Voice Assist, Inc. and Augme Technologies, Inc. announced that the two companies have signed an agreement to jointly develop and market mobile advertising for the Voice Assist service. Voice Assist will add mobile advertising utilizing Augme's HipCricket(R) AD LIFE(R) platform. The companies will jointly market the capability to mobile carriers, consumer brands, media outlets, retail and other industry sectors. With the push of one button, users can access a virtual assistant for handsfree, voice-activated communication. Voice dialing, reading and sending email and text messages, and posting content to social networks including Facebook and Twitter, can be accomplished in a handsfree manner using the Voice Assist solution. The Hipcricket(R) AD LIFE(R) mobile marketing and advertising platform can reach mobile consumers via an extended network of mobile applications and publishers. AD LIFE(R) offers multiple engagement solutions to reach consumers on their mobile phone in many formats including display, rich media, idle screen, video and SMS.