Walt Doyle: An Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist!

by Nicole :: on June 30th, 2010 :: in Blog

Where, Inc. is proud to announce that our CEO, Walt Doyle, was named a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 New England program.

Way to go Walt!

WHERE v. 1.9.6 for Android Now Live

by Nicole :: on June 29th, 2010 :: in Blog

WHERE v. 1.9.6 for Android is now live – and WHERE has never looked better! The newest Android update is full of UI enhancements, giving WHERE a fresh look. Download WHERE from the Android Market now to check out the following updates:

New Design – Places, Restaurants, Check-in and Coffee got a visual makeover

Coffee Widget – Now in the coffee widget you can filter your search for the closest cup of coffee. Search for the nearest Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Tim Hortons and more!

Inter-widget linking – Jump to Traffic from within the Weather widget

New Location-Chooser – Speeding up all location searches

Events Enhancements – Now when you view an event, you can also see the venue name, end time, and a link to the event’s webpage.

Facebook Login Fixed – Making it easier than ever to post Check-ins to Facebook

Let us know how you like all the new updates! Feel free to share your thoughts with us anytime

F: Facebook.com/WHEREapp

T: @WHERE

WHERE v. 3.5.1 for iPhone Now Live

by Nicole :: on June 25th, 2010 :: in Blog

WHERE v. 3.5.1 is now available in the iTunes App Store, just in time to download on your brand new iPhone 4! Check out the enhanced look and feel today.

What’s New:

Custom Widgets – You can now save your favorite searches as custom widgets on your WHERE homescreen. Create a widget for anything from “coffee” to “cab” to easily access your top searches.

Enhanced detail pages – a simplified, streamlined, and “snazzified” appearance

New Placebook design – a new look, for a smoother feel

App state persistence – Close the app and we’ll remember what page you’re on, bringing you right back to that page when you open up WHERE again.

Support for iOS 4 – WHERE is totally ready to be launched on your new iPhone4! Click here to download it now

Like the new features? Have an idea for future enhancements? Share your thoughts with us!

t: @WHERE

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Thoughts on WWDC

by Jared - iPhone Developer :: on June 22nd, 2010 :: in Blog

About two weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference thanks to Where. It was certainly an intense week. My days were filled with session after session of Apple engineers sharing their knowledge and guidance with thousands of Apple developers. It was a bit like lectures at college, except the content was about something I work with every day. None of that linear algebra junk. I was also surrounded by tons of developers as well as Apple “OGs.” Despite the occasional “developer smell” that permeated some of the rooms, I met a lot of cool people there including the developers of some of my favorite apps (such as Chess with Friends & Words with Friends). I was also in the presence of the inventor of the drop down menu (though I had to Google his name to find out why everyone was applauding).

The first WWDC was held in 1983, and was obviously all about the Mac computers. Now, there’s clearly a heavy focus on their mobile devices: iPhones, iPods & iPads. And WWDC 2010 had a big focus on Apple’s newest product – iPhone 4. There’s a lot of new, exciting stuff in iOS 4 & iPhone 4. Here are some things that were most interesting to me:

• Background location updates – The iPhone will let apps (like WHERE!) sleep in the background, and wake them up when the location changes, so the apps can do some cool new things. Apps can then pop notifications to bring the users back into the app if it makes sense.
• Local Notifications – These notifications alert the user to interesting updates, without needing to go through the complexity of a server setup.
• Map overlays – The ability to superimpose things like topographic maps over Google maps.
• Calendar integration – Expect to see some more useful planning apps.
• The “Retina” display – I love this name, because Apple is trying to say, “We could make the screen better, but it’s already so good you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.” Everyone who’s actually seen it has been impressed, and I can’t wait to see it for myself.
• Multitasking – I know Android and jail-broken phones have had multitasking for a while now, but at the risk of sounding like a fanboy, it seems Apple may have actually found a good middle ground for enabled multitasking while still preserving battery life.

Attending the sessions was a great way to get a general understanding of all the possibilities and best practices in iPhone development. However, to truly start to “grok” these concepts, you still need to try out stuff on your own. I’m very excited to see what features/apps developers come up with to take advantage of the new OS and device, and I’m more excited to start implementing some killer features of our own.

Other random thoughts:

• Steve Jobs likes: Ok Go and Vampire Weekend. Steve Jobs hates: your mifi.
• San Franciscans don’t necessary like the Celtics, but they do hate the Lakers.
• This app wall was awesome.
• The average Pixar movie takes 4 years to make.
• Xcode 4 looks pretty cool, but there will be a learning curve.
• The iPhone 4 screen has 4 times as many pixels as older iPhones.
• When 5,000 iPhone users attempt to access a 3G network at once, things don’t work out.

WHERE Introduces Deal Alerts

by Nicole :: on June 21st, 2010 :: in Blog

Calling all coupon fans (and seriously, who doesn’t like a good deal?!) WHERE is launching a new local coupon experience, making it easier than ever to save wherever you go.

WHERE Deal Alerts delivers hyper-local coupons and offers directly to your phone. No more wasting time clipping coupons! No more forgetting your bargain flyer at home! Sign up for Deal Alerts and receive savings notifications via SMS. You can select a coupon category and a preferred time of day/day of week to receive local offers – making sure you receive and discover local deals when you need them most. (Personally I like to get restaurant Deal Alerts around 4pm on Fridays – so I can find a great affordable place to kick off my weekend )

Before sending you an SMS, WHERE Deal Alerts will find your location and then deliver hyper-local coupons. No matter where you go, you will always know about the hottest deals around you.

When you open a Deal Alerts coupon, you’ll be able to view venue details, such as phone numbers and business locations, and have the option to save your coupon.

WHERE Deal Alerts is available on a wide variety of AT&T devices today. Click here to see if your phone is supported.

Register now to discover & save on-the-go!

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