Danger & Partners To Bring Popular Web 2.0 Services To Mobile Consumers.With Leading Development Partners & the Support of Top Internet Destinations Danger Provides Seamless Access to Innovative Services and Content Wherever You Go BARCELONA, Spain -- Danger, Inc. a leading software-as-a-service provider, and its partners have created several applications that will provide mobile access to popular Web 2.0 content and services. New applications for the Danger platform that enable eBay listing monitoring, on-demand podcasts and photo sharing Photo sharing is the publishing or transfer of a user's digital photos online, thus enabling the user to share them with others (whether publicly or privately). This functionality is provided through both websites and applications that facilitate the upload and display of images. with friends will enhance the mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. experience for consumers. "Danger has achieved a lot of success in delivering a complete suite of consumer data services. For example, users of our service are ten times more likely than their counterparts in the European and North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. markets respectively, to use mobile instant messaging Mobile Instant Messaging abbreviated as MIM is a presence enabled messaging service that aims to transpose the Internet desktop messaging such as ICQ or MSN experience to the usage scenario of being connected via a mobile/cellular device. ," said Henry R. Nothhaft, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Danger, Inc. "Today we are announcing some of our first next-generation services, which are perfectly suited to leverage our mobile Internet platform and provide seamless and optimized mobile access to popular Internet activities." Web 2.0 services, such as social networking See social networking site. social networking - social network , e-commerce, blogging and consumer generated media are currently driving the growth of the Internet. For example, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. ComScore, the social networking site A Web site that provides a virtual community for people interested in a particular subject or just to "hang out" together. Members create their own online "profile" with biographical data, pictures, likes, dislikes and any other information they choose to post. MySpace generated 38.7 billion page views in November of 2006 for the highest ranking in the U.S. Danger expects Web 2.0 services to become equally popular and even more useful to consumers in the mobile environment. Danger's mobile Internet platform -- a client/server architecture An environment in which the application processing is divided between client workstations and servers. It implies the use of desktop computers interacting with servers in a network in contrast to processing everything in a large centralized mainframe. See client/server. that optimizes and compresses content before pushing it to mobile devices in real-time -- is ideally suited to deliver these new services to market. With capabilities such as a multitasking multitasking Mode of computer operation in which the computer works on multiple tasks at the same time. A task is a computer program (or part of a program) that can be run as a separate entity. OS, an always-on internet connection, server-side content formatting for mobile device displays, and push alerts, Danger's platform promises to deliver an authentic desktop experience to those who want to take Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. with them wherever they go. A sample of the new services and content to be available on the Danger platform is listed below. Stay tuned for additional launch details from Danger and our partners. * MyAuctioneer: Monitoring your eBay listings in real-time with the ability to search, track, bid on and receive live alerts for auction-style listings. * Mobilcast: Instant access to thousands of on-demand programs, streamed to your Danger-powered device. * Radar: Optimized access to the photo-sharing network keeps you in touch with friends through pictures and comments. * Cricketcast: Live scores and news from the Cricket World Cup and cricket leagues worldwide. My Auctioneer from Trileet, Inc. With Trileet's MyAuctioneer application, users can search, add, track and bid on eBay items in real-time. The desktop experience that consumers are used to is faithfully recreated in the mobile environment. And with push notification capabilities, consumers are notified when or if they have been out-bid. MyAuctioneer offers the following features: * Real-time dashboard of your eBay account, dynamically updating the status of the items you are selling, bidding on, or watching. * Robust search capability for finding new items & adding them to your watch list. * Rich and fast environment, completely independent from the browser. * Unique capability to bid on eBay items directly from your Danger-powered device. * Configure alerts so you'll know you've been outbid out·bid tr.v. out·bid, out·bid·den or out·bid, out·bid·ding, out·bids To bid higher than: We outbid our rivals at the auction. , even if you are actively using the application. * Optimized user interface brings the eBay experience to life. Mobilcast from Melodeo With the Mobilcast application from Melodeo, using a Danger-powered device will never be the same, thanks to on-demand