SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25, 2009 - GetFugu, Inc. (OTCBB:GFGU - News), www.getfugu.com, the next generation mobile search tool, releases a letter to shareholders:September 25, 2009
It has been an exciting month for GetFugu. We have met or exceeded all targets to date, have more than adequate funding to continue operations into the foreseeable future, and remain on track for next month's launch of our revolutionary new mobile search technology, which will include the full breadth of our application directed toward the consumer.
Beta Launch:
It has been just over 2 weeks since the September 9, 2009 soft launch of our "See It," "Say It," "Find It" vision, voice and location recognition services with an application for both the Android and Apple's iPhone platform. We have developed a unique set of tools that will change the way mobile phone users access the Internet around the world. GetFugu's technology frees consumers from their mobile phone keyboard, giving them instant access to entertainment, news, sport results, shopping, and more by a direct connection to the Internet simply by saying, or taking a picture of, the brand or service they're looking for.
We made a successful appearance at the NIBA conference this week, and have a growing list of partners including advertisers and brands with vision, who are excited to build on our new approach in mobile advertising.
We have received much comment from users and are working to strengthen an already powerful application. We are encouraged by the number of downloads and interest in the platform. It reaffirms our belief that GetFugu has the ability to change the way in which consumers use their mobile phones.
New Additions to Management Team:
You may have heard of our recent appointment of Derek Norton as COO. He has a long and storied career as a pioneer in telecommunications, and is the latest member of a significant management expansion program. We have also added several other members to our team, forming the core of our Operations and Marketing unit, which is already working on integrating a host of new advertisers and content into GetFugu.
What's Next:
In the near future, we will unveil the plans for our October consumer launch. This will be an opportunity for you to see the full reach of GetFugu and gauge its impact for consumers and advertisers.
We will announce progress and new advertising partnerships, and rollout to BlackBerry, in the 4th Quarter.
The next quarter will be full of further positive developments as we demonstrate the power of the platform and provide our consumers, partners and shareholders with real value.
Sincerely,
Bernard Stoler
Chief Executive OfficerAbout Getfugu
Getfugu, Inc. is the first technology architect to provide a carrier agnostic, platform agnostic mobile search platform. Getfugu will change the way people access the web with their mobile phones. It is designed to encourage use of its applications by simply integrating the mobile phone's core strengths (image recognition, voice recognition, location recognition) into a single customizable application. Additionally, Getfugu offers the only mobile hot-spotting e-commerce platform available worldwide today. The Getfugu platform will be available for 97% of the mobile phones available (over 3.3 billion handsets) worldwide.
Forward Looking Statements
Some statements contained herein may contain so-called "forward- looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made herein. "Forward-looking statements" describe future expectations, plans, results, or strategies and are generally preceded by words such as "may", "future", "plan" or "planned", "will" or "should", "expected," "anticipates", "draft", "eventually" or "projected". You are cautioned that such statements are subject to a multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future circumstances, events, or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, including the risks that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, and other risks identified in a companies' annual report on Form 10-K or 10-KSB and other filings made by such company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should consider these factors in evaluating the forward-looking statements included herein, and not place undue reliance on such statements. The forward-looking statements in this release are made as of the date hereof and GetFugu undertakes no obligation to update such statements. This material is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as an offer or solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities. .
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Los Angeles, CA - September 22, 2009, GetFugu, Inc. (OTC BB:GFGU.OB), www.getfugu.com, the revolutionary new method of accessing the Internet through mobile phones, has appointed Derek Norton Chief Operating Officer, the Company announced today.Norton is the founder and Managing Partner of Watertower Group, an industry-leading boutique investment bank, and the Managing General Partner of the Watertower Early Opportunity Fund, a seed and early stage venture capital fund.
"We are delighted to welcome Derek Norton to our team,” commented Bernard Stoler, GetFugu’s CEO. “Derek is an accomplished entrepreneur and venture capitalist, with over 19 years of business building and executive management experience in the technology, internet and media industries.”
“GetFugu has revolutionary technology that will change the way consumers interface with the Internet on their mobile phones,” Norton said. “I’m pleased to be part of this new venture.”
