Evite Launches First-Ever Mobile/Web Hybrid Application for Social Planning

Introducing QuickVite - the New Way to Organize Last-Minute Get-Togethers

    LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Evite (http://www.evite.com), the
 leading social event planning service on the Web, announced today the
 launch of QuickVite, a free, cross-platform mobile/Web application that
 enables users to plan casual, last minute get-togethers with ease. Whether
 picking a place to watch the game tonight or arranging girls' night out
 next week, QuickVite is the new way to quickly coordinate informal outings.
 
     QuickVite is the first application of its kind because it allows users
 to reach out to a group of friends from either their computer or mobile
 phone and send out a plan simultaneously via both email and text message.
 With QuickVite, it becomes easier to connect with friends wherever they are
 from, wherever you are, without having to send multiple messages. With its
 revolutionary group messaging capability, QuickVite recipients can then
 respond via email, text message or at Evite.com, and everyone can view the
 group's responses in one location. QuickVite represents the second phase of
 a suite of unique mobile products Evite began offering in September.
 
     "At Evite, we continuously look for new ways to make it easier for our
 users to plan and organize their social lives," said Jessica Landy Raymond,
 VP of Product Development at Evite. "QuickVite extends Evite's social
 planning expertise into the mobile arena with an innovative new product
 that facilitates coordinating get-togethers on-the-go."
 
     Evite's mobile initiative kicked off in September with the successful
 launch of its "Send-to-Phone" feature, which enables users to send event
 updates and location details to their mobile phone for easy access and
 recall. Since its launch, the Send-to-Phone offering has been met with
 extensive demand and adoption. With more than 450,000 Send-to-Phone users,
 Evite is quickly closing in on 1 million Send-to-Phone alerts sent. Now in
 phase two of its mobile roll-out, along with QuickVite, Evite has also
 launched its mobile- friendly WAP site (http://m.evite.com), where users
 can view their upcoming Evite events and event details, as well as create,
 view and respond to QuickVite invitations.
 
     Evite's QuickVite and WAP applications are supported by Air2Web, a
 leading mobile marketing service provider for enterprises, brands, agencies
 and network operators. Air2Web specializes in creating products and
 services that enable companies to better promote, service and transact with
 their customers via mobile devices. The QuickVite application represents a
 new achievement in customized mobile messaging and cross-platform
 connectivity.
 
     In the upcoming weeks, Evite will launch its QuickVite application on
 Facebook, offering yet another point of entry and convenience for
 organizing casual get-togethers. The QuickVite Facebook application will
 allow Facebook users to send QuickVite invitations to friends outside of
 Facebook without having to leave the Facebook environment.
 
     For more information on QuickVite or to view a demo, visit:
 http://www.evite.com/app/qv/qvStart.do
 
     About Evite
 
     Evite is the leading social event planning service on the Web
 facilitating more than 15 million invitations to more than 450,000 events
 each month. With Evite, hosts become the life of the party by having access
 to everything needed to throw a great event, including complete social
 planning and creative party theme ideas, free online invitations, planning
 checklists and other tools. Evite makes planning easy and saves hosts both
 time and money. Launched in 1998, Evite is headquartered in Los Angeles.
 Evite is a Web property of IAC Search & Media, a wholly-owned business of
 IAC/InterActiveCorp ( IACI).
 
 
 

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