Down2night (APPS mania)
Saturday, June 30th, 2007CET) ~ Categories: Aggregators & Social Networks → News | WEB DEVELOPERS → United States
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In the NewsDown2night (APPS mania)Saturday, June 30th, 2007CET) ~ Categories: Aggregators & Social Networks → News | WEB DEVELOPERS → United States Find a place you like or an event you want go to? Click “I’m down” and send it out to your friends via email or mobile text message! Simple, easy, fast. Want to keep track of who else is down or create a list of spots to go to that night (bar hoppin’ anyone)? Sign into d2n to create a more detailed night invite for your friends – no more long email chains around the office.
PressDown2Night Launches Nightlife Platform in 20+ CitiesTuesday, June 26th, 2007Down2Night, Inc. has announced the launch of its nightlife destination platform, www.down2night.com, in over 20 major cities in the United States and Canada including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and Toronto. Down2Night’s website launch ushers in a new era of all-in-one functionality in collaborative, interactive nightlife planning. Down2Night’s innovative online platform allows users to easily search for nightlife events and venues in their respective cities based on a variety of categorical filters (music, vibe, crowd, area, etc.) and then easily invite friends via email or mobile text message (SMS). “This system was born by necessity from our own experiences,” explains Down2Night’s CEO Geoffrey Nuval. “When Friday night rolled around, we still didn’t know where to go and who was going. By default, we’d end up going to the same old places and meet the same old people. “But nights out are too precious to waste on regularity. Down2Night.com encourages people to try new venues that match their tastes. Ultimately, d2n’s goal is to shake up the stagnant patterns of a city’s nightlife behavior. Carpe noctum, baby!” Subscribed users, which the Company refers to as ‘nightlifers’, can access a host of features on their ‘nightlife profile’. A representation of each user’s nightlife personality, the profile allows users to track and discuss events they attended, post up pictures, and reconnect with fellow nightlifers. For the private party planner, Down2Night can list a user’s own spot as a venue/event available only to their respective d2n friends. Finally, users undecided about their plans in the thick of the night can check out Down2Night’s signature “Nightlife Heatmap” (down2night.com/heatmap). A real-time graphic representation of where the nightlifers are gathered, the d2n Nightlife Heatmap ensures there’s a crowd - or lack thereof, depending on your tastes - wherever you go. The Company plans to roll out a stream of additional innovative features in the following weeks and will go national with the website in a couple of months. About Down2Night, Inc. Down2Night.com is a destination website that provides multiple tools (search, invite, profiles, heatmap) to help users solve that all important question: “What are we doing tonight?” Cities currently on the d2n platform include: New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Las Vegas, Miami, Atlanta, Toronto, Vancouver, Houston, Washington, DC, Honolulu, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, San Jose, Austin, and Denver. The Company plans to roll out additional cities every week and will build towards a national system. For more information, visit http://Down2Night.com. In the NewsDown2Night Launches Local Venue Directory to Share with Friends (Mashable)Monday, June 25th, 2007
Down2Night is the latest project from the creators of SynapseLife, which was acquired by eBay. We had the heads up on down2night, and were quite anxious to see what it would have to offer. Now that the beta is live, we finally got a chance to check it out. With down2night, you can plan meet ups with your friends around local venues. Search for a place you’d like to go, send it out to your friends, and collaborate as a group to finalize your plans. You can receive mobile updates on venues you’d like to stay up on, or view the handy heatmaps provided for geographical locations of your city. Down2night will also keep track of places you’ve been, and providing a recap or just additional info on a particular venue helps bring in more data for others searching on the site. I’m surprised to see such little mobile integration for this service, as it doesn’t go far beyond mobile updates that you sign up for. It would be nice to have the option of sending an invite to friends on their mobile phone, and incorporating some type of real time collaboration with friends, such as Renkoo or Planypus have included in their services, would be an ideal fit for the down2night service.
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