Tuesday, July 27, 2010
[Google Fast Flip] MyCityWay: Portals Are Back, This Time For Mobile
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Portal comeback
MyCityWay: Portals Are Back, This Time For Mobile
MyCityWay: Portals Are Back, This Time For Mobile Last week in New York, I met up with the founders of . It's a portal for location-based mobile applications for city navigation, available on iPhone, iPod, iPad and Android. Around 50 different services are currently available in the MyCityWay app. Despite the 90's style user interface, in some ways MyCityWay points to the future of mobile apps - because it offers up contextual and useful information to your mobile device, based on your location. The company's latest release was launched last Friday and it's focused on discoverability. I met with MyCityWay co-founders Puneet Mehta and Sonpreet Bhatia to find out more. MyCityWay started out as a New York City iPhone app, but it has plans to be available in 40 cities on iPhone as well as other smart phone platforms. In effect, MyCityWay is a modern-day guidebook for cities. The current apps features 50 "hyper-local apps" and they're presented in a portal-like interface that reminds me of what Yahoo or Excite used to offer on the Web in the 90s. The app targets both city locals and tourists. I first became aware of MyCityWay when it was pointed out to me by Mobile futurist Adam Greenfi...
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Portal comeback
MyCityWay: Portals Are Back, This Time For Mobile
MyCityWay: Portals Are Back, This Time For Mobile Last week in New York, I met up with the founders of . It's a portal for location-based mobile applications for city navigation, available on iPhone, iPod, iPad and Android. Around 50 different services are currently available in the MyCityWay app. Despite the 90's style user interface, in some ways MyCityWay points to the future of mobile apps - because it offers up contextual and useful information to your mobile device, based on your location. The company's latest release was launched last Friday and it's focused on discoverability. I met with MyCityWay co-founders Puneet Mehta and Sonpreet Bhatia to find out more. MyCityWay started out as a New York City iPhone app, but it has plans to be available in 40 cities on iPhone as well as other smart phone platforms. In effect, MyCityWay is a modern-day guidebook for cities. The current apps features 50 "hyper-local apps" and they're presented in a portal-like interface that reminds me of what Yahoo or Excite used to offer on the Web in the 90s. The app targets both city locals and tourists. I first became aware of MyCityWay when it was pointed out to me by Mobile futurist Adam Greenfi...
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