Swipe Your Screen to Discover Personalized Content Wherever You Are With StumbleUpon's iPad App

SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- StumbleUpon, the leading way to discover personalized Web and mobile content, today announced a major update to its Apple iPad application. With the revamped StumbleUpon iPad App, users can explore articles, videos, photos and more across hundreds of interest categories and easily share with anyone, wherever they are. The new features of the app include a visually rich interface, easy-to-use swipe navigation and a simplified way to share favorites with friends.

"With the StumbleUpon iPad App you can discover great content and share it with your friends wherever you are," said Garrett Camp, StumbleUpon CEO and co-founder. "This new experience lets you be entertained, educated and inspired by great content, whether you're sitting on the couch, commuting to work or hanging out at the local coffee shop."

New features include:

Easy-to-Use Design: Users can quickly and easily explore content from hundreds of interests by swiping from page to page or tapping the "Stumble" button. In addition to stumbling broad interests, users can stumble through their own list of favorites or view their friends' top recommendations for photos, videos or news.

Social and Sharing: Users can now easily see what content their friends have liked or commented on, while also being notified when friends share Web pages. Users can also seamlessly share content with anyone, using StumbleUpon, Facebook, Twitter or email.

Portability: Users' StumbleUpon accounts are synced across all platforms, including desktop, iPhone and Android, making the stumbling experience seamless and consistent, regardless of the device being used.

The StumbleUpon iPad App is now available in the Apple iTunes store at http://itunes.apple.com/app/stumbleupon/id386244833.

About StumbleUpon

StumbleUpon is a discovery engine that recommends the best Web and mobile content for each user. With more than 15 million users and 1 billion personalized recommendations per month, StumbleUpon is the leading way to discover content and information that informs, delights and surprises. In addition, more than 60,000 marketers have used StumbleUpon's Paid Discovery platform to promote products and services. StumbleUpon is based in San Francisco and backed by some of the same investors behind Google and Facebook. For more information, visit www.StumbleUpon.com.

For additional information contact:
Mike Mayzel, StumbleUpon
[email protected]
(415) 979-1410

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