Norton was previously an investment professional at Entertainment Media Ventures, a $120 million dollar seed and early stage venture capital fund focused on investments in broadband infrastructure, consumer internet and digital media sectors, having led investments in Kassena, Matchcraft and Relegence, among others, and earlier, was with Entertainment Media Ventures, a Michael Milken-backed seed and early stage venture capital fund located in Los Angeles.
Norton founded Jeffries Technologies, Digital Boardwalk, a provider of web based service solutions to traditional businesses and new media business ventures. Netscape’s second commercial partner, Digital Boardwalk was a pioneer in the provisioning of Internet technologies, e-commerce development, and marketing solutions to a wide range of companies and industries. Clients included CBS SportsLine, eToys, Office Max, Hughes Global Services, News Corp, and Hewlett Packard. Jeffries became one of Inc. Magazine’s 500 fastest growing privately held U.S. companies, providing network enterprise architecture and systems integration to Global 2000 businesses.
Getfugu premiered its four unique “See It,” vision recognition (ARL) “Say It,” voice recognition (VRL) “Find It,” location recognition (GRL) and “Get It,” Hot-Spotting services on 09/09/09, and is swiftly deploying it around the world.
About Getfugu
Getfugu, Inc. is the first technology architect to provide a carrier agnostic, platform agnostic mobile search platform. Getfugu will change the way people access the web with their mobile phones. It is designed to encourage use of its applications by simply integrating the mobile phone's core strengths (image recognition, voice recognition, location recognition) into a single customizable application. Additionally, Getfugu offers the only mobile hot-spotting e-commerce platform available worldwide today. The Getfugu platform will be available for 97% of the mobile phones available (over 3.3 billion handsets) worldwide.
Forward Looking Statements
Some statements contained herein may contain so-called "forward- looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made herein. "Forward-looking statements" describe future expectations, plans, results, or strategies and are generally preceded by words such as "may", "future", "plan" or "planned", "will" or "should", "expected," "anticipates", "draft", "eventually" or "projected". You are cautioned that such statements are subject to a multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future circumstances, events, or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, including the risks that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, and other risks identified in a companies' annual report on Form 10-K or 10-KSB and other filings made by such company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should consider these factors in evaluating the forward-looking statements included herein, and not place undue reliance on such statements. The forward-looking statements in this release are made as of the date hereof and GetFugu undertakes no obligation to update such statements. This material is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as an offer or solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities. .
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22, 2009 - GetFugu, Inc. (OTCBB:GFGU - News) www.getfugu.com, the revolutionary new method of accessing the Internet through mobile phones, revealed today that Health Matrix's (HealthMatrix.com) first commercial application utilizing GetFugu's mobile phone technology is a pharmacy discount card offered free of charge to the consumer regardless of whether the consumer has prescription drug coverage. This discount prescription drug card provides up to 50% savings on all prescription drugs in over 50,000+ pharmacies across the United States."We are very excited to extend the unique GetFugu application to the healthcare world and in doing so provide an immediate cost free benefit to the consumer of prescription drugs," Dr. Kharazmi commented. "Utilizing GetFugu's amazing technology, simply say "Pharmacy" and your mobile phone will download the Health Matrix discount prescription drug card. Provide your pharmacist with the card or the card number and obtain up to a 50% discount on prescription drugs on this as well as future purchases."
GetFugu premiered its four unique "See It," vision recognition (ARL) "Say It," voice recognition (VRL) "Find It," location recognition (GRL) and "Get It," Hot-Spotting services on 09/09/09, and is swiftly deploying it around the world. "GetFugu is proud to participate with Health Matrix to provide a means of reducing the high cost of prescription drugs," commented Rich Jenkins, Executive Vice President and co-founder of GetFugu. "This is the first of many endeavors where the principals of Health Matrix will use their extensive experience in the health care field coupled with GetFugu's technology on mobile devices to bring never before seen uses to the health care community and consumers."
About Getfugu
Getfugu, Inc. is the first technology architect to provide a carrier agnostic, platform agnostic mobile search platform. Getfugu will change the way people access the web with their mobile phones. It is designed to encourage use of its applications by simply integrating the mobile phone's core strengths (image recognition, voice recognition, location recognition) into a single customizable application. Additionally, Getfugu offers the only mobile hot-spotting e-commerce platform available worldwide today. The Getfugu platform will be available for 97% of the mobile phones available (over 3.3 billion handsets) worldwide.
