - June 1, 2010) - Fuhu Inc., creator of urFooz (www.urfooz.com), the latest in social media and the first to be embedded on over 120 million devices, announced the launch of urFooz 2.0. urFooz makes it easy for people to personalize, remix and share web content for the discovery of interest-based social connections.
The revolutionary social media platform allows you to create a virtual look-a-like with Fooz Creator, consolidate your web-life with Fooz World, and personalize your world with Fooz Mall.
Fooz Creator allows users to create a Flash-based avatar or virtual representation of themselves which can then be customized to the user's wishes. Avatars are a safe, personalized way of expressing a user's personality, interests, passions or causes and are used as a virtual identity. With over 1,400 hundred features to choose from, Fooz Creator allows users to create the most life-like avatar. New features include a new, cleaner and simpler design, along with the opportunity for users to narrow feature selection based on their gender, ethnicity, and interests.
Fooz World allows users to manage their Fooz avatars and card as well as one-click sharing to over 42 sites. New features include the ability to consolidate and post to Facebook, Twitter and urFooz activity streams using a single interface, an aggregated Instant Messaging solution that includes Facebook Chat, Google Talk, MySpace IM, AIM and Twitter, and the ability to add any Open Social compliant widgets. The new social networking features include finding and adding friends on urFooz, Facebook and Twitter and gifting items throughout any of these networks.
Fooz Mall, an innovative virtual goods platform, has the most new features in the urFooz ecosystem. Fooz Mall features thousands of virtual goods to personalize your avatar and promote yourself. Get the latest NBA gear or look at Fooz Style branded items to showcase your passion for food and scuba diving or showcase your heritage by wearing the latest in virtual kilts and kimonos. New features include: a recommendation engine, one-click buying, 85 payment methods in 180 countries, enhanced search tools and finally the ability for users to create their own store fronts and virtual items.
"urFooz 2.0 creates and defines an entirely new category of social media tools that connect users with their web content and social networks in a much more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before," said Jim Mitchell, CEO of Fuhu. "urFooz is committed to continually enhancing a user's online social experience."
About Fuhu, maker of urFooz.com
Fuhu Inc., maker of urFooz.com, was founded in 2008 by Robb Fujioka and John Hui to create a suite of solutions that empower users to discover content and connect with others through social media.
urFooz.com, one of Fuhu's flagship properties and the first avatar-based widget, lets you create a portable ID that allows you to take your social profile and content (music, videos, links, feeds, apps) to your favorite destinations and devices. Embedded into millions of devices (PCs, mobile phones, and Plasmas), urFooz's avatar-based widget acts as a portable hub for a user's online life. Create your own Fooz at http://www.urfooz.com.
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FUHU
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