access to thousands of music, comedy, news, sports and other entertainment programs. By leveraging the Danger Service it's not necessary to connect to a PC or laptop to download your favorite programs - you can access them wherever you are. Some of the content includes radio shows from popular sources such as NPR NPR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. , MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company and CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , as well as thousands of independent programs from all over the world. The catalog includes over 9,000 shows updated hourly. Mobile CricketCast from Plusmo Getting live sports updates for your Danger-powered device will be easy for Cricket fans with ball-by-ball cricket coverage, just in time for World Cup 2007. Subscribers will get live text commentary pushed to their mobile device, as well as mini scorecards, match schedules and results. With optimized network bandwidth usage and continuous content streaming, Mobile Cricketcast is the ideal way to enjoy cricket on your Danger-powered device. Radar from Tiny Pictures Tiny Pictures has created an interactive platform for the sharing of pictures and other media. The client application developed for Danger-powered devices provides push notifications of new photos and comments from friends, and an optimized interface for viewing and commenting on pictures from others in your network. Finally, there is a great way to share camera-phone photographs with all of your friends in real-time. The above titles add to the growing list of advanced Internet services on the Danger platform. Danger's partners have already brought to market innovative networked applications such as Weather Underground, delivering real-time weather updates; Sudoku Daily, providing daily deliveries of Sudoku puzzles; kicker Kicker A right, warrant, or some other feature added to a debt instrument to make it more desirable to potential investors. Notes: The ability to trade a bond or other debt instrument in for stock may entice investors, if they feel the stock will appreciate. Managerspiel for Bundesliga, the first-ever mobile implementation of the most popular online soccer fantasy game in Germany; and kicker-branded real-time trackers for the German Bundesliga soccer league and Formula One international racing circuit. About Danger, Inc. Danger provides mobile Internet software and services. The complete solution from Danger enables wireless operators to offer innovative data services and applications to consumers over next-generation wireless networks. The Danger[R] mobile Internet platform is a Java-compatible, client/server software infrastructure and application suite that delivers an easy-to-use, personalized mobile Internet experience for consumers. Founded in January 2000, Danger is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. backed by leading venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] and corporate investors. Danger is based in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. . Additional information about the company is available at www.danger.com. About Trileet, Inc. Trileet, Inc is a leader in bringing next generation applications to the Danger-powered devices. With a history of innovative ideas, Trileet prides itself in making the impossible possible and blurring the line between desktop and handheld. Trileet is a privately held company based in Seattle. Find out more at http://www.trileet.com/. About MELODEO, Inc. MELODEO Inc., a leader in synchronized syn·chro·nize v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es v.intr. 1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous. 2. To operate in unison. v.tr. 1. Web / mobile digital media delivery, is dedicated to bringing consumers the best selection of on-demand audio, video and radio programs for the Web and mobile phone. MELODEO combines powerful content, a simple user interface and access from any device, making it easy to enjoy and share music, comedy, news, sports, video and other entertainment on any topic with friends. Web site: http://www.melodeo.com/. About Plusmo Inc. Plusmo is a mobile media company that delivers personalized always-on Web content to mobile devices. Over 10,000 publishers use Plusmo to mobilize content today. By pushing content to users' mobile devices in advance, Plusmo offers a great mobile experience with fast and local information access. Users have access to mobile slideshows, blogs, search driven gadgets, game-casts and more on Plusmo. Plusmo is available on a wide variety of devices. For more information, visit http://plusmo.com. About Tiny Pictures, Inc. Tiny Pictures, Inc. is the company that brings you Radar, a simple and addictive way to share camera-phone pictures and videos, browse friends' pictures as they happen, and immediately join conversations through comments. Radar can be accessed from PC browsers, mobile phone browsers, and through a series of applications for mobile devices. Founded in 2005 by John Poisson, former head of mobile media research and design groups at Sony in Tokyo, Tiny Pictures is a privately held company based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . For more information, visit www.tinypictures.us: http://www.tinypictures.us/ or http://radar.net/. Danger is a registered trademark of Danger, Inc. |
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