802.EU is a next generation mobile Internet & application provider. We have developed a captive portal solution for wireless hotspot/hotzone operators, municipal wireless network providers & Wisp's.
The portal contains a number of modules that enables it to offer a range of web based services and applications. Think of VOIP (voice over Internet protocol), online backup, web based wordprocessing, spreadsheets, image manipulation, shared agendas etc. Additionally the portal application also contains modules for location based services such as location based advertising, geo-location services, tourism information and more.
Last but not least we have included a location based social networking module which will let mobile users network with other users within the same network.
The Web2.0 community in Ireland will be out in numbers to attend this talk from Mike Culver, Amazon Web Services Evangelist on AWS including EC2 and S3 – Tuesday, October 30, 2007, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM at the Digital Depot.
This will include
(a) some thoughts on where Amazon sees computing headed
(b) a drive-by tour of their service lineup
(c) some sort of demo: perhaps setting up EC2, customizing an AMI, or sometimes code.
Based on his experiences with PutPlace – Joe hits all the key points – and the comments are well worth reading.
My $0.02 – the model is still based on classic “enterprise” startup evaluation – what about the Irish web2.0 companies who are springing up all around Ireland. Room for improvement…
Amongst the folks speaking at MashupCamp are Chad Dickerson, Sr. Director Yahoo! Developer Network, John Musser, ProgrammableWeb.com and Woodson Martin, ex-VP Product Management, now head of marketing for Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), Salesforce.com (was one of the architects of the Salesforce/Google relationship.
We received some superb ideas for a webapp with an Irish focus and it was a helluva job to pick one winner. After much deliberation. cogitation and digestion we have decided that the winner is Alan O’Rourke of Spoiltchild Design. His suggestion for a customer feedback system for Irish Web Designers is not only sorely needed but could easily be a global product too. Rather than try to explain it in words, here is a video of a mockup:
Well done Alan, your tickets are on the way. It was suggested to me recently that SpolitChild is beginning to look like the 37Signals of Ireland. I find it hard to argue with that!
Honourable mentions go to Kevin Peyton who is actually launching his app very shortly, David Lenehan for a citizen voting app and Eoin Gallagher for his restaurant app.
For anyone else who would like to go to Berlin, you can get €100 off the price of your ticket by using the code: MLVLBE01. Also keep an eye out on the Irish blogosphere as more freebies may appear in the coming weeks.
“I have been looking into the different segments of the gaming space for a few months, trying to understand the trends and opportunities that my kind of investing might have. I have been fortunate to meet and discuss with a number of CEOs in the space, including the talented CEO of Boonty, Mathieu Nouzareth, who gave me a great primer on this industry a few months ago. Kongregate was almost the ideal first investment opportunity for me since it bridges the gap between gaming and passion-centric communities, one of my main area of interest. I am very excited to announce that first dip in the gaming space, which has proven to be fascinating so far even if traditionally it has not been one to generate spectacular returns for investors. We shall see!”
Article mentions Cubic, nitrosell, Pixenate, Loudervoice – with a mention on all the “web2.0″ activity
“Much of the activity among up-and-coming Cork companies is around Web 2.0, a broad term covering social networking and collaborative services delivered on the web. That subject was the theme of last year's annual IT@Cork conference.”
I attended the very impressive Mid West Entrepreneur Showcase in Limerick Institute Of Technology yesterday. This was a mix of display-stands by start-ups, many from the Enterprise Acceleration Centre and some talks on fund-raising and building businesses. I will never tire of hearing Jerry Kennelly talking about selling Stockbyte for $135m to Getty Images.
The start-ups ranged from hardware guys to Web2 guys and one called You Book In caught my eye. They only launched last week but I've a feeling this is going to take off fast. I talked to Conor O'Neill (seriously, that's now 4 of me I know of, ignoring the pub chain in the US) about this site which is for anyone who wants to provide a web/mobile based appointment booking system for their customers.
The idea is utterly simple but very well executed. Instead of using paper based systems or obscenely priced EPOS bolt-ons and taking up the time of a staff member, professional service providers point their customers to the You Book In site where they can make their own appointments. Confirmation is by email and SMS. You can also set an SMS reminder.
Each market niche has its own custom fields like Preferred Stylist and the system returns the nearest available slots to you if the parameters you set cannot be matched exactly. You can also re-schedule whenever you like and Paypal is integrated for pre-payment if it is appropriate. I wondered if some customers will want their own branded booking site with the service provided as a white label but Conor wants to tap the potential viral effects of e.g. beauticians using it to book a dentist and then signing up for the service themselves.
The wide range of businesses that could benefit from such a simple service is enormous and the guys are very ambitious with an office in the US already. The pricing is very aggressive too with the core service only costing €36 a month. They may have some issues with convincing Doctors to use this due to confidentiality. However for most others, as long as they have a broadband connection in their business, it should be an easy sell.
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