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CES 2012 – Multi-Screen Engagement

Eric Moujaes January 10

Phunware Demonstrates Fully Synchronized Companion Viewing Using Qualcomm Innovation Center’s AllJoyn Peer-to-Peer Technology on Snapdragon-Based Smart TV Platform

The Future of Multi-Screen, Multi-Device Engagement Now on Display

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, JANUARY 10, 2012 –Phunware, Inc., the leader in enterprise branded mobile application infrastructure and experiences, announced today that they will showcase a unique multi-screen television and tablet experience that leverages Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. (QuIC)’s AllJoyn™ peer-to-peer, proximity-based, device-to-device, communications technology running on a Snapdragon™-powered smart TV platform, along with Phunware’s Hip Hop Official original programming content and brandME™ branded mobile experience framework, during the 2012 International CES from January 10 – 13. (more…)

PRAISE™ Mobile SDK Beta

Eric Moujaes November 17

Beta Enrollment Now Available for Carrier Class Mobile Application Development Solutions and Tools

AUSTIN, TEXAS, OCTOBER 27, 2011 – Phunware, the leader in enterprise branded mobile application infrastructure and experiences, announces the Phunware Private Beta Program for carriers, enterprises and application developers worldwide. PRAISE™ by Phunware currently powers tens of millions of mobile application downloads consuming billions of minutes of usage globally for the anytime, anywhere audiences of many of the largest and most recognizable brands in the world. PRAISE™ mobile infrastructure solutions and tools help carriers, enterprises and application developers manage and monetize their content, digital assets, audiences and communities worldwide.

“Whether your headaches are operational in nature or monetization in nature, we will assist you with increasing your return on investment in mobile and the engagement underlying your users’ experiences by leveraging the infrastructure solutions and tools that we have built and used heavily across hundreds of our own original and branded mobile applications at transactional scale,” said Luan Dang, President and CTO of Phunware. (more…)

Phunware Buys GoTV Networks

Eric Moujaes August 25

Acquisition Positions Profitable and Debt Free Company as the Premier Global Provider of Branded Mobile Application Infrastructure and Experiences.

Acquisition Positions Profitable and Debt Free Company as the Premier Global Provider of Branded Mobile Application Infrastructure and Experiences

AUSTIN, TEXAS, JULY 12, 2011 – Phunware, the leader in enterprise branded mobile application infrastructure and experiences, announces today that it has acquired GoTV Networks, the industry’s largest mobile media network. The acquisition was unanimously approved by the Board of Directors for both companies and officially closed today. Through the acquisition, Phunware adds new offices in both Northern and Southern California, including San Francisco, Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles) and San Diego.

“We are extremely excited to add GoTV Networks to the Phunware Phamily,” said Alan Knitowski, Chairman and CEO of Phunware. “Through this acquisition, we have accelerated our operational growth, strengthened our financial position and achieved critical mass on a global scale, including an array of customers and brands unparalleled in the industry.”

Phunware’s representative customer list now includes the following key verticals and brands:

Education – allCanes (University of Miami), Cambridge, Discovery Education, William & Mary and US Education TV
Entertainment – Astrology Zone, Crackle (Sony), Discovery Communications (Discovery Channel Latina, DMAX, MythBusters and Tudiscovery), G4 (NBC Universal), Hitfix, MobiTV, National Geographic, Oprah, The Karaoke Channel, Univision and Young Hollywood
Internet – AllClearID.com, Bikini.com, HomeAway.com, Petfinder.com, PetsMD.com and YouSendIt.com
Music – Amplified Pop, ES Música, Hip Hop Official, LAMC, Lollapalooza, Revolver TV, Rock the Bells, SXSW and True Country
News – Daily News, Fox 7 WHDH Boston and Fox 7 WSVN Miami
Original Branded Programming – AEG, ASICS, Gibson, Johnson & Johnson, Lexus, Proctor & Gamble, Rolling Stone, Secret, Sesame Street, Tide and US Weekly
Retail – Cricket Communications, McDonald’s and User Friendly Media
Sports – Callaway Golf, ESPN, NASCAR, NFL, NHRA and Peter Jacobsen Sports
Travel – Animal Kingdom, Disney World, Epcot, Hollywood Studios and Universal Studios
Technology – AMD, AT&T, Freescale Semiconductor, HP, Nokia, Samsung, Sprint and Verizon Wireless

