Fribi's Social Marketplace Helps Give And Receive Free Things
A pretty cool service coming out of Norway is Fribi-- a beautiful app a social marketplace that makes it give, receive and swap things with people near you. Free things are always good, and the app has a really nice design aesthetic and functionality that gets users taking pictures of their products and getting them out to someone who could better use them. The company launched their app last week at DEMO Spring 2012 in Santa Clara, and the app is free to download in on iOS devices, with an Android version coming out in May.
Making Money From Social Games
Games Developer Conference Europe 2010 (GDCE) took place last week in Cologne, Germany. Social gaming was naturally one of the key topics, covered in many presentations. As most, if not all, of the games on social networks use the freemium business model (i.e. it is free to install and start playing the games), of particular interest for developers is how to generate revenue from the games.
Get The ArcticIndex iPhone App Now!
ArcticIndex, our directory for Nordic and Baltic startups, people, startup jobs and events, just got iPhoned. ArcticIndex iPhone app is developed by Arun Prakash Rajendran, a passionate mobile entrepreneur living in Göteborg, Sweden. You can check out the App at Prakash's app gallery, or get it directly here.
I have used the app for couple of days now and love the ease I can check out the new events listings. Similarly, if you're looking for a startup to join its a whim to check out the latest jobs at ArcticIndex and see what the company is all about from the Index.
We will introduce more features for ArcticIndex soon, so make sure you have your iPhone App ready when that happens.
