http://www.pointabout.com Mobilizing Brands Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:44:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The first step to determine compatibility is to get a bit more information from you. Please fill out the form below and answer the questions. They get progressively harder, so don't feel bad if you don't know the answers to all of them, that will just let us ... http://www.pointabout.com/2010/03/11/turbocharge-your-career-at-pointabout/ . PointAbout built the official iPhone app for the hugely popular Cars.com company out of Chicago, and we were just notified by this post by Jim Hopkinson, the official marketing guru for WIRED magazine, that it has reached #1 in the iTunes Store for free lifestyle apps, as well as being ... http://www.pointabout.com/2010/02/18/cars-com-app-built-by-pointabout-currently-1-in-itunes/ . PointAbout's AppMakr service was featured today by Fed Tech Bisnow in a post titled "Innovation Hotspot." http://www.pointabout.com/2010/02/16/pointabouts-appmakr-featured-in-fed-tech-bisnow/ We're looking for an intern who can help us get a lot of stuff done. While we can't pay you for the internship, we may be able to pay your travel expenses. And if you're really good at what you do, you might end up like our last ... http://www.pointabout.com/2010/02/13/seeking-a-great-intern/ PointAbout created the Cars.com app, which was launched on Sunday by Cars.com with a Super Bowl ad.  MobileMarketer reports that the ad generated 6,500 downloads immediately after the ad aired. MobileMarketer goes on to state, "Cars.com tapped PointAbout to create the application for the iPhone and iPod touch as a ... http://www.pointabout.com/2010/02/09/cars-com-created-by-pointabout-launches-with-super-bowl-ad/ Michelle, Dan and Chito, MBA Students from George Washington University, came over to PointAbout's offices to interview the four co-founders.  The resulting 54 minute interview is below. http://www.pointabout.com/2010/02/06/pointabout-founders-interviewed-by-george-washington-university/ [caption id="attachment_2789" align="alignnone" width="541" caption="The Mobile Pyramid"][/caption] We recently released a PDF and PowerPoint slides (feel free to repurpose as long as you credit PointAbout) that describe The Mobile Pyramid.  This is how we see the mobile space.  While PointAbout focuses on the top of the pyramid, we also help ensure ... http://www.pointabout.com/2010/02/03/understanding-the-mobile-pyramid/ PointAbout was recently named one of the Top 100 private companies in the world to watch in 2010 by the OnMedia conference. We didn’t realize what an honor this was until we saw some of the stats: The average Top 100 winner has been in business for 4 ... http://www.pointabout.com/2010/02/02/pointabout-named-in-top-100-private-companies-to-watch-in-2010-by-onmedia-conference/ . We've uncovered a great piece by Gartner that says Consumers Will Spend $6.2 Billion in Mobile Application Stores in 2010.  That compares to $0.6 Billion worldwide in mobile advertising revenue.  Worldwide app stores brought in $4.2 Bn in 2009, and that number is forecast to balloon to $29.5 Bn by ... http://www.pointabout.com/2010/01/31/stats-on-the-appstore-by-gigaom-and-gartner/ This video was created by Jeffrey Fitzgerald. http://www.pointabout.com/2010/01/30/pointabout-featured-in-disruptathon-video/