Pursuit of APPiness: Callr, Tradiio and peeq
[The app world is very noisy! There are a bunch of apps being developed everyday and we carry a weekly App Fridays column to review the best of what is coming from India but even these are pretty early stage. This new series will feature impressive apps from around the world that are stable and have impressed us by their use case, UI or UX. Check out the apps featured on Pursuit of APPiness]
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Callr:
Have you felt embarrassed by missing an important client call or phone meeting? Callr is a new service that allows you to schedule and connect directly to your calls without having to rely on calendar reminders or even having to physically dial numbers. Callr will keep track of your next call and gives you a call 30 seconds before it starts. Callr integrates with your Google or Outlook calendar in a couple of clicks and silently synchronizes it.
It asks you to enter the phone you want to connect with. Then you can connect your calendar, it works with Google, Microsoft Outlook, and iOS and Android calendars. Finally, Callr will give you a call 30 seconds before your next call, subsequently connect you to the scheduled call. At present, Callr works with Skype calls too, and in the future they plan to integrate with Google Hangout.
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Tradiio:
The music app turns listeners into the next generation of talent spotters. While users listen to music Tradiio allows them to invest virtual coins in new artists. Tradiio enables user to discover exciting new talent and act as a tastemaker for others. All of the curation is done by users themselves with no editors or algorithm involved. Users can follow other users to get their picks. Tradiio allows users to invest only in 10 songs at a time. That scarcity incentivizes users to make smart picks. Users also can ‘sell’ songs to get more coins. Users who are best at spotting talent gain credibility and earn more virtual coins on the platform. Listeners can redeem their coins for rewards such as AIAIAI headphones, Sonos speakers Field Day tickets and Bleep download store vouchers.
The deal for the artist is plain and simple. Tradiio is a launch pad for musicians, allowing them to gain credibility and exposure. Artists upload their music and can earn rewards like festival appearances, label deals, videos for singles and studio time if they raise enough ‘investment’ on the platform.
URL: Tradiio.com
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peeq:
A vanity app for your local video, it lets you meet new people via video messages. The premise of the app is it lets you exchange six-second videos with strangers across the world. We featured peeq app here because we like the simplicity of user interaction on mobile. One swipe and you record a video, then send and share it the way you want. Another swipe and you’ve asked your friends to send you a video. Telescope function to get in touch with users in your area or thousands of kms away.
Url: http://www.pq.am/
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Bonus: This week we wrote about Light App. Light is an awesome answering engine developed by Indian engineers as an alternative to a search engine. You can ask anything, and Light app’s man-machine hybrid technologies will give you a relevant answer as opposed to going to search engine and getting blue links for your queries.