Platform support includes Apple iOS, BREW, Google Android, HP / Palm webOS, Java, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Nokia Symbian, RIM Blackberry, Samsung Bada and WAP. Mobile and broadband video distribution includes Amazon, AOL, Apple iTunes, Babelgum, Bebo, Blackberry Application World, Boost Mobile, Cricket, Daily Motion, Google Android Marketplace, Handmark, Joost, Meta Café, MSN, MySpace, Pocket Gear (Handango), V CAST and YouTube. Carrier distribution includes AT&T, LEAP Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and Virgin Mobile.

Phunware’s mobile experience portfolio now exceeds 150 applications in more than 100 countries and 4 languages. Application users within this portfolio have downloaded tens of millions of applications, consuming billions of minutes (or thousands of years) of App engagement, on its mobile experience platform.

Siemer & Associates was advisor to GoTV Networks on the transaction, while Phunware was self represented.

About Phunware, Inc.
Phunware creates brandME™, the best and most powerful branded mobile experiences in the world, along with PRAISE™, the global industry standard for bulletproof mobile application infrastructure. Phunware leads the mobile application revolution globally and is reinventing the mobile application experience for the benefit of consumers everywhere. Phunware has introduced category defining applications that challenge the outer limits of the best mobile devices on Earth and is defining the future standard for mobile application experiences. Visit us at www.Phunware.com.

About GoTV Networks, Inc.
GoTV Networks enables media owners and brands to deliver compelling, personalized, highly engaging content experiences through feature-rich smart applications distributed to the widest audience possible. Visit us at www.goTVnetworks.com.

Contact:
Melissa Anthony
anthonyBarnum Public Relations
Ph: (512) 619-9454
Melissa@anthonybarnum.com

Phunware Launches PhunDeals™ Daily Deals in 107 U.S. Cities

Eric Moujaes July 07

Newest PRAISE™ Mobile Experience Platform Offering Brings 50-90 Percent Local Savings to Consumers and Creates New Monetization Options for Internet and Mobile Application Developers

AUSTIN, TEXAS, JULY 7 – Phunware, the leader in enterprise branded mobile application infrastructure and experiences, announces PhunDeals™, its nationwide daily deal service. PhunDeals™ is the newest PRAISE™ mobile experience platform offering and is now available for U.S. consumers and application developers on the web, mobile web and within mobile applications and experiences.

“The PhunDeals™ daily deal service affords consumers immense local savings where they live and work and where they travel for business and pleasure,” said Alan Knitowski, Chairman and CEO of Phunware. “Not only does the new offering provide utility and value anywhere and anytime desired by consumers, but it also provides businesses with new opportunities to monetize their communities, content and traffic through Internet, mobile Internet and mobile devices alike.”

PRAISE™ modules, such as PhunDeals™, represent key components of an enterprise class, carrier grade, geographically redundant, hyper-scalable mobile application infrastructure and experience platform that is ideally suited for millions of simultaneous interactions and transactions, as well as massive worldwide deployments dependent upon multicultural, multilingual and multichannel demands and requirements.

“By launching in more than 100 cities across the nation, and partnering with more than a dozen of the industry’s leading daily deal aggregators, PhunDeals™ allows us to add significant breadth and depth to our product portfolio while delivering incredible value to both consumers and application developers,” added Alan Michael Kane, CFO of Phunware and General Manager of PhunDeals™. “If you have an online or mobile audience and you are looking to monetize that audience or application via daily deal offerings, then we have your solution.”

