Sarik Weber from Hamburg is well known as tech entrepreneur. He co-founded the social network Xing as well as the mobile app Cellity. Just in time for the next10 conference in Berlin, he organized the “Green Venture Summit” which brings together investors and start-ups in the cleantech industry. Sarik left Nokia at the end of April and we’re sure he is already working on the next venture.
Gabe Rivera’s Techmeme is the news reader of choice for people interested in tech. He has five editors curating what has been aggregated on Techmeme and its sister site for the media industry, MediaGazer. So the question of what is relevant news in either the tech or the media industry will be answered by a clever combination of algorithms and human curators. Feeling “continuously frustrated”, Gabe describes the ongoing effort to optimize the results for his readers. Being in the aggregation business for many years now he must admit that every additional gain in search results demands more and more effort to invest. Not to mention that there is no Techmeme iPhone app, yet…
Have you ever heard of the rare animal called “Rhinoyakgaroo”? Or the “Zebigalot”? No? Well, you’ve guessed right: There’s an App for that! Remember those books we used to have as kids – where you could mix body parts of animals – head, body and legs – an create new characters? This book has now come to the iPhone. Read on
Echofon Pro for Twitter Why? THE best twitter client out there. Fast, reliable and open for connecting to 3rd party-tools like ReaditLater/Instapaper, syncs with your Desktop-App, great location services (e.g. notification when someone is tweeting near you), push-service and much more..
WeatherPro Why? It has the best and most frequently updated weather database out there. Let’s you see how the weather is going to be from hour-to-hour and has cool features like: rain radar, current satellite-images and average temperatures for every city on earth.
Geocaching Why? Ok, enough nerding around.. time for a stroll.. including nerdism! Geocaching became on of my favourite hobbys when are you a new to a city somewhere.. Just look up some caches and go explore.. This app combines all the tools you need for geocaching and has all important maps included (street, topographic and satellite). Perfect for those 20min spare time when you just need some fresh air in a city you don’t know..
(2) Sonya
…and her favourite apps:
Tweetdeck
Facebook
Friendticker
Congratulations! See you at next10! We will get in contact with the winners today!
For all not-that-lucky app lovers: tickets are selling at a discount of 20% using this link!
Thanks to all of you for your participation – we’d love to see you in Berlin!
On May, 11th, Internet Marketing experts will flock to Berlin’s STATION-Berlin for next10, a two day event put up by Hamburg based SinnerSchrader. Over 500 participants will discuss how the currently exploding mobile app store ecosytem (App Economy) affects the digital strategies of companies. The question of how companies will meet their consumers on mobile devices will affect the business models faster than PCs and the Internet did in the past. Therefore next10 presents the most interesting Game Changers and examines the booming App Economy.
To win, let us know in the comments which are your three favourite apps – on either the iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry or other OS. Please include an iTunes, appmarket etc. link to your apps. We’ll go through the comments until Wednesday (April, 21) evening and pick two of you in a lottery (make sure to include a valid Email address when you submit the comment). For those of you that don’t win, tickets are selling at a discount of 20% using this link.
The appstory.tv team will be present during the conference interviewing the Game Changers in the app economy.
Two weeks ago, Richard pre-ordered his iPad, and this morning he became No 8 in the waiting line in front of the Apple Store on 5th Avenue in Ne York City. So chances are good that he can put his hands on the very first sold iPad ever! Thumbs up, Richard!
If you know and play Scrabble you might love Words with Friends from the start. It’s all about crossword puzzles – but you’re not alone: You can choose to play with a random opponent or you invite one of your friends for a match – either with the same iPhone or iPod Touch: you’ll switch devices – or you connect via a 3G or Wifi network. Read on…