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Taptu for RIM Playbook is Here!

Posted by Dianne on February 22, 2012

Hello Taptu fans:

Do you own a Playbook? We’re happy to let you know today that we’ve taken our popular Android / IOS app and ported it to RIM’s Playbook tablet. You can do all the same things that has made Taptu a 4.5 star app on the Android Market and a 4.5 star app on the App Store.

You can find the news sources you love by searching for RSS feeds or import them from Google Reader.

You can discover new sources through our mixed topic streams that pull in articles from a variety of news outlets and blogs. These topic streams can be found in the StreamStore, or by searching, and cover everything from food and fashion, to finance and business news, and everything in between.

Of course, you can DJ your news, a favorite feature with many of our current users. If you have five different sports streams you follow, you can merge or “DJ” these into one stream to create your own personalized sports stream. Moreover, you can color code it and name it to tailor it further.

You can also interact with your social media. You can Tweet, RT, Quote a Tweet from your Twitter stream as well as replying to someone you follow, quoting their tweets and adding your comments or retweeting directly from Taptu.

On Facebook, you can update your status, Like and Comment from your Facebook stream. If you see something a friend has sent that you want to Like or Comment on, you can do it right inside the app.

Our Playbook app is available now in BlackBerry App World. If you have a Playbook, we hope you’ll give it a try and let us know how you find it. You can download it here.

Thanks!

Comments: 0 Tags: android, Playbook, RIM, Taptu

Press Release: Taptu Announces Blogger Outreach Competition, Blog App-lifier, Opens Up Tapform Platform for Two Lucky Winners

Posted by admin on February 2, 2012

Taptu taps into blogosphere, creating a mutually beneficial, month-long contest that rewards the winners with a free custom news app reflective of their blog content

CAMBRIDGE, England & DENVER – (February 2, 2012) – Taptu, the social media and mobile search technology company known for “DJ-ing the news”, announces today an exciting competition, Blog App-lifier, now open to any blogger in Europe or the US. The competition is simple to enter and boasts a fantastic incentive: a custom-built news app created around the winning blogs’ content as well as any other topics of interest.

The app built for the winners will take advantage of Tapform, Taptu’s unique search-based news aggregation platform that already powers apps for The Guardian and Dutch publication De Pers. Tapform will turn any content into an interactive app that generates streams determined by specific keywords that pull information from websites, blogs and RSS.

How the Blog App-lifier contest works:

Email [email protected] with contact details (name, age and email address) along with the blog name and URL.
The Taptu team will send back a personalized coded bit.ly link, which will record how many recommendations you influence to download and use Taptu on your smartphone or tablet.
Write a blog post and tell Taptu and your readers why you want to win and why your readers would want an app of your blog. You must use the bit.ly link to encourage your readers to add Taptu to their smartphone or tablet so your success can be tracked.
Tweet a link to the blog post using @Taptu and #TaptuComp in the tweet

Full terms and conditions can be found here.

Like the large publishers already using Tapform to power their mobile experience, the winning blog will be transformed into a similar news aggregator app with highly visual streams and the option to feature related content that will appeal to their readers. The Tapform backed app will strengthen the blog as a whole and help grow readership by bringing in mobile readers.

The competition heats up today, February 2, and will end on March 30, with the winner announced on April 15.

Try Taptu today:

For iOS:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/taptu/id392240746?mt=8

For Android:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.taptu.streams&feature

About Taptu:
Founded in 2006, Taptu is an award-winning social media and mobile technology company based in Cambridge, England, and Denver, Colorado. Taptu builds innovative platforms, tools and applications that enable highly personalized creation, curation, recommendation, search, discovery, management, consumption and sharing of content across all personal screen-based devices. Wapedia, Taptu’s popular mobile Wikipedia with over 4 million downloads, is also available for download at the Apple App Store and on the Android Market.

See http://www.taptu.com for more information.

Comments: 0 Tags: bloggers, competition, depers, guardian, Tapform, Taptu

Press Release: Maak je eigen Pers!

Posted by Konstantinos on January 24, 2012

Persbericht

Amsterdam, 23-01-2012

Dagblad de Pers viert vandaag zijn vijfde verjaardag, en lanceert ter ere daarvan samen met Taptu de iPad- en iPhone-applicatie De Pers Krant. Met deze app kunnen lezers een volledig op maat gemaakte Pers samenstellen, door een eigen mix te maken van de secties in de krant, en zich te abonneren op auteurs en dossiers van De Pers.

