MoBlast Blog http://blog.moblast.com Be More Mobile Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:54:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Local Shops Android – update 2.02 now available http://blog.moblast.com/local-shops-android-update-2-02-now-available http://blog.moblast.com/local-shops-android-update-2-02-now-available#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:54:21 +0000 Janet http://blog.moblast.com/?p=248 We’ve just released an update to Local Shops Android. You can now download version 2.02 from the Android Market!

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Local Shops is a free application that enables you to search for, find information about, and follow local businesses and landmarks of interest to you. You can view photos and featured products, and also find special offers/coupons from merchants. One of the most powerful features of Local Shops is that you can bookmark the local businesses that you find, and you can also save special offers and featured products posted by those merchants. This feature lets you get back to these bookmarks and saved items quickly, so that you can access them when you need them. (For example, if you want to redeem a special offer with a merchant!) However, in order for this feature to operate, you must register an account and sign in so that Local Shops can remember your saved items for you.

It’s for this reason that Local Shops requires registration and sign-in. We hope you enjoy using the app and exploring your nearby shops!

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Local Shops is a free application that enables you to search for, find information about, and follow local businesses and landmarks of interest to you. With version 2.0, you can now:

  1. Follow your favorite businesses.
  2. Browse featured products for businesses.
  3. Find special deals and hot offers available near you.
  4. Save your favorite places, photos, product information and offers for easy access.

We’ve also enhanced the search functionality to bring you better results. You can find out more about the improvements and new features here at our website, or you can go directly to the Local Shops page in iTunes.

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Local Shops 2.0 was jointly developed with our development partner, Navitas Games. This new version of Local Shops adds several new features, such as the ability to find offers and featured products from merchants. Merchants will be able to add and maintain listings for their businesses and to create coupons and featured product listings for free using the Taptin Merchant Portal, an online service soon to be released by Navitas Games.

Navitas Games has also just shipped TAPTIN, a social trading cards game for location check-ins, to the Apple appstore. Mo’Blast is a marketing partner for Navitas Games, so we encourage everyone to try out TAPTIN as soon as it is available on the iTunes appstore!

]]> http://blog.moblast.com/local-shops-2-0-now-shipped/feed 0 Migrating to new servers http://blog.moblast.com/migrating-to-new-servers http://blog.moblast.com/migrating-to-new-servers#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:49:09 +0000 Janet http://blog.moblast.com/?p=213 Heads up to all our users! We are in the process of migrating our servers. You can expect that access to Local Shops will be interrupted for certain periods of time. But we will be up and running again soon, better than ever!

In addition, we will be shipping a new version of Local Shops very soon, so stay tuned!

]]> http://blog.moblast.com/migrating-to-new-servers/feed 0 Mo’Blast – a new look, and new products to come! http://blog.moblast.com/moblast-a-new-look-and-new-products-to-come http://blog.moblast.com/moblast-a-new-look-and-new-products-to-come#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 21:59:14 +0000 Janet http://blog.moblast.com/?p=198 You may have noticed a new look here on the blog as well as on our company website. We’re in the process of transitioning to a completely new design which will better reflect our growing number of products. It’s still a bit of a work in progress, however, so you can expect to see a few more changes take place.

In the near future, we will be releasing a number of new applications and products, as well as updated versions of our existing products. We have partnered with Navitas Games to distribute a wide range of exciting new mobile apps and online services, including mobile social gaming apps, educational apps, local consumer apps, and local business services. Stay tuned to find out more!

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We think that the iPad opens things up for a whole new range of media-rich applications. We’re really excited about the possibilities this creates for Mo’Blast. At the same time, we’re also still very committed to more traditional mobile apps that run on smartphones like the iPhone and Android. We think the this greater variety will be good for us, and good for our users!

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We’re really excited to announce that several of our Kids’ Flashcards are available in iPad-optimized versions. You can get them in the iPad app store today! The links to see them in iTunes are:

Kids’ Flashcards: See Hear & Spell (Shapes HD Series)

Kids’ Flashcards: See Hear & Spell (Wildlife HD Series)

Kids’ Flashcards: See Hear & Spell (Transport HD Series)

Kids’ Flashcards: See Hear & Spell (Fruit & Veggie HD Series)

]]> http://blog.moblast.com/kids-flashcards-now-on-the-ipad/feed 1 The Mo’Blast Team: A Busy Past Few Months http://blog.moblast.com/the-moblast-team-a-busy-past-few-months http://blog.moblast.com/the-moblast-team-a-busy-past-few-months#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:54:11 +0000 Janet http://blog.moblast.com/company/?p=173 Last month, we at Mo’Blast launched our most recent product, EasySigns. But that doesn’t mean that our development team has been taking it easy since then. Instead, we’ve been hard at work on new products and enhancements to existing products.

It’s been a busy and productive past few months, and we’re really excited about some of the new things we’ll be able to show you in the near future. Check back here for further updates as we get new products ready for launch!

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Lots of you have also made suggestions for additional features or new topics. We love this kind of feedback, and while we may not be able to incorporate every suggestion, we definitely read and consider them all. So keep your feedback coming, and thanks again for trying our apps!

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