Jenn Egroff, Director of Accounts & Marketing, was excited to represent CollegeMobile at the 2012 Banff World Media Festival this past week, alongside Melanie Jackson, Producer of Wapos Bay. In March, Melanie and I pitched the Wapos Bay Interactive iPad app at the 2012 Saskatchewan Media and Production Industry Association (SMPIA) Multi-PlatFORUM in Regina. We were one
Push Takes Home the SABEX Award of Innovation
CollegeMobile’s CEO, Chad Jones, alongside Eric Neufeld were honoured by the Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce with the Award of Innovation presented by the University of Saskatchewan Industry Liaison Office (ILO). The ILO actively promotes the evolution of research into marketable products. The Award of Innovation was established by Innovation Place and the University of Saskatchewan
Make the Most Out of Mobile on Your Campus- Part III
Another valuable feature on Mobilversity is the campus News Feeds. As post-secondary students are natural knowledge seekers, it is only fitting that they receive timely updates about their campus on a regular basis. Campus newspapers, posters, bulletin boards, electronic monitors, and even Twitter, are excellent ways of keeping your students informed and current. Having a
Make the Most Out of Mobile on Your Campus- Part II
Campus maps are the second most valuable feature among our Mobilversity apps. This feature also simplifies your institution, as it makes your campus easier to navigate for prospective students, current students, and visitors. A study by Nielsen suggests that 51 percent of smartphone owners use maps, navigation, and search at least once a month “Play
Make the Most out of Mobile on Your Campus- Part I
In 2009, CollegeMobile developed Mobilversity, a campus mobile application that provides value for students (current, prospective or alumni). Mobilversity differs from most university mobile apps as it is a multi-tier software framework; It supports all major smartphone and tablet operating systems (Android, iOS and BlackBerry), and integrates with all major backend educational software systems (such
FaceMobile App Featured as a Top App
Our in-house developed iPad application FaceMobile went live worldwide on the App Store today.Since its release just a few hours ago, FaceMobile has already been featured on AppFresh Daily as one of the best apps to come out in the past 24 hours worldwide: http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/07/appfresh-daily-48 This is very exciting news as only four Apps were
Inside Scoop on the World Wide Developer’s Conference
Kim has been programming mobile applications for many years. This was her second year attending the World Wide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) for CollegeMobile. As a recent graduate from the U of S, Kim also qualified for a ‘Student Scholarship’ and was able to attend the conference for free! Here are the highlights from her experience
The Future of Media
Today I spoke at the Association of Electronic Journalists Prairie Regional Pro conference. The audience is a grouping of TV and radio new reporters and editors from the prairie provinces. There were many reporters there who I met previously while doing interviews. The talk was in a room of about forty people and the topic
Five ways to “mobilize” your organization
It is predicted the number of mobile phone subscriptions across the globe will hit 5 billion sometime in 2010, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). In a world of 6.8 Billion people this means roughly seventy percent of the entire planet’s population will have mobile phones! On the home front recent stats from the