Social
Media
With
a
Conscience:
“Privacy-‐Centric”
Social
Network,
Sgrouples,
Launches
iOS
and
Android
App
at
TechCrunch
Disrupt
Mountain
View,
CA
(April
27,
2013)
–
Sgrouples®,
the
world’s
private
social
network,
today
announces
the
official
launch
of
its
mobile
offering
at
TechCrunch
Disrupt.
Now
in
open
beta,
Sgrouples,
today
announces
its
multi-‐platform
app,
available
on
both
the
iOS
and
Android
platforms.
The
free
app
joins
the
groundbreaking
desktop
version
of
the
safe
social
network
that
represents
people’s
“real
life”
social
behaviors
online.
In
a
landscape
where
social
media
leaders
like
Eric
Schmidt
and
Mark
Zuckerberg
tout
privacy
as
a
dead
concept,
Sgrouples
has
rapidly
grown
in
membership
while
receiving
numerous
awards
and
accolades.
“Sgrouples
is
the
natural
evolution
of
the
social
media
experience,”
says
Sgrouples
CEO
Mark
Weinstein,
“as
it
mimics
the
kind
of
interactions
and
sharing
habits
real
people
have
in
real
life.
Our
goal
is
to
build
the
ultimate
social
network,
and
give
it
a
conscience.
Sgrouples
was
founded
because
we
were,
frankly
horrified
by
the
exploitative
nature
of
mainstream
social
networks
that
quietly
collect
user
data,
behavior,
locations
and
patterns,
and
sell
it
as
part
of
their
advertising
packages.
Sgrouples
treats
our
users
with
scrupulous
respect
for
their
humanity.
We
will
never
steal,
spy
or
sell
our
user’s
privacy
for
personal
gain.”
Both
Weinstein
and
Sgrouples
have
been
featured
on
Fox
News,
Forbes,
Business
Insider,
ZDNET,
INC,
and
numerous
top-‐tier
media
outlets
in
the
USA
and
abroad.
Mark
is
also
a
regular
contributor
to
The
Huffington
Post
where
he
discusses
online
privacy
issues.
A
Different
Kind
of
Social
Network
Sgrouples
offers
its
members:
1)
Simple,
quick
group
creation.
Private
groups
are
easy
to
make
for
short-‐term
projects,
long-‐standing
relationships
like
families,
or
large
groups
around
a
common
interest.
Groups
are
all
color-‐coded
for
easy
identification,
and
they
are
all
accessible
from
the
website
and
the
mobile
app.
2)
Simple,
powerful
sharing.
From
one
place,
users
can
share
a
post
with
as
many
or
as
few
groups
as
they
wish,
being
confident
that
only
the
intended
people
will
see
what
they
share.
Users
can
view
all
the
new
posts
in
each
group,
or
view
the
collective
stream
of
everything
that's
shared
in
all
their
groups
and
their
direct
Multi-‐Platform
Application
Enables
“Safe
Sharing”
from
Anywhere
messages,
color
coded,
in
one
convenient
place
called
"What's
New."
3)
Photos.
The
full-‐featured
photo
service
on
the
website
includes
photo
albums,
tagging,
and
slideshows,
while
the
mobile
app
allows
users
to
navigate
and
comment
on
photo
streams
of
all
the
photos
in
a
group,
all
the
photos
in
all
their
groups,
or
all
the
photos
they've
shared.
4)
Posting
by
email.
Each
group
has
its
own
email
address,
to
make
sharing
even
easier.
Any
group
member
can
email
posts,
pictures,
or
documents
to
the
group,
and
the
other
group
members
receive
an
email
update,
which
they
can
reply
to
with
comments.
5)
Permissions.
The
owner
and
admin
of
each
group
are
in
control
of
all
the
members'
permissions,
and
can
easily
assign
roles
including
Contributor,
Viewer,
and
Limited
-‐
which
requires
approval
to
post.
Member
permissions
can
be
customized
further
allowing
exactly
the
participation
you
desire.
6)
Direct
Messaging
to
contacts
and
group
members.
Sometimes
people
don't
want
to
share
with
an
entire
group,
but
instead
they
may
share
privately
with
one
or
more
contacts
who
may
be
in
different
groups,
or
they
may
simply
be
contacts
and
not
in
any
of
a
user’s
groups.
With
push
notifications
on
user’s
mobile
devices,
this
provides
a
free,
superior
alternative
to
SMS
text
messages.
The
Sgrouples
Privacy
Bill
of
Rights
“Sgrouples
is
the
first
social
network
to
create
the
customer’s
Privacy
Bill
of
Rights
“
says
Weinsein.
“Everything
we
do
at
Sgrouples
is
based
on
these
rights.
The
bill
asserts
that
user’s
personal
information
is
private
and
“none
of
Sgrouples
business.”
View
the
Privacy
Bill
of
Rights
Here:
https://sgrouples.com/privacy#bills
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(http://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-‐ny-‐2013)
is
TechCrunch’s
fourth
annual
conference
in
New
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City.
The
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combines
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discussions
with
new
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and
company
launches.
Morning
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discussions
debate
technology-‐driven
disruptions
in
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industries,
while
the
afternoons
are
reserved
for
the
Startup
Battlefield,
where
30
new
companies
will
launch
for
the
first
time
on
stage,
selected
to
present
from
more
than
1000
applications
received
from
around
the
world.
The
winning
company
will
receive
a
$50,000
grand
prize
and
the
Disrupt
Cup
at
the
conclusion
of
the
conference.
The
conference
is
April
27
-‐
May
1,
2013
at
the
Manhattan
Center,
311
West
34th
Street
(at
8th
Ave.)
Manhattan,
NY.
About
Sgrouples
Sgrouples
is
the
world’s
private
social
network.
Sgrouples
provides
its
users
with
the
world’s
most
powerful
social
experience
and
the
peace-‐of-‐mind
via
the
Sgrouples
Privacy
Bill
of
Rights.
People
use
Sgrouples
to
privately
share
photos,
videos,
events,
documents,
discussions,
direct
messaging
and
more,
one
to
one
and
in
separate
groups
with
their
friends,
family,
co-‐workers
and
communities.
Sgrouples
is
designed
to
reflect
real
life
-‐
online.
At
Sgrouples,
you
own
your
content
and
your
personal
information
is
private.
No
tracking
cookies,
no
stalking,
no
spying,
no
bullying,
just
safe
sharing!
Join
Sgrouples
Today!
http://sgrouples.com
Sgrouples
Media
Contact
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