samesurf: surf the same sites together

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samesurf instantly enables friends to surf and interact with the same sites at the same time. Whether they choose to lead or follow, users are empowered to follow each other, send messages, and click on links that open as private tabs. The app complements the shared browsing component by integrating private and public messaging, talk, and video chat functionalities into a simple framework that supports cross-platform instant sharing between virtually every browser and platform.

Even though sessions will usually average 5 or less users, samesurf empowers up to 5,000 to populate a single session (or “room”) with larger numbers being reserved for public rooms that match users who share specific interests. samesurf’s differentiating features mark it as a superior alternative to screen sharing applications that:

(1) merely allow a single host to lead, click on links, and shape the direction of the shared experience at any one time;

(2) limit the number of users in a room;

(3) are bandwidth, CPU, and GPU intensive;

(4) require large downloads; and

(5) don’t lend themselves to sharing rich media like videos and streamed content due to frame rate rendering limitations.

We invite you to join the samesurf beta today: Join Beta: http://bit.ly/cibUqk

samesurf: surf together

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We’re all quite familiar with the ways we share online content with friends. “Share links,” “posts on walls,” and “tweets” have become de facto methods for virally exchanging videos, news, and bargains with friends and followers. These processes have proved to be good promotional vehicles but they lack context and a framework for simultaneous interaction. Instant messaging generates immediacy for engagement between well-intentioned “sharers” but it too suffers from the visual disconnect that comes from not being able to simultaneously see what’s being shared. In actuality, users have never truly shared online content in its fullest sense since they’ve never been able to see, discuss, and interact with that content together at the same time. Until now, the most readily available methods for sharing content have been much more akin to a second grader doing “show and tell” from the classroom corner with her onlookers sporting blindfolds.

samesurf bridges this visual divide by providing an instant, continuous, and compelling context for sharing content. In essence, the technology makes it easy for friends to see, discuss, and interact with the same sites at the same time. Complimentary features such as private and public chat, talk, and video chat further comprise an online solution that closely parallels the experience of “being there together in person.” samesurf is the first web-based technology to develop a sophisticated and proprietary server side infrastructure that empowers instant sharing by and between virtually every platform and browser. This extensive device interoperability leverages large and growing install bases to allow for cross platform sharing amongst computers and mobile devices that have often proven better foes than friends.

samesurf is designed to amplify enjoyment levels, viral promotion, and conversion rates among users who are sharing content in its proper context. The application emboldens the transition from the “share” to the “share now” paradigm by enabling users to perform simultaneous activities like shopping, watching crystal clear videos, booking travel, and surfing the web together. Accordingly, samesurf serves as a catalyst for:

(1) Enabling real-time sharing and simultaneous interaction with online content in a fast, free, and delightfully simple manner;

(2) Providing a cross platform mechanism that enables users to exchange instant invites, text messages and other forms of communication while providing visual context to conversations; and

(3) Capitalizing on a sense of immediacy by empowering every user in a session to simultaneously browse, discuss and “click” online content in an organized, free flowing and efficient manner.

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