The Wizi Blog

Wizi @ Communications Congress '08

andre — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:54:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Wizi@Futurtech 2008

andre — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:45:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Wizi@Warsaw

andre — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:03:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Pastel de Nata Brotherhood

andre — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:15:00 GMT

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...(read more)

New Java version available for beta testing

andre — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:17:00 GMT

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,...(read more)

Big Brother

andre — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:07:00 GMT

‘ 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...(read more)

Jobs @ Wizi

miguels — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:59:00 GMT

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 ->...(read more)

Wizi for Java

andre — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:16:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Wizi integration

andre — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:58:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Wizi Android results

miguels — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:59:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Wizi Twitts

andre — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:59:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Programming Android

miguels — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:47:00 GMT

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)

andre — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:23:00 GMT

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

miguels — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:46:00 GMT

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

miguels — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:59:00 GMT

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