De Pers ziet bij lezers een groeiende behoefte aan gepersonaliseerde informatie, en speelt daarop in door alle content uit de krant op maat aan te bieden, in plaats van een PDF-versie van de papieren editie. De krant is daartoe een samenwerking aangegaan met het zoek- en aggregatieplatform Taptu, gebaseerd in Cambridge, Groot-Brittannië en Denver, Colorado (USA).

De Pers Krant is gebouwd op Taptu’s zoektechnologie en platform, Tapform, dat media- en internetbedrijven van een eigen sociale nieuwsaggregator voorziet. ‘Taptu is internationaal de enige partij die een volwaardig applicatieplatform biedt en bovendien de mate van personalisatie mogelijk maakt die wij zoeken’, zegt hoofdredacteur Jan-Jaap Heij van de krant.

Lezers kunnen in ‘streams’ alle secties van de krant, een groot aantal dossieronderwerpen en alle afzonderlijke auteurs toevoegen en desgewenst verwijderen. Van de afzonderlijke streams zijn de inhoud en de vormgeving ook in te stellen. Lezers kunnen bovendien zowel hun streams als afzonderlijke artikelen via social media met anderen delen.

De Pers versterkt met het uitbrengen van deze applicatie zijn rol als innovator in digitaal uitgeven. Het laatste nieuws kunnen lezers volgen via depers.nl en de onlangs vernieuwde mobiele versie daarvan in HTML5. Digitale edities zijn te lezen middels de HTML5-webapplicatie iPers (alle platforms) en via externe applicaties als Pressreader, Magworld en Tablisto. Met De Pers Krant wordt daar voor iOS een digitale editie op maat aan toegevoegd. Een Android-versie verscheen al eind december 2011.

Meer informatie:

Jan-Jaap Heij, hoofdredacteur De Pers

0031616477336

Comments: 0 Tags: de pers, De Pers Krant, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Tapform, Taptu

Press Release: Taptu Launches on Samsung’s Bada Platform, Expanding Global Footprint of Popular Social News Reader

Posted by Konstantinos on January 20, 2012

Taptu available now on new Wave M and Wave 3 phones

CAMBRIDGE, England & DENVER –(January 19, 2012)—Taptu, the social media and mobile search technology company, today launches its popular social newsreader app on Samsung Bada devices.

The new app represents Taptu’s expansion to feature phones and cements its dedication to a cross-platform, global strategy with apps on iOS, Android, Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet as well as Amazon’s Kindle Fire and now Samsung Bada phones. Taptu for Bada gives users access to Taptu’s signature StreamStore, which features over 200,000 unique streams comprised of an array of popular websites and blogs spanning almost every topic.

“What has always set Taptu apart from competitors is our extensive news aggregating platform and algorithms,” said Mitch Lazar, CEO of Taptu. “Taptu for Bada is an extension of our vision for a Taptu app for any mobile device.”

Taptu for Bada also features the StreamStudio that lets users DJ the news, mixing and matching the topics and sources to create the perfect stream of news for them and their unique set of interests. The combination of high quality hardware and touch-based user interface on Bada devices make them an ideal fit for Taptu’s slick, visually engaging reading experience.

As part of the launch Taptu is also announcing that Samsung will be featuring Taptu on two Bada phones, the Wave M and Wave 3. This will provide users a turnkey solution for accessing and organizing all the news that is important to them.

Bada users can download the app here:

http://www.samsungapps.com/topApps/topAppsDetail.as?productId=G00003446609

About Taptu:

Founded in 2006, Taptu is an award-winning social media and mobile technology company based in Cambridge, England, and Denver, Colorado. Taptu builds innovative platforms, tools and applications that enable highly personalized creation, curation, recommendation, search, discovery, management, consumption and sharing of content across all personal screen-based devices. Wapedia, Taptu’s popular mobile Wikipedia with over 2 million downloads, is also available for download at the Apple App Store, Android Market and as a Barnes & Noble NOOK app.

See http://www.taptu.com for more information.

