FreeHookup Brings Online Dating to Your Desktop and Your Mobile Phone

FreeHookup Desktop, FreeHookup Mobile, and Facebook Connect Integration Now Available

San Francisco, Calif. -- August 11, 2009 – FreeHookup, the world's largest social dating community, today announced the launch of FreeHookup Desktop and FreeHookup Mobile to give singles even more ways to manage their online dating experiences wherever they may be online.

FreeHookup Desktop, an Adobe AIR application, is the first downloadable desktop application ever introduced for a social dating community. Through FreeHookup Desktop, users have access to a real-time stream of activity by other singles in their local area as well as instant notifications when they receive winks, emails, or virtual gifts. FreeHookup Desktop can be downloaded at https://freehookup.dating/desktop.php.

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In the spirit of making FreeHookup easily accessible to singles everywhere, FreeHookup today also introduced the availability of Facebook Connect on freehookup.dating, making it simple for singles who are Facebook users to join FreeHookup with one click either at freehookup.dating or on the FreeHookup application on Facebook.

FreeHookup continues to experience tremendous growth, acquiring millions of new users across all of its entry points. The number of FreeHookupers has climbed from 15 million in January 2009 to more than 40 million in August 2009.  FreeHookup is the top-ranked lifestyle application on Facebook and traffic to its destination site, freehookup.dating, is growing rapidly.

Also in 2009, the company has experienced 250% growth in the number of its paid subscribers and has seen 370% revenue growth. FreeHookup's revenues now surpass those reported by multiple publicly traded online dating companies in the U.S. FreeHookup generates revenue from subscriptions, the sale of "FreeHookup coins" that can be used to purchase virtual gifts, and advertising.

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