iPhone app updated
Short entry to inform everyone that we’ve just updated our iPhone app. There was this nasty bug in the logout sequence that made the application crash. No longer.
What’s more important to most users, the infopoint icons load faster now! So we recommend everyone to update it.
What’s New In Version 1.0.4
- General speed improvements in loading infopoint information
- “Logout” button bug fixed (application no longer crashes at user logout)
- Minor bug fixes
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GSMA Mobile World Congress
Lots of people, lots of stand booths, lots of screens spitting out the next-big-thing could be seen at the GSMA Mobile World Congress that closed its doors yesterday here in Barcelona. And we were there to see a bit of it all, to see if any of those next-big-things could be useful to our project. While we won’t go into detail about what we found, one thing is clear: although BlooSee is web-based for the moment, special mobile device interfaces have to be developed in the (near) future. Can you picture this: you’re on a sweet anchorage (Balearics, Caribbean, Tonga…), where you arrived a couple of hours ago. Breeze is soft and sun is warm. You take out your {iphone | android | you-name-it} device and you check the position of your friends’ boat, in real time, who were lagging a few miles behind. You can see their course, and their ETA by your side. You send them a message saying you beat them this time, and start looking for the next anchorage along the coastline. Or maybe a harbor with good nightlife. Are there other friends’ boats around? Let’s check good windsurf spots nearby as well. All from your deck, all from your little mobile device directly on BlooSee. Well we can picture it.
And hey, web-based, mobile device based, what does this all mean. The boundaries are more and more blurred and this we could see at the GSMA. We’ll be there next year.
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Google Ocean
Google Ocean (you can read all about it) is but good news to us.
Having Google develop a new rich layer of maritime information for Google Earth means BlooSee users we’ll have even more useful information right from the start. It is also a statement that the oceans are essential to you. And to me. And to everyone.
On a technological level, chances are that that same data layer will one day make it to Google Maps, so we’ll be able to embed it directly in our system.
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