The Wizi Blog

Wizi @ Communications Congress '08

2008-11-11T15:54:00Z

Lisbon, 11th November '08 The APDC Communications Congress '08 is dedicated to IT and climatic change. Conferences and debates will discuss environment and best practices for innovation serving the climate. In parallel with this event, the Business Lounge exhibits innovative technology companies. Until 13th November you are the most welcomed to visit our stand....(read more)

Wizi@Futurtech 2008

2008-09-15T14:45:00Z

Futurtech 2008 was the third edition of a Gaming and New Technologies event held in Portimão, Portugal. Visitors could make use of a LAN Party and participate in video-games competitions. There was also an exhibition area promoting digital entertainment and allowing to try out their innovative products. Wizi was one of the companies invited to appear at the event and present its innovative product....(read more)

Wizi@Warsaw

2008-09-11T22:03:00Z

Complementing the visit of the Portuguese President Dr. Aníbal Cavaco Silva to Poland, AICEP Portugal Global organized the exhibition e.Portugal Global Technology at Warsaw Museum of Technology. Some of the most innovative and promising Portuguese companies were invited to be present and Wizi is proud to be one of the participants. During one week, the exhibition was visited by the local residents and tourists from many other countries. If you intend to visit Warsaw, please check-out some of the...(read more)

Pastel de Nata Brotherhood

2008-07-07T11:15:00Z

Wizi has associated with the " Pastel de Nata Brotherwood", an organization started within the online social network The Startracker which gathers Portuguese talents spread around the world. “The Pastel de Nata is a very banal thing in the life of the Portuguese and therefore can help to spread the image of Portugal abroad”, said José António Sousa, Startracker member and founder of the brotherhood . One of the first initiatives of the Brotherhood was the creation of a Pastel de Nata World Map, which...(read more)

New Java version available for beta testing

2008-06-18T15:17:00Z

We've been working hard in our Wizi Java version. This platform will allow Wizi to run in most models from Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony-Ericsson and others. The present version has no interactive map yet (expected to be available in July). Until then, some features are limited and the map is opened in the mobile's web browser. This version can't use Cell ID, so if you would like to try out you should have a GPS enabled phone or an external GPS. At the moment we have a signed version (not compatible...(read more)

Big Brother

2008-05-29T18:07:00Z

‘ Big Brother! ’ This is the most common reaction from people who hear or read about Wizi for the very first time. I’ve seen it in many forums and blogs, I’ve heard it from friends and unknown people I’ve talked to. " Big Brother! " they say " that means my boss or my wife may track me at any time. There will be no peace from now on…" Most of these comments are made in a funny tone but there’s always some truth in it. People are concerned with their privacy. The concept of Big Brother, raised in...(read more)

Jobs @ Wizi

2008-05-23T16:59:00Z

We are looking for enthusiastic people that want to work with the best technology in the world! :) If you have skills in Java, C#, C++ or whatever you fill confortable that could contribute for the improve of Wizi technology please send me an Email -> miguels@wizi.com or just invite me in Wizi ( http://wizi.com/miguels ) We are building Wizi on the following Platforms: - Android - iPhone - JavaME - Blackberry - Windows CE If you think are good in any of those or just want to start, this is the...(read more)

Wizi for Java

2008-05-22T20:16:00Z

A new preview for Java ME compatible devices in now available. We are still fixing some bugs and haven't placed it in our download page yet. However, some users showed interest on start trying it right away. In this version: - Some features are limited - Location using Cell ID is not available - Interactive maps are not implemented yet: temporarily we are using static maps by opening the web browser. This solution lets you see yourself, your friends and your places on the map, but doesn't allow routes....(read more)

Wizi integration

2008-05-21T14:58:00Z

Last month Wizi won the first prize in the Orange API and Widget Contest . Second runners were Microsoft and Cellfish Media. The event was held at Orange Partner Camp in Faro, Portugal and intended to find innovative applications able to make use of their APIs. Participants had no prior access to them and had to develop their solutions during the Camp with help from Orange API engineers during one or two days of work. Wizi partnered with Symlabs , a global leader in identity management, for the mashup...(read more)

Wizi Android results

2008-05-16T16:59:00Z

Miguel @Wizi Just receive an email from google with our results from android challenge, we were on top 25% of all applications: Hi, Thanks again for participating in the Android Developer Challenge. We have had a lot of constructive feedback from our developer partners who have contributed to the success of the challenge. In listening to the feedback, we heard that participants would like more visibility into the ranking of their entries. As you know, entries were judged on the following criteria:...(read more)

Wizi Twitts

2008-05-15T16:59:00Z

For those who don't know Twitter, it is a service that allows people to communicate small sentences (up to 140 characters) to their friends, family and co-workers. The followers can receive the posts in many possible ways, including free sms. This microblog lets people quickly answer to the question ' What are you doing?' in a easy way. And soon users will be able to twitt in a Wizi way! Wizi will include a new feature where users may publish Twitts including their location automatically. By posting...(read more)

Programming Android

2008-05-14T21:47:00Z

A Portuguese well known computer magazine has just publish this article in their magazine and Website: http://exameinformatica.clix.pt/multimedia/video/997202.html It's me demoing Wizi for Android (in portuguese sorry...) Miguel...(read more)

Chasing a cab in Lisbon (powered by Wizi)

2008-05-13T15:23:00Z

A few days ago our web developer, Susana, was working at Wizi Headquarters when Miguel, our Chief Software Architect asked her how could she be moving away.That was really odd, once she was sat at her desk and Miguel was just in front of her, but they could watch her driving around in Lisbon. They were perplexed wondering how this strange new bug could be happening. But then she searched for her mobile phone and realized that it had been left in the cab. They were seeing where her missing phone was. Susana first tried to dial her number but no one answered. Then she called the taxi company but the operator did not succeed on locating the driver. Then the chase began.

Miguel jumped to his car and Susana followed him using Wizi to tell the directions. They followed the taxi for around 30 minutes, always a few seconds behind. Until Wizi told them they were there. They saw a taxi stand and Susana recognized the driver, looking very happy while playing with her phone.

'Please give me my phone back'

He was really surprised when he suddenly saw Susana holding out her hand and asking her phone back.

Started a mashup with Twitter

2008-05-08T23:46:00Z

We just begin the mashup with twitter, you will just have to invite "Twitter" as a friend and then when you send "Geo messages" (Ex: miguels @wizi) to this friend, it will Twitt them on your profile (you will have to set your Twitter credentials off course).

Check an example here:

http://twitter.com/miguels

Our Twitter Bot is here:

http://twitter.com/wizibot

Please tell us what you think about this idea?

Miguel - wizi.com/miguels

PS: Thank you Guillaume for this idea - http://webtopmania.blogspot.com/

Wizi for Android

2008-04-15T18:59:00Z

We proud to announce the launch of Wizi's first Android version, created in the framework of the Android Developer Challenge.

You can download it here:

http://download.wizi.com/android/wiziandroid.apk

Miguel

Find Me @ http://wizi.com/miguels