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- Takwon Debuts Free Cellular Radiation App for Android [Disrupt Startup Alley]
- Group Texting App Fast Society Distracts My Entire Panel
| Takwon Debuts Free Cellular Radiation App for Android [Disrupt Startup Alley] | Top |
| Tawkon , one of my favorite Israeli startups of the past year, was in San Francisco at the Disrupt Alley last week to debut the release of its cellular radiation measurement app for Android . This follows the company’s $9.99 Blackberry version , and its unsuccessful bid to push the same app through the iPhone App Store. If you haven’t followed our coverage of the company, Tawkon developed a technology that collects and analyzes RF-related data it extracts from a mobile phone. It is then able to display a measurement of the estimated radiation a cell phone user is exposed to when using his or her phone. The “harder” the phone has to work to maintain a cellular connection, the more radiation it emits. So for example, if the phone isn’t near a cell tower, or if its own antenna is obstructed , it will increase power to its antenna, which causes it to emit more radiation. Available for free, the new Android version of Tawkon includes: Real-time Radiation Indication – Thanks to multi-tasking support on Android, a small icon on the home screen changes from green to yellow to red, indicating low-moderate-high levels of radiation exposures. Live Prompts & Feedback – Automatic alerts when exposure to radiation rises during a call. Live feedback confirms that suggested actions such as moving to a new location were effective. Personal Stats – Find out how much radiation you avoided by using Tawkon during the last call, day, week, month and six months. CrunchBase Information Tawkon Information provided by CrunchBase | |
| Group Texting App Fast Society Distracts My Entire Panel | Top |
| It isn’t often you get to see people enthusiastically using a brand new app in the wild; At the Tahoe Tech Talk today, while on a three hour panel Q & A with angel investors Chris Sacca, Dave McClure, Travis Kalanik, Dave Morin, Kevin Rose , Ben Kaufman and Gary Vaynerchuk , I got to see this exact thing happen, as the aforementioned seven wouldn’t stop texting and laughing onstage. While I still have no clue on exactly “what” was being shared (my guess is they were either colluding or making fun of McClure) after some investigation I figured out the “how.” They were all using Fast Society , a seven day old app that sets up instant temporary group texting through your iPhone, as well as instant conference and group location sharing if you’re so inclined. Like the digital version of kids passing notes in class, group chats on Fast Society have an expiration date; You can set up a chat for a group of up to 15 people, for three hours minimum and three days maximum. Founder Matthew Rosenberg tells us that the next version will let you set limits of up to seven days and 25 hours. While in the same space as Plannr, and Groupme the app requires no signups, no usernames, no passwords just your phone number. And the text groups are temporary, so you don’t have to be stuck with your fellow conference panelists once they have out worn their welcome. Also, and this is the most important element, none of the onstage panelists are currently Fast Society investors — they genuinely were really into the app, which was built and is bootstrapped by Rosenberg, Andy Thompson, and Michael Constantiner. Rosenberg explains the motivation behind creating it. “We were at a Bloc Party concert in NYC and having a hard time getting our friends together, it was impossible to coordinate everyone in a group. Then we thought, we should just build it ourselves.” Plans for an Android and a Blackberry version are currently in the works. CrunchBase Information Fast Society Information provided by CrunchBase | |
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