Posted 31 Jul 2010 — by Dale Category Events, Mobile
Not that long ago I posted some info about the Ovi App Wizard that Nokia had launched to help mobilise web content into Ovi Store compatible applications. One of the apps that I created with the wizard was for a site called Toy Tragic, and the Calling All Innovators competition has made the app one of the Top 10 finalists. Thanks Nokia!
To celebrate this achievement and to help with driving further usage of the app, Toy Tragic is running a competition for the month of August. Download the FREE Toy Tragic app before August 31st, and you’ll go into the draw to win an exclusive Wolverine Mighty Mugg! Offer is open to anyone who downloads the app, leaves a comment on the Ovi Store, and emails Toy Tragic with their details, so what are you waiting for! Full details here on Toy Tragic.
It’s always great when you see a new product from your team go live, and today was twice as good with two new iPhone apps from Appland hitting the App Store.
Celebrity Charts is a real-time chart of what the web is talking about when it comes to celebrities in the movie and music industries. Charts are created (using data compiled for us by our partners WeAreHunted.com) by looking at who people are talking about on relevant sites, blogs and tweets, and sorts them into a Top 10 chart that changes as the talk dies down or ramps up. Select a celebrity from the chart to see articles where they’re being talked about, what is being said on Twitter, as well as extra pics. Then to swap from movies to music, simply turn the device! We’re working on a widget/app version of Celebrity Charts for Android too, so watch this space for more news on that. Celebrity Charts is available for AU$2.49 for Australian customers only.
Fan.Cards is a fun new music discovery tool, giving you a way to collect and access all kinds of information on music artists from around the world. By collecting artist “cards”, you are gaining a window into rich media content such as pics, video, music tracks and info, specific to that artist. You can also find related artists and discover music that you may already like but never knew was out there. Fan.Cards is a free app, available globally.
We’ve got some ideas around future updates to these apps, as well as a whole pipeline of new ones coming out across various platforms. To stay up to date, you can follow visitappland on Twitter.
I was having a conversation recently with a colleague around the improvements in Android around mobile to desktop syncing, and where things with Google search could trend with regards to apps. Well, it has begun! Rolling out from the US and then around the world, users of Google on their Android or iPhone devices will be able to find apps in search results that are indexing the Android Marketplace and Apple App Store.
This makes total sense as a mechanism for making apps more discoverable through existing channels for information discovery using the web, and I expect that it’ll have a significant impact on how apps are marketed as well. Check out the Google Mobile Blog for full details.
Posted 01 Jun 2010 — by Dale Category Events, Mobile
I’m very pleased to be speaking at the upcoming AIMIA Queensland event, “The Mechanics of Mobile Marketing” on June 17 in Brisbane. The afternoon seminar will be led by a number of speakers from different areas of the mobile market, all looking at how the smartphone/touch device explosion has, and can, impact business. Speakers are:
Telco – See what Dale Rankine’s team at Vodafone Hutchison Australia recommend when building your mobile platform for device or mobile web.
Agency – Brett Wiskar, Director of Speedwell eBusiness Solutions, development partner in the delivery of the highly successful Domino’s Pizza iPhone application.
Publisher – Carl Poplett, Content Relationship Manager for News Digital Media, Australia’s largest news publisher across online and mobile, talks about the mobile explosion, News’ mobile platforms and the opportunities available for brands in the mobile space.
Space is limited so if you’re interested, register now.
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