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September 26th 2011 HeyStaks Launches Community-Based Search Apps for iPad and Android Tablets. View | Download

HeyStaks Launches Community-Based Search Apps for iPad and Android Tablets - Users Can Now Search Less and Find More

Innovators of New Social Search Technology Harness Communities of Like-Minded People to Produce More Meaningful and Relevant Search Results

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and DUBLIN, IRE - September 26, 2011 - HeyStaks, the social search start-up with offices in San Francisco and Dublin, today announced an innovative one-stop mobile search solution combining the best search results from both your community and search engines. The product is presented in an interactive and engaging newspaper-like user interface to help users quickly and easily get more relevant and personalized search results. HeyStaks is releasing apps for the iPad and Android tablets today. The apps are also featured as one of the fifteen best of the web apps on the Sony Tablet S Honeycomb devices rolling out globally in the U.S., Asia and Europe this month, and on Sony's Tablet P rolling out later this fall. HeyStaks apps are already available on iPhone and Android phones.

Based on the premise that people sharing common interests will generate the best and most personalized search results, HeyStaks is powered by search communities - anonymous users joined in a group based on their mutual interests, such as California travel, wineries, sporting goods, gadgets, news topics, etc. The app generates results that are much more relevant to people with similar interests, in addition to standard search engine results.

"People expect more from their searches. They want to search less but find more, and that is where HeyStaks comes in. Our users receive search results that are more targeted to their specific interests because they are generated from communities of like-minded people around a specific topic. Importantly, identities are protected and never revealed, yet users still get the benefit of the best of each other's searches, simply by searching as normal" said Jonathan Dillon, CEO of HeyStaks. "We are excited to continue our mission of being the go-to search solution across tablets and smart-phones worldwide. Our iPhone and Android phone apps are already gaining traction and the introduction of our tablet apps for iPads and Android devices is our next step to achieving that vision."

HeyStaks is pioneering the next wave of search technology by combining communities of people and search engine recommendations to help users find the most relevant information quickly. Upon searching on a particular topic, users simply tap to join the most appropriate community based on that topic and are immediately presented with targeted content that users with shared interests have searched for in the past. While the user interface is simple and engaging, the model is built on unique and proprietary relevance and reputation-based social algorithms. HeyStaks also complements current search engine results by featuring Google and other search results in a newspaper-style format, and will feature more third party content sources as it continues to grow.

Pricing and Availability

HeyStaks is a free application and is currently available on Android tablets, iPads, the iPhone, and Android phones.

Additionally, the HeyStaks social search app is currently featured in the Select App site on the new Sony Tablets, where Sony features fifteen of the best of the web apps for their customers, with HeyStaks featuring in the categories:
- What's Hot
- New Ideas

About HeyStaks

HeyStaks is a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company founded in 2008. HeyStaks is based on technology developed as part of Professor Barry Smyth's research group and the CLARITY Centre for Sensor Web Technologies, a Science Foundation Ireland funded research center.

HeyStaks secured venture funding in 2010 from NCB Ventures. The company's U.S. headquarters are based in San Francisco, and its development center is in Dublin, Ireland.

Media contact:

Kevin Dowling
Atomic PR
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415-593-1400

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Introduction

"HeyStaks is a new one-stop mobile search solution . Consumers can search less and find more since we combine the best of community and search engine recommendations to get you more personalised and relevant results."

Jonathan Dillon
CEO, Heystaks

HeyStaks apps represent a new and original approach to mobile search, and enable consumers to fulfill all of their search needs in one place, fast, and accurately. While we have seen good traction for our iPhone and Android phone products (available on the Apple store and Android market), we are excited to release an innovative search experience on the tablets. We will be able to provide the best of what your community and traditional search engines recommend, in a truly beautiful and engaging user interface. We call this one-stop mobile search. You will also be able to synchronize your searches across multiple devices - tablet, phone, PC.

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Tablet apps

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IPAD

v2,
Available now

HeyStaks iPad App Standard Search Results

HeyStaks iPad App Community Powered Search Results

ANDROID

v2,
Available now

HeyStaks Android Tablet App Search Screen with Recommended Communities

HeyStaks Android Tablet App Search Screen with Recommended Results

HeyStaks Android Tablet App Twitter Search

HeyStaks Android Tablet App Image Search

HeyStaks Android Tablet App Web View Screen

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Sony has selected HeyStaks and several other mobile apps to promote on their new Tablet S and Tablet P devices globally. This is a tremendous honor for HeyStaks that we have been selected in the "new ideas" category, and to be positioned on these excellent new tablet devices, given our goal to become the go-to search solution on tablets.

"We are delighted to have won Vodafone's Irish competition and are looking forward to competing with the best of Europe in the finals. In addition to our already launched iPhone and Android phone apps which are available on the Apple app store and Android market respectively, at PICNIC we will be launching our new tablet apps for iPad and Android. And we are pleased to announce that Sony will in September be launching their new Tablet S and Tablet P devices globally with HeyStaks as one of their selected new and innovative apps.

HeyStaks apps represent a new and original approach to mobile search, and enable consumers to fulfill all of their search needs in one place, faster, and more accurately. While we have seen good traction for our iPhone and Android phone products, we are excited to release an innovative search experience on the tablets. We will be able to provide the best of what your community and traditional search engines recommend, in a truly beautiful and engaging user interface. We call this one-stop mobile search. You will also be able to synchronize your searches across multiple devices - tablet, phone, PC."

Jonathan Dillon
CEO, Heystaks

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