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Gigya Releases New Wildfire Feature for Importing Webmail Contacts to Boost Viral Distribution of Widgets
Electronic Arts' The Sims(TM) On Stage Incorporates Gigya Wildfire Feature
| Source: Gigya, Inc.
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - June 11, 2008) - Gigya, the leading widget and social
technologies company, today announced that it has added a new feature to
its Wildfire technology, giving end-users the option of sharing widgets
with selected contacts imported from major webmail providers including
Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail and AOL. The feature simplifies the "email a
friend" process for end-users, making it easier to share content with a
broader network. Users can also opt-in to have Wildfire save their email
distribution list for future widget-sharing.
Wildfire is the widget distribution technology of choice for more than 1000
advertisers and publishers, and is currently installing hundreds of
thousands of widgets per day and tracking billions of widget impressions
per month. Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ : ERTS ) is already incorporating
Wildfire in The Sims™ On Stage, an interactive online playground
bringing together elements of performance, humor and community.
"The Sims On Stage is a large and enthusiastic community full of people who
love to share their creative performances," said Ranah Edelin, Vice
President, The Sims Label Internet Group. "Integrating Wildfire's powerful
tools for distributing content gives our users the ability to take The Sims
On Stage experience to wherever they spend time socially on the Web. With
this new 'email a friend' feature, end-users can easily share their
performances from The Sims On Stage with others on the Web, helping to
expand and deepen their community relationships."
"Address books, which are social graphs, are one of the most under-utilized
opportunities to build value for users," said Eyal Magen, Gigya's CEO. "By
incorporating this feature into our free Wildfire technology, Gigya is now
bringing this enormous opportunity to our publishers. Not only does it add
another powerful and completely opt-in method for expanding the footprint
of publisher content, but the email invitation also drives additional
traffic to publisher websites."
About The Sims™
The Sims franchise celebrates an impressive over 100 million units sold
since its launch in February 2000. Now translated into 22 different
languages in 60 different countries, The Sims has quickly become a
universal gaming and cultural phenomenon. For the latest information about
The Sims and to check out the hottest creations for The Sims 2 made by our
community members, please visit www.thesims2.com. To stay up-to-date on The
Sims 3 news and information, check out www.thesims3.com.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is
the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in
1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software
worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and
the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names:
EA SPORTS, EA, EA SPORTS Freestyle and POGO. In fiscal 2008, EA posted
GAAP net revenue of $3.67 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than one
million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More
information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be
found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS Freestyle, POGO and The Sims are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other
countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
About Gigya
Gigya is the leading widget and social technologies company, serving brand
advertisers, media companies, and widget developers. Gigya's content
sharing and advertising platform helps publishers and advertisers increase
reach and engagement, distributing widgets to any platform and providing
powerful social features to any website. Gigya serves the world's largest
brands with a full-service widget advertising model covering design,
development, hosting, distribution, viral promotion, tracking and
optimization. Gigya's Wildfire technology installs hundreds of thousands of
widgets per day and tracks billions of impressions per month. Gigya's
partners include EyeWonder, DoubleClick, EyeBlaster, Electronic Arts,
RockYou!, Webshots, Snapvine and many others. To learn more or to get
started, go to: www.gigya.com.