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- Interactive Trip Sharing Service EveryTrail Locates $1 Million In Funding
- Best Job Application Ever: "Twitter Genius"
| Interactive Trip Sharing Service EveryTrail Locates $1 Million In Funding | Top |
| Palo Alto, CA-based GlobalMotion Media has raised $1 million in Series A financing from the Band of Angels and a group of domestic and international private investors. The young company is probably best known for operating EveryTrail , a GPS travel community and interactive trip sharing service. The startup is today also announcing the release of its latest iPhone application, EveryTrail 3 (iTunes link), which allows users to easily record and share their hiking, driving, skiing, motorcycling, running, skateboarding or other trips. EveryTrail enables people to keep track of their trips, by uploading GPS files or geo-tracking their trails, and allows to them to accompany those with stories and geo-tagged photos. The web service is quite feature rich already, but it’s the mobile apps that make EveryTrail unique and very fun to use. Available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Windows Mobile, the apps allow people to geo-tag their trails and the pictures they take along the way instantly and automatically. The new iPhone app that’s being announced today makes the process super easy: all you need to do is let the device determine your location and hit the ’start’ button. The app will follow your path, and every photo you upload along the trail will automatically be geo-tagged and uploaded. That way, the EveryTrail community you see what you’ve been up to. You can also share your trips with others on Twitter and/or Facebook, with just one click. So far, over 200,000 trips have been shared by EveryTrail users ( 217,588 worldwide to be exact, according to the website at the time of this writing). Don’t have a GPS-enabled device or a file that you can upload? Heck, you can even draw your trips if you’re passionate enough. Here’s a demo of how the new iPhone app works: Crunch Network : CrunchBase the free database of technology companies, people, and investors | |
| Best Job Application Ever: "Twitter Genius" | Top |
| With its 140 character limit, Twitter is all about brevity . But if you think the same shouldn’t apply for a job application, well then, “you’re done.” This Craigslist job listing has some interesting rules, to say the least. While the eye-grabbing headline is asking for a “Twitter Genius” in Greenwich Village, the actual role is an “expert” social media marketer for some sort of e-commerce startup. “ I need someone who tweets in their sleep and updates their fb status before calling their mom on Mother’s Day ,” the description reads. And it gets better. Background, education, references? Nah, these people don’t care about that stuff. All that really matters for getting this job is to follow the six little rules perfectly. Those are: 1) Email me two tweets. The first should be about your experience. The second should by why you’re perfect for this job. If you exceed twitter’s allotted character count, you’re done. 2) Email me your Twitter name in link form (e.g. http://www.twitter.com/YOURNAME) 3) Tell me how many followers you have and how many people you follow. 4) Tell me who’s the best person you follow and why (in tweet form). 5) Tell me what’s the best way to get more followers (in tweet form). 6) Specific salary requirement. So basically, if this application is more than 600 characters or so, you’re done. And you better be damn well ready to talk briefly about how you can best self-promote, or you’re done. Also, it’s probably better if you don’t want too much money. But don’t say why, keep it short. Think you can handle all that? Then you may have found your dream job with the easiest application ever. [thanks Shmuel] [photo: flickr/ uaybet ] Crunch Network : CrunchBase the free database of technology companies, people, and investors | |
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