Media Contact:

In the US:
Bob Patterson
VSCpr for Taptu
[email protected]
415.302.9806

In the UK:
Dianne See Morrison
Director of Communications
Taptu
[email protected]
07988 539 921

Comments: 0 Tags: Bada, Feature phones, Samsung, Taptu, wave 3, wave M

Press Release: Taptu powers fully localized app for Dutch publisher De Pers, expanding Tapform’s global reach

Posted by Dianne on December 20, 2011

Taptu Announces Dutch Publishing Giant De Pers as One of the First Customers of Its Tapform Mobile News Aggregating Platform

CAMBRIDGE, England & DENVER—(December 20, 2011)— Today, Taptu announces that respected Dutch publisher De Pers is one of the first customers of its powerful search-based news aggregation platform for mobile devices, Tapform. De Pers has chosen Taptu to power mobile experiences for their digital content because of Tapform’s superior search technology, slick interface, and unique fusion of news and social media in easy-to-read, customized streams.

Built on Taptu’s search technology, Tapform opens proprietary APIs, allowing any third party to create its own social news aggregator. Publishers can create highly visual streams around specific topics or present a filtered stream of stories based on keywords from a wide choice of sources including, but not limited to, websites, blogs and RSS.

“We are excited to announce one of the first of many partners using our Tapform product to bring their content to the mobile audience,” said Mitch Lazar, CEO of Taptu. “Working with De Pers has shown just how versatile and powerful our technology can be, and we are looking forward to bringing our know how to other publishers looking to provide a mobile experience.”

De Pers tasked Taptu with building an app that could encompass and highlight all the great content in their portfolio people have come to rely on to discover and share news. The De Pers app features a StreamStore with all their digital properties, and the app is localized for Dutch speakers.

“De Pers has chosen to work with Taptu because of the flexibility they offer for delivery of our content,” said Jan-Jaap Heij, editor in chief of De Pers. “The Taptu platform allows us to offer De Pers content in every way imaginable. We want our readers to personalize their paper completely, and by working with Taptu this has become possible.”

Tapform provides two great advantages for publishing partners. First, working with Taptu takes the hassle and cost out of going mobile. Whereas some companies have hired developers to build mobile apps from scratch or paid hefty fees to buy news readers, Taptu provides a simple and inexpensive platform that can accommodate any digital source.

Another advantage is Taptu’s experience in mobile search and aggregation. Developed by Cambridge scientists, Taptu’s search algorithms provide the most relevant streams of content available on mobile devices. Their knowledgeable developers also provide other assistance such as localizing the De Pers app to the Dutch language.

To learn more about Tapform please contact Taptu at: [email protected]

About Taptu:

See http://www.taptu.com/ for more information.

About De Pers:

De Pers, founded in 2007, is a leading newspaper in The Netherlands and the only high quality free newspaper in the world. De Pers is also a leading innovator in the transition from print to digital publishing with several apps, HTML5 web apps, websites and extensive social media integration.

Media Contact

In the US:
Bob Patterson
VSCpr for Taptu
[email protected]
415.677.9125

In the UK:
Dianne See Morrison
Director of Communications Taptu
[email protected]
07988 539 921

Comments: 0 Tags: android, de pers, Tapform, Taptu, whitelabel

Press Release: Taptu Allows Users to ‘DJ the News’ on Android Devices with Endless Mixtape Technology

Posted by Dianne on November 18, 2011

Taptu version 2.0 updated with support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and new search-based streams for the most topical news reading experience on mobile

CAMBRIDGE, England & DENVER—(November 17, 2011)—Taptu, the social media and mobile search technology company, is announcing version 2.0 of its popular social news reader app for Android phones and tablets with support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and a unique new feature that lets users turn any keyword into a contextual stream of news.

“Taptu 2.0 is the most visually appealing and useful way to find and consume content on Android devices, especially tablets,” said Mitch Lazar, CEO of Taptu. “The new app marks the launch of Endless Mixtape search-based streams, a feature unique to Taptu born out of our search algorithms and heritage that allows users to customize their news and information experience more than any other app of its kind.”

In addition to a more beautiful and easy to use interface, Taptu version 2.0 introduces Endless Mixtape streams that use search technology to create targeted streams for any topic.

Taptu is best known for letting users DJ the news by mixing and matching different publications, blogs, RSS and social media feeds to create customized streams of social news content. With version 2.0, users can now take customization to a whole new level by creating tailored streams based on a specific keyword search or by filtering existing streams to only include stories that pertain to a specific keyword or topic.