Forward Looking Statements
Some statements contained herein may contain so-called "forward- looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made herein. "Forward-looking statements" describe future expectations, plans, results, or strategies and are generally preceded by words such as "may", "future", "plan" or "planned", "will" or "should", "expected," "anticipates", "draft", "eventually" or "projected". You are cautioned that such statements are subject to a multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future circumstances, events, or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, including the risks that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, and other risks identified in a companies' annual report on Form 10-K or 10-KSB and other filings made by such company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should consider these factors in evaluating the forward-looking statements included herein, and not place undue reliance on such statements. The forward-looking statements in this release are made as of the date hereof and GetFugu undertakes no obligation to update such statements. This material is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as an offer or solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities. .
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GARDEN CITY, N.Y., Sept. 21, 2009 - GetFugu, Inc. (www.GetFugu.com) ("GetFugu") (OTCBB:GFGU - News), today announced that it will participate in the National Investment Banking Association Conference on September 24th -25th, 2009, at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel & Spa, Oklahoma City, OK. Richard Jenkins, GetFugu's Co-Founder and EVP, Business Development, will present at the conference and review the Company's revolutionary technology and growth strategies.
“This new version includes improvements to our voice recognition software. We have received a substantial amount of feedback from consumers on the voice recognition portion of our new application since its launch. They have requested changes and we have complied. This is a beta effort for us and we are thrilled to make the changes.” Said Rich Jenkins Co-founder, “GetFugu is all about consumer experience. Whatever they want, they will get. The consumer will ALWAYS play a major role in our continued development.”
Additionally, GetFugu is announcing a new public service that will launch October 1, 2009. This new service will provide consumers simple access to everyday needs to non-commercial information.
Consumers can initiate a public service search by simply adding the word “get” to their query. So, saying, "get atm" will provide the consumer with a map of ATMs closest to their location. The search terms "get gas” or "get food" will provide similar results.
“We are pleased to add this public service for our users,” Bernard Stolar, GetFugu’s CEO, said, “We have had great response to our recent launch and look forward to adding new and innovative features to the application.”
GetFugu launched its four unique “See It,” vision recognition (ARL)”Say It,” voice recognition (VRL)”Find It,” location recognition (GRL) and “Get It,” Hot-Spotting services on 09/09/09 with an application for the Android mobile phone platform, and followed up the next day with an application for Apple’s iPhone platform. GetFugu’s technology is targeted at consumers who spend valuable time hunting for entertainment, news, sport results, shopping, and more on their mobile phones. Getfugu offers ease of operation and direct connection to the Internet without tedious typing in of URL addresses for commercial transactions.
About Getfugu
Getfugu, Inc. is the first technology architect to provide a carrier agnostic, platform agnostic mobile search platform. Getfugu will change the way people access the web with their mobile phones. It is designed to encourage use of its applications by simply integrating the mobile phone's core strengths (image recognition, voice recognition, location recognition) into a single customizable application. Additionally, Getfugu offers the only mobile hot-spotting e-commerce platform available worldwide today. The Getfugu platform will be available for 97% of the mobile phones available (over 3.3 billion handsets) worldwide.
Forward Looking Statements
Some statements contained herein may contain so-called "forward- looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made herein. "Forward-looking statements" describe future expectations, plans, results, or strategies and are generally preceded by words such as "may", "future", "plan" or "planned", "will" or "should", "expected," "anticipates", "draft", "eventually" or "projected". You are cautioned that such statements are subject to a multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future circumstances, events, or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, including the risks that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, and other risks identified in a companies' annual report on Form 10-K or 10-KSB and other filings made by such company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should consider these factors in evaluating the forward-looking statements included herein, and not place undue reliance on such statements. The forward-looking statements in this release are made as of the date hereof and GetFugu undertakes no obligation to update such statements. This material is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as an offer or solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities. .
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Interview with Co-Founder and head of business development at GetFugu, Inc. Mr. Jenkins discusses the GetFugu mobile search technology and revenue model.