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Leading Social Media and Networking Site Global Grind Launches Facebook Applications, Mobile Site and More New
Global Grind, (http://www.globalgrind.com/ ) a fast-growing social media site, funded by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel Partners and Hip-Hop Mogul Russell Simmons, today announced new tools and features to extend its reach across multiple sites and platforms.

Global Grind is the central destination for the top online content that matters to the hip-hop community. Users submit stories, videos and photos, and determine the most popular content by voting, sharing, and commenting. Members can save their favorite content and track their activity through enhanced user profiles.

Global Grind recently unveiled a Facebook application, allowing users to view and submit content and share with their Facebook friends. "Global Grind wanted to be accessible across all sites and the Facebook application is our first endeavor to reach a wider audience wherever they may go," says Global Grind CEO Navarrow Wright. The site also launched a trivia game on Facebook where users can challenge each other in Global Grind content categories such as news, entertainment, music, politics, sports and more.

Global Grind is also pleased to announce the beta version of its mobile site, http://m.globalgrind.com/ , where users can access content on the go. The site is optimized for various platforms including the iPhone, Sidekick and Blackberry devices. Through the mobile site and a breadth of RSS feeds, Global Grind content can truly be accessed from anywhere.

To empower users to submit content with one-click from anywhere online, Global Grind now offers a bookmarklet toolbar and a variety of badges and buttons that users may add to their sites and blogs.

"Global Grind has come a long way from its inception, they showed me their initial vision and it inspired me to come on board, however their growth inspires me to stay with them day after day," said Simmons.

About Global Grind

Global Grind is the place for you to explore multimedia that matters to you. Discover new content, collect your favorites, share them with the world, and discuss them with the community. Global Grind makes it easy to access what your friends and those who share your tastes are surfing, watching, reading, and talking about. Get all the top news, gossip, humor, entertainment and more from around the web in one place, as voted on by our users. Headquartered in New York City, Global Grind is a privately held firm funded by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel Partners and Hip-Hop Mogul Russell Simmons. For more information, visit http://www.globalgrind.com/ .

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