Flock Introduces Social Web Browser

Flock Introduces Social Web Browser

Selected as One of the TechCrunch 40, Flock’s Social Browser Delivers Experience Centered On People, Media, Sharing and Discovery

San Francisco, CA – September 17, 2007 – At the TechCrunch 40 Conference today, Flock previewed the Social Web Browser, which will be fully released and marketed later this fall. For the tens of millions of people who use social networking, photo and video sharing and blogging services, Flock simplifies their web experience by integrating these services directly into the browser.

Flock provides a new browsing experience and a refreshing approach to participating on the Web. With rich drag and drop capabilities across social media services, Flock lets people effortlessly find and collect the things that interest them, share them with friends, and express themselves – all as an integrated part of the web browsing experience.

"As the first browser built for the way people are using the social Web, we’re thrilled to have been selected by TechCrunch as one of the 40 hottest and most influential startups," said Shawn Hardin, CEO of Flock. "Flock’s rich features eliminate multiple steps, remove complexity, and deliver much greater enjoyment for our users in their daily web interactions.”

Flock is a world-class browser, built for the demands of daily online activities. Anyone who has ever used a browser can immediately start using Flock, and choose to activate Flock's powerful features at any time. The Social Web Browser includes:

• People – Flock automatically integrates the user’s friends from services such as Facebook and Flickr, and pulls them into the browser so they can be accessed at any time. The user can see when their friends have updated their profiles and media, access their shared media, share web content with them, and communicate with them effortlessly across services.
• Media – Flock's Media MiniBar presents a scrollable filmstrip view of photo and video streams from YouTube, Flickr, Photobucket, Piczo, Truveo and other services that provide a feed of media content. Users can drag and drop items from the media bar onto friends, blogs or email for immediate and effortless sharing.
• Share and Discover – Flock also helps people to discover photos, videos, feeds and people by detecting them on supported services where they can be activated or shared in some way. When any of these items are available, an icon in the browser lights up to show that Flock has sensed them, allowing the user to collect, favorite or share items of interest.

Previewed at TechCrunch, Flock will today open sign-ups for private beta testing of 1.0, which will be followed by a full public release later this fall.

About Flock
Flock is The Social Web Browser. It’s the browser, evolved for people. It is free to download and use. Flock simplifies and extends the use of social and web-based applications by bringing them one step closer to the user and integrating them directly into the browser. When using Flock, people can easily discover, access, create and share videos, photos, blogs, feeds and comments across social communities, media providers, and popular websites. Flock is a privately held company, was founded in 2005, and is located in Mountain View, California.

About the TechCrunch40 Conference
TechCrunch40 is a technology conference run by Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) and Jason Calacanis (CEO of Mahalo) during which 40 of the hottest new startups from around the world announce and demo their products over a two day period. Selection of the 40 companies involved the review of over 700 applications from 26 different countries, and over 175 face to face interviews. TechCrunch40 takes place September 17th and 18th at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA.

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Flock 引进社会性网络浏览器

 TechCrunch 40 的选择之一, Flock社会性浏览器集中为你传送

人性化，媒体，分享和发现

的体验

三蕃市, 加州 – 9月17日, 2007 – 在 今天的 TechCrunch 40 大会上，Flock 公司展示了他们的社会性网络浏览器，它将在今年的秋季末完全发布和上市。对于成千上万使用社会性网络服务、图片视频分享和博客服务的人来说，Flock 通过把这些服务直接集成到浏览器中简化了他们的网络体验。

Flock 提供一个全新的浏览体验和一个清爽的方式去分享网络。通过穿越各种社会性媒体服务的丰富的拖拽功能，Flock 让人们毫不费力的寻找和收集那些吸引他们的东西，和朋友分享，还有表现他们自己 －－这些都是人们网络浏览体验集成的一部分。

“Flock 是第一个依据人们使用社会性网络方式而构建的浏览器，入选 TechCrunch 评选的40个最火爆和最有影响力的应用之一，我们感到很激动。”Flock 的 CEO Shawn Hardin 说“Flock 丰富的特性去除了多重步骤，消除了复杂性，为我们的用户送去了每天网络互动更棒的享受。“

Flock 是一个世界级的浏览器，为日常在线活动的需求而专门打造。任何曾经使用过浏览器的人都可以马上开始使用它，并且选择在任何时候激活 Flock 强大的特性。这个社会性浏览器包括：

• People – Flock 自动集成用户来自 Facebook 和 Flickr 那样的服务上的朋友，并且推送到浏览器中以便用户能随时访问他们。当他们的朋友更新他们的资料和媒体时，用户可以马上看到，访问朋友分享的媒体，和朋友分 享网络内容，并且可以通过服务毫不费力的和朋友沟通。

• 媒体 – Flock 的媒体迷你工具栏有一个可滚动的幻灯片栏展示从 YouTube, Flickr, Photobucket, Piczo, Truveo 和其它提供媒体内容订阅源的服务上来的图片和视频流。用户可以拖拽媒体工具栏的项目给朋友，博客或 email，快速而毫不费力的分享它。

• 分享和发现 – Flock 也通过检测以某种方式激活或分享的支持服务，帮助用户去发现图片、视频、订阅源和朋友。当这其中和任一项目可用了，浏览器上的一个图标就会发亮，这说明 Flock 发现他们了，用户就可以收集、收藏或分离感兴趣的项目。

在TechCrunch上展示后, Flock 会在今天开放1.0版本的内部测试注册，然后今年秋季末就会完全公开发布。

关于 Flock
Flock 是一个社会性网络浏览器。它是一个为人性而进化的 浏览器。免费下载和使用。Flock 通过把社会性和基于网络的应用更近了一步带给用户和直接把它们集成到浏览器中，简化和扩展了它们的使用。使用 Flock 时，人们可以很容易的发现、访问、建立和分享视频、图片、博客、订阅源，在社会性社区、媒体发布者和流行的网站上评论。Flock 是一个私人持有的公司，建立于2005年，位于加州山景城。

关于 TechCrunch40 会议
TechCrunch40 是一个由 Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) 和 Jason Calacanis (Mahalo的CEO)主持召开科技大会，会议期间，在两天的时间里通报和演示从全世界选出的40个最火爆的新应用产品。通过从26个不同国家的700 个应用产品，和超过175次面对面采访，评审出40个公司。每年9月17日和18日，TechCrunch40 大会在加州三蕃市的皇宫大酒店(Palace Hotel)召开。

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