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Jeff Pulver Digs our New App!

Tom Schuyler — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:43:50 +0000

First things first – GyPSii is announcing a new app. It’s called Tweetsii and it’s a totally killer Twitter app that bridges the Twitter experience with location, mobility and contextual search: all in the palm of your hand, accessible anytime and anywhere. Right now it’s only available on iPhone, so if you have an iPhone and want to see how Twitter works in the real world – download it today.

Secondly – We gave advance access of the app to some ecosystem influencers to get their feedback on Tweetsii. So far, so good. This morning social media pundit and Twitter star, Jeff Pulver, published a blog post about Tweetsii heralding it as, “the next big step in the real time web experience.” We’re thrilled that Jeff is so enthusiastic; check out the full post here.

We’ll let you all know loads more about the app tomorrow, the day of the “official” launch.

If you’re going to be at SXSW make sure to drop by and say hello. We’ll be demoing in hall EH$ #1131 and roaming the events of Austin all week!

Smartphones lead the way in Barcelona

Jay Caetano — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:28:56 +0000

Check out Shane Lennon on Deutsche Welle Radio:

MWC-DW-World-Radio

Exciting Week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona!

Tom Schuyler — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:16:54 +0000

Mobile World Congress 2010 was a smashing success on all fronts.

Shane and I had a plethora of meetings with analysts and press. The business development team charged through relentless days of meetings and handshaking. And, our booth was full curious people asking questions about GyPSii for 3 –and-half days straight.

The show was also an excellent venue you for us to showcase our recent successes and news. We were psyched to announce a lot of news about uses of our API by top players and the extension of our business into new markets.

Shane and me giving an on camera interview

Genasys, the exclusive LBS infrastructure provider to Telefonica in Latin America recently signed a deal with us to use our OpenExperience API to build a killer mobile social media platform. This is the first major move for GyPSii into Latin America and we’re all looking forward to growing our business there.

As we go forth into Latin America we do so with the confidence of knowing our business strategy works in emerging markets. In the last quarter of 2009 GyPSii picked up a million new users – driven in large part by our deals with carriers in China. We’re also delivering advertising throughout the application in China with major inventory suppliers including: Admob, Kubang, CHANet and Baidu.

Leading up to the show we announced a partnership with Intrinsyc, maker of the popular Destinator application, who plan to use our OpenExperience API to integrate GyPSii’s social media and contextual advertising technologies into their app.

We also announced a deal with Telmap, who are using OpenExperience to inject social networking functionality into the next generation of their apps and giving users a common access point to their social networks.

It was an exciting and successful couple of days in Barcelona. Thanks to everyone on the team for your work in pulling it all together and keeping it together.

If you didn’t get a chance to see us in Barcelona but would like to catch up, by all means drop us a line.

Adios!

GyPSii adds a million users thanks to Chinese connection

Shane Lennon — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:07:57 +0000

But also moving into Latin America. We used to describe GyPSii as a location-based social network. However, the company now labels itself a ‘mobile digital lifestyle application and geo-mobility social media platform’. Well, times have changed.
Anyway, it’s doing pretty well. The company added one million new users in the last three months, fuelled by its expansion into China .. Read More at ME Mobile Entertainment

Location-based social network Gypsii goes multi-national with Telefonica & Genasys

Shane Lennon — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:16:14 +0000

It’s one of the simple facts of working in the mobile industry – if you really want mass pick up of a service, it’s mostly the operators that need to do it. Location-based social network Gypsii has taken this to heart, and is getting in on the ground level with massive Latin American operator Telefonica for an international social networking deal. …. to read more: GoMo

Telefonica selects Genasys to market Location Based Services in Latin America

Shane Lennon — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:56:11 +0000

Genasys, a Spanish firm specializing in Location Based Services (LBS), founded in 1995 and active in many countries in Europe, Africa and Latin America, has reached an agreement with Telefonica International to market location based services to the clients of Telefonica in the 13 countries where the company operates in Latin America.

GyPSii teams with Intrinsyc

Tom Schuyler — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:23:28 +0000

We’ve just announced a partnership with Intrinsyc, a leading provider of software and navigation solutions for mobile devices. The partnership will introduce social media to Intinsyc’s killer Destinator navigation app for smartphones. The result will be a truly awesome product that we’re all excited about.

If you’re interest in some more info, check out the full press release here.

Meet GyPSii at MWC – Hall7 B68

Tom Schuyler — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:08:27 +0000

Meet with our team and learn why we are one of the fastest growing mobile social media platforms globally. Find out why the world’s largest device manufacturers are building GyPSii into millions of devices. Learn why the largest mobile operators in the world have built entire social media solutions around GyPSii. Discuss how GyPSii drives mobile revenue streams.

Experience the Buzz about the new products we are launching, that have support and validation of major global partners. Find out why they are building new and exciting apps use by millions with GyPSii’s technology. Discover why our patented “place-based” search provides the best mobile ad and coupon targeting available. “Don’t search the internet, search the Planet!”

We have been growing at exponential rates. Discover why something as simple as “Connecting People with Places and Networks” is transforming the way we use social media, search and mobility. We’ve built a company that helps people Connect, Create and Share. It is our core mission and our passion. Come to the Planet and see why.

You can also come and hear our team speak:

February 15 at 11am (location TBD):
Keeping Shop at the Mobile App Store: Mobile Apps and Content Monetization
Shane Lennon, SVP Marketing, will be among the panelists

February 16 at 4pm (location TBD):
Completing the 2.0 Reality with Mobile: Part Two
Dan Harple, Chairman and CEO, will be among the panelists

Phones for Good

Tom Schuyler — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:59:06 +0000

As a leader in mobile social technology we’re constantly looking at how people are using their devices and social networks to stay in touch, communicate, and engage with the world around them. Today we’re encouraged and touched by how these technologies are being leveraged to help the people of Haiti in their time of need.

Blogs and social media are now the best way to get information from the country and numerous text-to-donate campaigns are offering a simple and fast way for people to help. We’re seeing first-hand how mobile and social technologies are emerging in their importance and in their ability to do good.

2010 Appstravaganza!

Tom Schuyler — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:44:53 +0000

Was 2009 really the year of the app? I know iTunes ended the year with well over 100,000 apps listed and Android burst onto the scene like a nuclear flash. But that might just be the tip of the iceberg… Apps on iTunes are expected to triple and Android to quintuple in this year. And, with strong smartphone sales this holiday season we’re expecting 2010 to start with something of an appstravaganza if you’ll indulge my cheesy humor.

Of course we think the first application people should download in 2010 is GyPSii, and seeing as this is the GyPSii blog that should come as no surprise. But don’t take our word for it! Ask the guys at Pocket-lint who listed GyPSii in their article “First five…Android Apps to download,” describing it as “Very Powerful. Very Useful.”

If you got a new Android phone this holiday season – check out this walk-through:

Happy New Year Everyone! See you next decade.