Iowa Association of REALTORS® and Moby® team up to enhance safety in wake of assaults

VANCOUVER, BC — June 6, 2011 — In the wake of two highly publicized assaults on real estate professionals this spring, the Iowa Association of REALTORS® (IAR) has partnered with Moby and expanded its state-wide safety program. The association is endorsing new technologies to enhance their members’ security, and has chosen Moby as its preferred personal safety service, which takes location sharing to the next level with a focus on privacy and 24/7 professional monitoring.

“We want our members to have every advantage possible when out of the office doing their best to serve their clients and communities,” says Dave Bert, CEO, Iowa Association of REALTORS®. “We have launched new safety programs, kicking off a state-wide safety tour with the National Association of REALTORS® safety guru, Andrew Wooten, and encouraging members to look at new tools such as smartphone apps like Moby to enhance their existing safety plans.”

Available for free today in the U.S. and Canada on the iPhone® and BlackBerry®, and available soon for Android,Moby alerts a user’s chosen contacts via email and text with a request for assistance, and provides an interactive map to the user’s location. Alerts can be triggered by a single button, and powerful location sharing features provide instant peace of mind and added safety. Moby’s alerts and location details can be delivered to chosen friends and colleagues, or a national security monitoring center for immediate resolution involving emergency services.

“Moby subscribers are always in control of their location information,” says Conal Campbell, Director of Alliances for Moby. “Whether you are a REALTOR® at an open house, in an unfamiliar neighborhood, or just a smartphone user that wants to enhance existing safety practices while at work or play, you decide who should see your location to help you resolve your safety concerns.”

Moby has partnered with a number of leading real estate associations, MLS providers, and firms such as Keller Williams Realty to make the security service available to over 1.1-million REALTORS® and brokers in North America. Moby is available to download from BlackBerry App WorldTM, iPhone App Store and from our website (www.mymoby.com/get), with pre-registration available for Android here: http://www.mymoby.com/product/android/ .

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

About Iowa Association of REALTORS® For further information please contact:
Amy Smith, Iowa Association of REALTORS® | [email protected] | (515) 309-9347