Fotolog Goes Mobile

Tag : mobile phone tool


"Taking one of the world's largest and most-active social networksto the mobile Internet is very exciting," said Cyril Zimmermann,CEO of Fotolog's parent company, Hi-Media Group. "Fotolog membersget a powerful tool that fits the way they live and communicate,while we take another big step toward our vision of providingintegrated online media solutions spanning publishing, advertising,payments and mobile solutions."

Fotolog's mobile service allows members to use their phones toupload photos to their personal Fotolog pages, see who is postingmessages to their guest books and leave messages for their friends.The service is available in seven languages including English,French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Dutch.

-- strengthen the leadership of Hi-Media's Allopass micropaymentsbusiness, Europe's number one micro-payments network;
-- expand the presence in the emerging mobile advertising market ofEurope's third-largest online advertising network, Hi-MediaNetwork;
-- and, integrate mobile solutions into the web properties ofHi-Media Publishing, one of the world's top-100 web publishers,while developing stand-alone mobile sites.


"The Mobile Trend acquisition was strategic and will create valueacross Hi-Media Group for users, partners, shareholders, andemployees worldwide," said Mr. Zimmermann. "Launching Fotolog'smobile service illustrates the power of the integrated model wehave created and is just the first result of many more to come inthe mobile arena."

About Fotolog, Inc.
Fotolog is the 4th most trafficked social networking site in theworld (Alexa, May 2008) and represents one of the most activecommunities on the internet today. Among social networking sites inLatin America and Europe, it is ranked first, second, and fourth inChile, Argentina, and Spain respectively (comScore, May 2008). Morethan 18 million member accounts from 200 countries have shared over550 million photos since Fotolog's inception in October 2002.Fotolog has grown virally since its founding, with virtually nomarketing or member incentives. Fotolog was acquired in 2007 byHi-Media Group (www.hi-media.com), one of the top 100 mediacompanies worldwide, with advertising, publishing andmicro-payments businesses.