Archive for 2009/09/04

OpenFeint to support multiplayer games

OpenFeint opens beta program for multiplayer features

OpenFeint is made by Aurora Feint and games such as PocketGod and Stickwars use their platform for social connectivity. Social middleware are libraries for iphone devvers to integrate a social network into their apps. Even making an interesting app now is no gaurentee that it will be picked up by the public. That’s where a social network platform comes in leveraging a server that share information, chat and leaderboards between apps thus connecting them in at multiple levels.
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| Blog | 2009/09/04

iPhone app,gottaDo2 released.

Istpika releases a social todo task manager called gottaDo2 (from here on gottaDo). Currently on sale in the iTunes app store.
(iTunes Store URL(iTunes link))

gottado_iphone_top2gottaDo is a socialtask manager for iPhone and iPod touch. gottaDo’s unique features are; complete your tasks is enjoyable! and a simple to use design uncluttered with thousands of functions you will never use. We beleve that it’s only by continued use that you get the most out of a task manager. We’ve considered this very carefully in our app design.

  1. Cute sea creatures are waiting for you
    Start up the app and be greeted by our cute little sea creatures. Pay with our fun characters and update your news feeds as you complete tasks. Let our characters motivate you to get things done!
  2. Simple design to enable productivity
    We removed the clutter and designed gottaDo for pure ease of use.
  3. Rope in your facebook friends help
    gottaDo connects to faceook via facebook connect. gottaDo iPhone syncs and allows you to organise your tasks within facebook. With gottaDo your facebook friends are able to remind you when your tasks are due, with their support you’re going to have to complete your tasks!

* gottaDo was a finalist in the fbfund.
gottaDo was honoured to be selected as a top 50 finalist for the fbfund 2009, a capital investment fund run by Facebook. For more details see our press release.
fbFund press release

* Status & upgrades
Facebook completion very soon.
Redesign and function additions also coming soon to the iPhone.

* gottaDo2 Overview
iPhone app, $2.99 (tdb) & Facebook application
Category: Productivity & Social Networking
Web Site: http://www.istpika.com/products/gottado2/

| Blog, Updates | 2009/09/03

gottaDo2 released.

Sep 3rd 2009
Istpika Co Ltd
CEO Michinori Fukushima

Istpika releases a social todo task manager called gottaDo2 (from here on gottaDo). Currently on sale in the iTunes app store.
(iTunes Store URL(iTunes link))

gottado_iphone_top2gottaDo is a socialtask manager for iPhone and iPod touch. gottaDo’s unique features are; complete your tasks is enjoyable! and a simple to use design uncluttered with thousands of functions you will never use. We beleve that it’s only by continued use that you get the most out of a task manager. We’ve considered this very carefully in our app design.

  1. 1. Cute sea creatures are waiting for you
    Start up the app and be greeted by our cute little sea creatures. Pay with our fun characters and update your news feeds as you complete tasks. Let our characters motivate you to get things done!
  2. Simple design to enable productivity
    We removed the clutter and designed gottaDo for pure ease of use.
  3. Rope in your facebook friends help
    gottaDo connects to faceook via facebook connect. gottaDo iPhone syncs and allows you to organise your tasks within facebook. With gottaDo your facebook friends are able to remind you when your tasks are due, with their support you’re going to have to complete your tasks!

* the gottaDo name
We started by aiming to produce a simple, easy to use GTD app which ended up leading to the name we have now, gottaDo. Use our bit of technology to enrich your life. The concept:
Getting Things Done

Getting Things Done

* Viral marketing via Facebook
Until recently the the marketing of apps was a real problem. This service is built on the basis that the more facebook friends join in, the more successful it is.
gottaDo naturally encourages the user to invite their friends to join in. This is what we call viral marketing whereas conventional methods were email and mail magazines. Traditional methods strong literary ability.
Using Facebook, we can achieve better results with just a few clicks. We have built in strong viral functionality into gottaDo for just this purpose.

* gottaDo was a finalist in the fbfund.
gottaDo was honoured to be selected as a top 50 finalist for the fbfund 2009, a capital investment fund run by Facebook. For more details see our press release.
fbFund press release

* Status & upgrades
Facebook completion very soon.
Redesign and function additions also coming soon to the iPhone.

* gottaDo2 Overview
iPhone app, $2.99 (tdb) & Facebook application
Category: Productivity & Social Networking
Web Site: http://www.istpika.com/products/gottado2/

* About Istpika
Istpika spun off from another company and began operations in Jan 2009. We are a global venture company with offices in Tokyo, Osaka and overseas. By focussing on R&D and viral technology we aim to develop social applications that catalyse communication between people.

http://www.istpika.com/

| Press Releases | 2009/09/03
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