The newest, coolest, and probably my favorite trend in social media is the Bump app for the iphone and android. Bump is by Bump Technologies LLC and you can check out their website at http://bu.mp/jobs. Bump Technologies was founded by David, Jake, and Andy Huibers; together they launched the Bump app in March 2009. This article by Om Malik explains how the company got started, what their goal is with the Bump app, and why the Bump app has been downloaded by more than 15 million people since its inception. Click here to read more http://gigaom.com/2010/08/06/bump/. A lot of business professionals, especially those in PR, are using the Bump app as a new and better way to exchange information. Everyone at Bump Technologies uses the Bump app as well as those companies and organizations that they work with.The Bump app allows users to literally bump phones together and exchange contact information. So look out business cards- you are about to become obsolete. All you have to do is pick what you want to send, hold your phones together, and then bump. You can even message immediately, kind of like a long-distance “virtual bump.” What I find really cool is that you can use bump to text for free. You can also share photos, apps, locations, contacts, calendar events, messages, music; become friends on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Bump also works with the Android phones, Ipod and Ipad. It’s newest version has a landscape keyboard and sends you an alert just in case your message doesn’t go through. To learn more about the Bump app and to download this app go to http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bump/id305479724?mt=8.
