Attendio Launches Event Finder Application in Facebook Platform

Attendio Launches Event Finder Application in Facebook (R) Platform

SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Facebook f8 Event -- Attendio (http://www.attendio.com), the event discovery service that automatically connects people to local events that match their interests, today announced at Facebook's f8 event the Attendio Event Finder application built on Facebook Platform. The Attendio Event Finder application enables Facebook users to easily discover and share great music, sporting, and cultural events happening all over the United States.

Facebook is a social utility that offers an efficient way for people to stay connected with their friends and people around them. Facebook users communicate and share information through the social graph, the network of connections and relationships between people. With more than 24 million active users, Facebook is the sixth most-trafficked Website in the United States.

Attendio Event Finder application lets users know what's going on locally across multiple categories such as music/nightlife, family, sports, the arts, or social causes. Facebook users can search for events or let Attendio suggest events based on their interests or what their friends have selected. When users find interesting events they can easily tell their friends, set mobile text reminders, or save them to their personal calendars. When on the go, users can search for and access suggested events via mobile phones.

"Attendio is thrilled to be one of the first applications built on Facebook Platform," said Gerardo Capiel, CEO of Attendio. "It's a natural fit -- Facebook users are social, active and want to be in the know about what's happening in their social scene. Having the Attendio application available to Facebook's huge user base allows Facebook members to discover new events then easily share them with their friends."

Facebook today launched Facebook Platform, a development platform that enables companies and engineers to integrate with Facebook and gain access to millions of users. More than 50 percent of Facebook users return to the site each day, providing unparalleled distribution potential for applications and the opportunity to build a business that is highly relevant to people's lives.

About Attendio

Attendio is a national event discovery service based in San Francisco, California that helps people find local events fast. Launched in February 2007 at DEMO, Attendio intelligently matches people's interests to events and suggests events based on friends' picks and local celebrities in the know. Other social networking features include reviews and invitations. To ensure that great events are never missed, members can save events to their personal calendars and receive reminders of upcoming or recommended events via mobile alerts. For more information, visit http://www.attendio.com.

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