For example, Lady Gaga fans can go to the SteamStore and use this new feature to create a “Lady Gaga” Endless Mixtape stream. The stream would glean all stories featuring or mentioning Lady Gaga from Taptu’s curated Music, Fashion and Celebrity streams as well as their immense collection of publications, blogs, RSS and social media feeds. Similarly, sports fans who mix and mash up college football news, could create an Endless Mixtape Taptu stream of Florida Gators, to capture just the news about their favorite team from a mashed up college football stream. Endless Mixtape streams allow users to have stories and social media content pertaining to specific people, products, places, events, teams and topics delivered to them in real time.

Android users can also use search to dig into streams they already follow, such as Taptu Technology Stream, and filter out just the stories related to a particular subject such as “Android” or “Ice Cream Sandwich.”

Other features on Taptu 2.0 for Android include scrollable widgets, giving users the power to bring their favorite streams right to the homepage of their Android phone or tablet. Scrollable widgets also allow the user to flick through the top stories for each stream before having to actually open the app.

From the biggest news of the week to stories that cater to individual passions and specialized interests, Taptu allows users to keep news, blogs and social feeds organized in a clean and intuitive design. The company’s search engine heritage allows Taptu to go beyond simple RSS feeds by actually recommending sources and enabling consumers to discover new content. Taptu’s search expertise and algorithms also eliminates duplicate stories to ensure that users don’t see the same story over and over.

Click to download Taptu 2.0 for Android phones and tablets now.

About Taptu:

See http://www.taptu.com for more information.

Media Contacts:

In the US:

Bob Patterson
VSCpr for Taptu
[email protected]
415.677.9125

In the UK:

Dianne See Morrison
Director of Communications | Taptu
[email protected]
07988 539 921

Comments: 0 Tags: Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, Mixtape, Search Streams, Taptu, Taptu 2.0

Taptu Fashion: Everything about Fashion Exclusively on Nook Color

Posted by Konstantinos on October 21, 2011

Hello Taptus fans,

Today we are very excited to announce an exclusive offering for our friends on Nook Color. The Taptu Fashion Application is now available to download.

Taptu Fashion is our little tribute to the world of Fashion, the from the best loved fashion magazines to the fashion bloggers and the people that make all of us look good….

We have brought together streams that will let you stay up to date with the latest trends, find out what Sarah Jessica Parker was wearing last night or even figure out tips about staying beautiful and keeping fit.

Taptu Fashion still gives you access to streams from a wide range of other topics, i.e. news, sports, finance, etc; with Taptu Fashion, you can also check what your Friends are doing on Facebook or what the people you follow Tweet about. Taptu Fashion is not just the ultimate guide to Fashion but the best companion for your news.

Last but not least, our favorite DJ-ing feature is also available on Taptu Fashion. We hope you will create more streams about fashion and share them back to your friends to help them stay in tune.

Give Taptu Fashion for the Nook a try and let us know what you think!

And as Miranda Priestly would say: “That’s all.”

Bye for now,
KP

Comments: 0 Tags: android, DJ Your News, eReader, Fashion, Nook, Nook Color, Tablets, Taptu, Taptu Fashion

Taptu 1.6.1 for iOS is out: Preview Streams, Read it Later, Tags per Article

Posted by Konstantinos on September 27, 2011

Hello Taptu fans:

We’ve been heads down here at Taptu to bring you our latest iOS version: 1.6.1 is now available to download. What’s new? Well, lot’s of things (listed below):

Updated Logo: It’s time we had a new logo to reflect as much as possible what the app is all about. We hope you like it.

Preview a Stream before you add it: Whether you are adding a Stream from the Topics or one you found after Searching, you can now Preview the Stream before you add it by tapping on the “eye” icon.

Add a Stream from the article page: Is the article you are reading around a topic you are passionate about? Our search engine is powerful enough to indicate which other Topic Streams the story you are looking at appears and lets you Add them directly from the article pages.

Support for Read It Later: You can now save articles you like to Read It Later – one of the best Apps out there to do so. Don’t forget you can always Bookmark those stories inside Taptu as well.

Alerts: If for whatever reason, Taptu servers are not working, we will immediately notify you with an alert. Another one will be sent to you when everything is back to normal.

Finally, we’ve tuned up the app even more, fixing a few bugs and making the overall Taptu experience speedier and more stable. We hope you enjoy the latest update.

Thanks, KP.