For more information, or to sign up for PhunDeals™, please visit www.PhunDeals.com. Additionally, if you would like to receive information about becoming a PhunDeals™ partner and learn how to add PhunDeals™ to your websites, mobile websites and mobile applications, please contact us at info@phunware.com.

About Phunware, Inc.
Phunware creates brandME™, the best and most powerful branded mobile experiences in the world, along with PRAISE™, the global industry standard for bulletproof mobile application infrastructure. Phunware leads the mobile application revolution globally and is reinventing the mobile application experience for the benefit of consumers everywhere. Phunware has introduced category defining applications that challenge the outer limits of the best mobile devices on Earth and is defining the future standard for mobile application experiences. Visit us at www.Phunware.com.

Contact:
Melissa Anthony
anthonyBarnum Public Relations
Ph: (512) 619-9454
Melissa@anthonybarnum.com

Discovery and Phunware Create Multi-Language, Global Channel Apps

Eric Moujaes May 26

(Silver Spring, Md.) Discovery Networks International and Phunware, the leader in enterprise branded mobile application infrastructure and experiences, today announced that new specially-languaged mobile applications are now available from Discovery Networks via the iTunes App Store for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad to international users in Spanish, Portuguese and German.

The popular Discovery Channel mobile app is available to users across Latin America in Spanish, and in Brazil in Portuguese. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the DMAX application is available in German.

Discovery’s new languaged mobile apps bring fans greater access to their favorite programs and real-life characters with a collection of video clips from the network’s new hit series like Gold Rush Alaska as well as longtime fan-favorite signature series including Deadliest Catch and Mythbusters. These new interactive mobile experiences complement Discovery’s popular on-air offerings with integrated alerts and reminders, complementary content, social TV check-in and social media companion capabilities. Fans can check in using the “I am Watching” button to let their friends on Facebook and Twitter know what they are watching, all while getting the latest social media updates from Discovery.

Other features include:

A full, location-based TV schedule and the ability to set up and manage tune-in reminders.
Popular, recent and favorite short-form video clips and photos from Discovery’s award-winning programming and insider information about the casts.
Deep social networking integration, including Facebook, Twitter, news and chat to allow fans to communicate, interact, share and follow network stars and shows.

“Discovery’s partnership with Phunware demonstrates our ongoing commitment to providing our global fan base with more opportunities to engage with their favorite shows and characters in the real-time mobile environment,” said Dave Schafer, Vice President of International Digital Media, Discovery Networks International.

“We are excited to partner with Discovery in launching a tremendously entertaining experience that redefines mobile media apps for international markets,” added Alan Knitowski, Chairman and CEO of Phunware. “Fans expect rich and vibrant engagement, with deep content and relevant social connections, and the international Discovery Networks apps accomplish this in a fun, playful and comprehensive manner.”

Free downloads of the Discovery Channel and DMAX apps may be downloaded from the iTunes App Store for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad at www.itunes.com/appstore/.

About Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is the world’s #1 nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in 210 countries and territories. Discovery empowers people to explore their world and satisfy their curiosity through 130-plus worldwide networks, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Science and Discovery HD, as well as leading consumer and educational products and services, and a diversified portfolio of digital media services including HowStuffWorks.com. Discovery Networks International distributes 23 international brands, reaching over one billion cumulative subscribers with programming available in 43 languages. For more information please visit www.discoverycommunications.com.

About Phunware, Inc.
Phunware designs brandMETM, the best branded mobile experiences in the world, along with PRAISETM, the global industry standard for bulletproof mobile application infrastructure. Phunware leads the mobile application revolution globally and is reinventing the mobile application experience for the benefit of consumers everywhere. Phunware has introduced category defining applications that challenge the outer limits of the best mobile devices on Earth and is defining the future standard for mobile application experiences. For more information, please visit www.phunware.com.

We’re on TV

Eric Moujaes April 13

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