BumpChat Acquired by BUMP.com!!

BUMP.COM BOLSTERS LOCATION-BASED COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

WITH ACQUISITION AND RE-LAUNCH OF BUMPCHAT

BUMP.com announced today that it has acquired BumpChat, a communication application that enables chat functionality for users within the radius of a specified location. The application will be re-launching in June.

BumpChat, formerly purposed as a location-based communication, file sharing and dating application, is compatible with iPhone and iPod touch devices. Its 60,000 registered users have successfully sent more than 2 million messages. BUMP.com will be migrating the BumpChat technology to the Android platform as well.

The BumpChat purchase marks BUMP.com’s fourth product and technology acquisition. In the past 12 months, BUMP.com has acquired license plate messaging platforms Platester, YourPlates and Plateside. BUMP.com, recently backed with $2.2MM in funding, is currently raising its Series B round.

“The acquisition is based on our vision of creating an open communications grid where BUMP.com users can pull into the parking lot of any mall in America and instantly receive specifically targeted coupons, discounts and benefits,” explains Mitch Thrower, BUMP.com Founder and CEO. “These users will also have the ability to communicate and share with one another based on multiple criteria, such as mutual interests, current location and vehicle type.”

BUMP.com provides a social platform for license plate messaging and location-based communication and couponing. It is evolving into a powerful vehicle for retailers offering relevant, targeted benefits to customers in close proximity to a point of purchase.

About BUMP.com

BUMP.com (BUMP Network, Inc.) is a provider of cloud-based transaction, membership and communication technologies, including a social network utilizing license plate messaging and location couponing. BUMP.com is a recipient of the prestigious WorldBlu Most Democratic Workplaces Award.

To learn more, visit www.BUMP.com

And we're back!

Exciting news for BumpChat in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned...

BumpChat bids you farewell

BumpChat will be shut down on March 31st, 2010 due to declining usage. All profile data will be destroyed to protect user privacy.

Statistics:

62,317 people signed up and used the application.
over 2 million chat messages were sent between users.

Hope you enjoyed using it. We enjoyed creating it. Look for more applications from Bump Mobile in the near future.

Bump Mobile

BumpChat version 1.5 now available on App Store

Version 1.5 is now available, please download it. It has several important stability fixes and the ability to selectively delete chats by using the swipe gesture on the person in the chat tab.

Now that deleting chats is possible, we will extend the life of chats to 3 days (from 36 hours).

Let us know if any new features you would like to see in the next version.

BumpChat version 1.5 just submitted to Apple for approval

Look for it in about a week. Lots of crashes fixed, can now delete chats. Minimum age requirements lowered from 18 to 17 years old.

Updates for BumpChat

The past week has seen increased use of BumpChat causing some poor performance. We have upgraded our servers and everyone should see better performance. We are still working on an update to the iPhone application that will have a few new features and improved stability.

BumpChat Version 1.1 now available on iPhone App Store

Fixes and new features include: Improved performance, larger profile pictures, fixed distance-from-me searches, and tell people what you are currently doing and have it show on the search screen.

This will be the last update release until iPhone 3.0 comes out next month. We plan to have some exciting new features for this new iPhone platform so stay tuned.