Facebook and Twitter Merge Into 'Hudld,' the Free iPhone App That's Getting a Lot of Attention as 'The TweetDeck Alternative'

LUBBOCK, Texas, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The new app for your iPhone, Hudld, that combines Twitter and Facebook into one timeline, has seen a lot of growth since its launch just over a week ago. This is mainly attributed to its "buzz" across social channels such as Twitter and Facebook over the past week. When the online tech news agency Mashable.com picked up the story, the chatter picked up quite a bit. Resulting in just over 600 "shares" coming directly from Mashable's site within a couple of hours. During that time frame, Hudld was the 6th most mentioned word on Twitter within a 3-hour time span.

According to Brian Ash, head of SanctumSoft, the startup that released Hudld, "We never expected such a wide range of adoption from the social community in such a short period of time. Of course you love to see it, but reality told us to brace for slow growth. Given the release of the iPad 3 and the annual SXSW events, we assumed Hudld would be a low priority in the headlines for the tech world. Thankfully, we've seen a much different response."

Hudld is expected to release versions in the near future that will drastically increase the usability for its clients. The addition of Google+ and LinkedIn were mentioned. Also, the next major update is said to include an RSS / news feature, along with an overhaul of the direct messages feature and the addition of Facebook chat. The coming update in review enables people to turn the ads off, fixes a few kinks, and addresses the issue of the "small font" voiced by some of early its adopters.

Though the numbers for app metrics are closely guarded by their publishers, it is known that Hudld is seeing numbers at least north of 10,000. Typically, at this point in a launch, apps in the social networking category see about 1/25th of that in a good scenario, so obviously there is something to this new little app.

Hudld isn't perfect; in fact, Brian had mentioned that "it's technically a beta release, we're just trying to gauge what the users want to see next, and how we need to format those changes as we roll them out." From the surface, it appears to be just another client aggregate, but dig a bit deeper, and you can see the possibilities and plans for expansion are quite vast. All things considered, this is the 1st version that can be seen now, but some "sneak peeks" reveal a much more robust app is on its way. Hudld is definitely something to watch in the coming days.

Contact:
Brian Ash
SanctumSoft
2106 75th Street
Lubbock, TX 79423
Phone: 806-319-1626
http://www.hudld.com
[email protected]

iTunes Link to Hudld:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hudld-facebook-twitter-social/id486354246?ls=1&mt=8

Demo videos as reference to the above:
http://youtu.be/VMh3MPRlgQ0
http://youtu.be/Pv_rgMp0CtA

Website:
http://www.hudld.com

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/hudld

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/hudld

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SOURCE SanctumSoft