Welcome to Hashable 2.0! We’re very excited to bring you the brand new version of our Hashable app on iPhone and Android. Download it now! Go ahead, we’ll wait.

The new version builds on the core utility of Hashable: making networking easier, more efficient and more useful for everyone.  When we came out with Hashable 1.0, we wanted to create a service that would allow people to track their true connections and ongoing relationships in the real-time world.  We wanted our users to easily save and remember everyone they met,  keep track of meetings and interactions, and send virtual business cards to kick off relationships, quickly and paper-free.

Hashable 2.0 builds on that. After letting the service take hold amongst our community (you!) we let the feedback roll in – and listened to what our users wanted.  You clearly wanted to connect – but what we learned was that you wanted to anchor that connection with notes, reminders and a sense of how those connections build into your larger network. You also wanted a personal, private tool  - great for public connecting, when it’s convenient.

So, with that in mind, here are some of the new features we added to our mobile app:

See a list of your reminders

• Reminders – Add follow-up reminders for each contact.  Schedule them in advance and integrate it with your smartphone calendar.  Use our reminders list to manage your day based on the connections you need to make.

• Messages – send quick follow-up messages (thank you, meeting notes, etc) while you save the details of your meeting.

• Default Privacy Settings – Keep your network private.  Every person you hash will default to a private connection.  Anything you opt to share will only be made public to your Inner Circle, and no tweet will be sent without your opt-in.

View integrated contact details

• Integrated Contact Information - Email, tweet, call, text or hash anyone directly from the Hashable address book.

• Private Notes – Add a private note about your contacts, to remember and keep track of key details.

View relationship history

• Relationship histories – A quick tap on any contact will show a history of your interactions with the person, dated and with all tags and co-connections. (Incredibly useful for those “Who the heck is this person?” moments)

• Tap-free Networking – For those of you with Android phones that can support Near-Field Communication (NFC), you can now exchange contact information with people by just putting your phones together back-to-back.

• Send business cards at any time – You no longer have to tag a connection as a “Just Met” to send a business card.  Anytime you hash someone – with any type of connection – you can send them a business card.

Hashable is still a very social app – after all, networking is all about personal connections – and we have still retained all the non-app functionality that many of our users rely on day-to-day. But the social layer has to be built on the utility layer, and that is what we have strengthened in Hashable 2.0.

We welcome you to download the latest version of the Android and iPhone app and check it out.  And as always, please keep the feedback coming. We want to know what you think!

-Team Hashable