February 10, 2010
For tourists and locals, alike, there are a few iPhone Apps recently released which will help you stay on top of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Festivities.
CTV Olympics (CTV issued content)
The app launches with a count down to the games…2 days to the games! It offers quick navigation to the latest news (CTV and Canadian Press Content) and a pretty sweet photo section. Great information source, but not the best guide for getting around
Other highlights include:
Venue descriptions. I was really impressed by these. They provide an in-depth description of the buildings and interesting facts about them. I learned a little about my own city by reading them.
Athlete profiles: These read like a resume. It would have been more interesting to see personal bios, but alas the athletes are probably focused more on competing than their “PR” image :p
and of course: the Game Schedule is laid out is an easy-to-understand format.
2010 Guide (by XOMO) – A MUST DOWNLOAD!
This is an official mobile spectator guide sponsored by Bell. With this app, it’s easy for spectators to find the events by venue or vice versa. There are several mapping features including floor plans and directions.
The app includes listings of cultural events, in addition to the games including theatre performances, musicals, film, celebration sites, and so much more.
You can even favorite the sessions you’re most interested in to create your own custom agenda! This app draws you into its information seamlessly. Xomo has done to event apps what Facebook did to online communities ;)
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February 4, 2010
Imagine walking past your favorite store and a 50% off coupon pops up on your smartphone.Toronto based company, Clip Mobile has launched an application that does exactly this. It recognizes your physical location via GPS and then offers you coupons within the area. The app is free to users and extremely inexpensive to merchants so I can see this app gaining some traction quickly. With offices just opened up in Vancouver last month, the Clip Mobile team is working hard to get coupon offers for many of the city’s hot spots.
The iphone app is also being developed for Blackberry and Android.
Clip Mobile Coupon Application from Clip Mobile on Vimeo.
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January 29, 2010
Thanks to all of you who came out for the F5 EXPO Launch Party at V Lounge. It was a great success with over 200 ppl in attendance :) A shout out to all my favorite peeps that I quickly hugged, but didn’t get a chance to catch up with.
Check out the photos here by Mark Kinskofer at Vision Photography! Great job Mark :)
Malcolm’s Gladwell Q&A Telecast went over well with hundreds of people watching either online or live from the event. Big thanks to Ron, Len and Daniel at Mingleverse.com for pulling it all together.
To the left (top), we have Massive Media (F5) Managing Partner, Rosanna Wilbur with Daniel and Len of Mingleverse.com.
(Middle) Amanda Wilbur (Rosanna’s twin and talented graphic designer) is posing alongside an F5 volunteer with our Life Size Malcolm Cut-Outs! Sorry Malcolm! Do you feel commercialized yet?
(Bottom) F5 Board Adviser, Chris Breikss of 6S Marketing, offers a round of F5 shooters to the guests.
Also check out the blog post & photos from BC Business Magazine!
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January 29, 2010
Shane Gibson (Well known speaker and sales trainer) & Stephen Jagger (founder Ubertor) celebrated in style last night a V Lounge in Yaletown for the launch of the new book SOCIABLE.
The book shares insight on how quickly media is changing and what we must do in order to reach consumers in a new era of communication.
I haven’t read the full book yet since I just bought it last night, but I strongly agree with a few cores messages.
1. The books tagline, “It’s not who you know, it’s who knows you”.
2. Chapter 1 “Burn your business cards”
…and get a .TEL
3. Things are changing rapidly folks and managing social media can be extremely overwhelming so it’s important to find the tools you’re gonna need to keep up!
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CTV Olympics (CTV issued content)
