Urban Signals Takes Love Back to the Streets
NEW YORK--No more seeing someone on the street, sharing a smile, feeling a spark and then walking away wishing you would have said hello...no more missed connections. Urban Signals is a social networking, location-based mobile application that allows you to see people around you, if they’re available, interested and ready to meet up...right there on the spot. Urban Signals champions chemistry, “love at first sight” and empowers singles with freedom from desktop dating. Whether at a coffee shop, the dog park, bookstore or even an airport, Urban Signals turns any scenario into an opportunity to make an in-person connection.
“Urban Signals is a balance of technology, timing and understanding of what we can do as people with smartphone applications”
“Successful dating is about being in the moment, having fun and taking (smart) risks,” said Andrea Syrtash, Dating Expert and Author of the upcoming book "He's Just Not Your Type (And That's a Good Thing). “Urban Signals is a perfect application for that!”
Urban Signals’ innovative platform leverages the benefits of online dating, while integrating social, dating and gaming elements that encourage spontaneous connection between singles. Urban Signals broadcasts a user’s location with the application’s unique radar. The radar shows users the location, mood and status of other singles of interest that are nearby. Similar to online dating, these singles are determined by the user’s preferences. For example, a woman interested in men between the ages of 25-40 will only be notified when other users of interest to her, are in her area. She can then learn more about them by viewing profiles that offer just enough details to inform, intrigue and encourage further action. “Signals” are then exchanged between users to say hello, express interest, or meet up if they share a mutual interest or attraction.
Founder and CEO, Aubree Nichols, has an extensive background in advertising, consumer research and creative idea generation. She also has a special interest in the chemistry of connection and has always been fascinated by urban behavior and missed connections. As a single New Yorker, Aubree traversed the dating worlds, fell in and out of love, and in the process, thought she just might know a better way. And thus, Urban Signals was born.
“Urban Signals began as an observation I continued to witness on New York’s city streets...the problem of missed connections,“ said Aubree Nichols, founder and CEO of Urban Signals. “I didn’t know what the answer was, but I knew it would have to break down that ‘urban armor’ that discourage singles from approaching someone they found attractive or intriguing.“
“Urban Signals is a balance of technology, timing and understanding of what we can do as people with smartphone applications,” said Clarke Keough, founder of Keough Capital, the private investment firm incubating Urban Signals. “Urban Signals is at the center of this important technological intersection bringing the human element back into a central role”
Urban Signals is a free download available now for iPhone and iTouch customers, on the iTunes store. All new users are given a 1-month trial of unlimited Signals to learn how to navigate the application. After 30 days, ‘Unlimited Signals’ packs can be purchased monthly for $4.99 per month. Visit www.urbansignals.net for more information.
About Urban Signals
Urban Signals, LLC, is a New York City based company committed to enabling human interaction with innovative technology. Urban Signals develops intuitive experiences that ultimately facilitate real-world relationships, connection and community. The company is set to launch a spectrum of mobile solutions that will focus on the smartphone market, specifically the iPhone, Blackberry, and Android platform
About Keough Capital
Keough Capital is a private investment company based in New York City, focused on digital media investments and more specifically, companies in the incubator stage.
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