Comments: 2 Tags: iOS, iPad, iPhone, Read it Later, search, Streams, Tags, Taptu

Press Release: Good News for Taptu as Company Secures Series B Funding To Expand Beyond News Reader App and Launch Mobile Media Platform, Tapform

Posted by Dianne on September 8, 2011

Tapform allows developers, publishers and hardware manufacturers to harness the power of the Taptu news-aggregating engine

CAMBRIDGE, England & DENVER — September 8, 2011 — Today Taptu, the social media and mobile search technology company, is announcing it has received €2.5 million Euros ($3.5 million US dollars) to expand its product offering beyond its well-known social news reader app available on iOS and Android. The funding comes from DFJ Esprit and Sofinnova, who see Taptu’s B2B solution as the next big opportunity in the digital publishing space.

Taptu will use the funding to build Tapform, a new offering that will provide tools for developers, publishers and hardware manufacturers to easily create their own personalized social news aggregator. Tapform also adds to existing products by aggregating content that increases customer engagement and by providing another potential source of advertising revenue.

“Taptu has set itself apart from other newsreaders by using its search capability to give users the power to discover and tailor the news they want, and to personalize the experience by letting them DJ and mix streams in ways that make sense to them,” says CEO Mitch Lazar. “With Tapform we are opening our technology, allowing other companies and media entities to incorporate features that make Taptu a hit.”

Built on Taptu’s proprietary search technology, Tapform will open up APIs that are currently available only on Taptu’s apps, allowing any third party to create its own social news aggregator. Publishers can create highly visual streams around specific topics or present a filtered stream of stories based on keywords from a wide choice of sources including, but not limited to, websites, blogs and RSS. For example, a newspaper with an award-winning news section and blogs could create an app on that specific topic, creating streams of its own content, as well as bringing in additional content from other providers. Or, magazine publishers or blog owners with several titles could offer all of their properties in one place.

Taptu will also continue to deliver new innovation around its Android and iOS apps, adding additional content and features, including video, keyword-based search streams and user accounts. The company also plans to develop a HTML5 Web version of the product to widen the availability of the service and to offer customers a seamless reading experience across the desktop Internet and the mobile Web.

Download Taptu’s consumer apps here:

For iOS: Click here.

For Android: Click here.

About Taptu:
Founded in 2006, Taptu is an award-winning social media and mobile technology company based in Cambridge, England, and Denver, Colorado. Taptu builds innovative platforms, tools and applications that enable highly personalized creation, curation, recommendation, search, discovery, management, consumption and sharing of content across all personal screen-based devices. Wapedia, Taptu’s popular mobile Wikipedia with over 1 million downloads, is also available for download at the Apple App Store and on the Android Market.

See www.taptu.com for more information.

Press Contact:
In the US:
Bob Patterson
VSC Consulting
[email protected]
415.302.9806

In the UK:
Dianne See Morrison
Taptu
[email protected]
07988 539 921

Comments: 0 Tags: Press Release, Tapform, Taptu

Taptu 1.6.1 for Android is out: Widgets, UI Improvements, Read It Later, Related Streams and more

Posted by Konstantinos on September 1, 2011

Hello Taptu fans:

We’ve been making further improvements to Taptu for Android on the latest version 1.6.1. So, what have we got for the latest update?

Widgets: Several widgets, scrollable on your Tablet that you can choose to add on your Android device Homescreen.

Streams per Article: Our search engine is powerful enough to indicate which other Topic/Genre Streams the story you are looking at appears. You can discover new Streams on things you are passionate or interested and Add them directly from the Story pages.

Linkedin Likes and Comments: Twitter and Facebook usually get all the love, but in 1.6.1 we’ve turned our attention to LinkedIn and added the ability to Like and Comment in your LinkedIn stream. (Available since 1.6)

Updated Tutorial: We hope you find Taptu intuitive, but just in case, we’ve tweaked our tutorial to make it easier than ever to understand quickly all of Taptu’s many features.

Read It Later: Support for the popular service Read It Later has been added. For those of you who have already used this service, and for those of you who want to give it a try, Taptu allows you to save the articles you most enjoy to Read It Later for Android.

Finally, we’ve tuned up the app even more, fixing a few bugs and making the overall Taptu experience speedier and more stable. We hope you enjoy the latest update.

Last but not least, there is a hidden feature – one we are very proud of. We are going to turn it ON really soon, so stay tuned.

Thanks, KP.

Comments: 0 Tags: android, Linkedin, Read it Later, Streams, Taptu, Widgets

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