The Color Challenge!
(Cross-posted this to the Pixamid blog) So I woke up with morning with the email from my friend George. Did you hear about color.com? Sounds a lot like what you are doing… And then I read about the idea, and sounded quite similar. Sense where you are, who you are with, and share photos with those people. Uh-oh… And then, I read about their funding. $41 million. OH SHIT. But then, I tried the app. Was confused a bit. Did not really get it. But they have $41 million in the bank! They can buy their way anywhere. So wanted to check the...
read moreSharing photos, easier than ever with Pixamid
If you’ve missed it, we have just launched a brand new iPhone app & website called Pixamid. We’ve been working on it for a few months now, and think we have created something that is really useful. Our iPhone app makes it very easy to share photos with the people you are with. With a few taps, you’ll make sure the right people get the photos. But even cooler, you will get theirs, almost instantly, on your phone, if they are also using the app. And since it’s free, tell your friends whenever you’d like to get...
read moreCheck-Ins: Now with Facebook Groups!
The latest version of Mappr is now live in the App Store, and offers very useful new check-in options tied with Facebook Groups. Each time you check into a place with Mappr, you can choose to send that to one of your Facebook groups Want to share your location with a smaller set of your Facebook friends? Use or create a Facebook Group and add it to the check-in, and Mappr posts your update to just that group. What’s really useful is that this will send out an e-mail update to all members, perfect for letting your Blackberry-addicted...
read moreNow Hiring: Java Backend Developer
Cartomapic is now hiring someone to help build out our backend. You need to know java and have a proven ability to learn new technologies. You must want to be responsible for the entire chain of development from finding out what to do, designing and implementing a solution to testing and deploying it. Linux & Amazon Web Services experience a big plus. Our technology stack is java/jax-rs/MongoDB. Based in Stockholm, Cartomapic is a small team of 4 now, currently finalizing our first round of funding. With big plans in the emerging...
read moreNow Hiring: HTML5 Master
Cartomapic is now hiring someone to help build the amazing interfaces we are drawing up now! We want someone that is insanely great at building web interfaces. How you do this is more up to you; we will give you a REST interface with data, some well-designed pages and graphics – you do your magic from there. We are looking to take advantage of all that HTML5 has to offer, so if you are tired of supporting IE6, this is a dream job. Based in Stockholm, Cartomapic is a small team of 4 now, currently finalizing our first round of funding....
read moreHelp Section updated: Learn more about Mappr, including video.
What is Mappr? We have put together a quick intro video, explaining what Mappr is and a bit about our Group concept: Mappr shows you the most interesting places around you. It’s based on the idea that you and your friends’ activity on Foursquare and other location-based services says a lot about the world around us. The more you and your friends are checking into places and leaving tips, the better we can surface interesting places you might not know about. Our iPhone app lets you see Foursquare places on the map, prioritized in a way...
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