VentureBeat’s Matt Marshall announced the MobileBeat 2010 Startup Competition finalists today.Over 200 companies submitted applications and only twenty have been chosen, the favorites being Snaptu and Aava Mobile from an online poll.
The finalists will unveil their latest and greatest on stage at the upcoming MobileBeat Conference in San Francisco on July 12-13, 2010.
Snaptu turns your favorite websites into ultra fast mobile apps that work on your phone.
Aava Mobile gives mobile operators and phone makers the ability develop hardware to tap into consumer fashions and trends.
POIdo is a pay-per-action location-based advertising platform that provides ads targeted to mobile and Web users’ location, context and behavior.
Call Loop uses voice broadcasting and text messages to develop integrated marketing campaigns.
AFK enables social and multiplayer game publishers to enable key features of their products on mobile devices.
Micello powers the hyperlocal location-based services ecosystem.
BlogRadio is a text-to-speech app that allows users to listen to any blog, any time, anywhere.
Locomatix enables brands to build their own location-based apps and create new services for existing local content aggregators.
Vaayoo SocialBox allows users to share photos, videos, and audio from a mobile phone — and automatically backs up all this content online.
Mytalk allows you to connect with other people based on location and similar interests, as well as with businesses.
Edupath is a boot camp for test prep that can be used remotely anytime, anywhere.
Emantras is a mobile-learning tool that makes educational content available to educators both on and offline.
AppCitylife combines the functionality of the yellow pages, Fodors, and 311 with local promotions and content.
Motolingo is a mobile-apps provider that connects your fuel tank and other car data with the cloud for smarter service and travel.
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.
She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.
Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.
Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, an initiative that brings entrepreneurs, thought leaders, bloggers, creators, curators and influencers to other countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public in order to educate, share, evaluate, and promote innovative technologies.
