Miami REALTORS see big value in Moby personal safety app for thousands of members

VANCOUVER, BC — September 23, 2011 — One of the largest metropolitan real estate associations in the United States is the latest organization to adopt Moby’s personal safety app for its members. The MIAMI Association of REALTORS® will include the private location sharing smartphone software as a component of a comprehensive new service offering for its 23,000 membership.

“The safety of our members, either professionally while working as real estate professionals or privately at home with their families, is paramount to the MIAMI Association of REALTORS®,” says Deborah Boza-Valledor, COO & Chief Marketing Officer. “Moby is a key component in our comprehensive membership safety strategy and a part of our new MIAMI Premium PLUS package of services. I encourage all members, and their friends and family, to download and use Moby to ensure their loved ones are connected and safe throughout the day.”

Moby was designed to keep real estate professionals safe, whether hosting open houses, visiting vacant properties, or working late at night. A free app for the BlackBerry, iPhone, and coming soon for Android, Moby alerts a user’s chosen contacts with a request for assistance, and provides an interactive map of the user’s location. Alerts can be triggered by a single button, and powerful location sharing features provide peace of mind for one’s inner circle of contacts. For a small monthly fee, alerts can be monitored 24x7 by Moby’s nationwide security monitoring center.

“The addition of MIAMI REALTORS® to the Moby alliance family is a tremendous endorsement,” says Conal Campbell, Director of Alliances for Moby. “The speed in which discussions took place is a strong indication of both the desire to put enhanced safety measures in place for all real estate professionals, and MIAMI REALTORS’® interest in leveraging the latest technologies in their service offerings to their members.”

Chartered by the National Association of Realtors in 1920, MIAMI celebrates 90 years of service to real estate professionals, the buying and selling public, and the communities in South Florida. Moby is available for free from BlackBerry App World^TM, iPhone App Store, and the Moby website (www.mymoby.com/get), with pre-registration available for Android here: www.mymoby.com/product/android.

About MIAMI Association of REALTORS®
MIAMI is comprised of three organizations, the Residential Association, the Realtors Commercial Alliance, the Broward County Board of Governors, and the International Council  MIAMI represents its professionals in all aspects of real estate sales, marketing, and brokerage at the local, State, national and international levels.

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About Moby
Moby is a location-sharing and alerting service for staying connected with the people who matter to you. Moby users can privately and easily share their location with trusted friends, family members or colleagues from their smartphone. Requesting help from trusted parties or our professional monitoring center requires only the touch of a button. Moby is available in the U.S. and Canada on the iPhone and a wide range of BlackBerry devices, with support for Android coming soon. Moby is brought to you by the team at Contigo Systems, Inc., leaders in GPS application development since 2002. For more information please visit www.mymoby.com

For further information please contact:
Rob Goehring, VP of Marketing |  [email protected] |   (604) 683-3106 x 223