Use Your Mobile Phone to Find Meetups, Sessions, and Parties at SXSW Interactive
The new Business Calendar Network (BCN) app for Apple iPhone and for Android helps entrepreneurs find the events that matter. Attendees at the upcoming SXSW Interactive festival will be able to use the BCN app on their Apple iPhone and Android mobile phones to find up-to-date information on all the SXSW Interactive events, parties, and sessions.
Austin, TX, March 03, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Basecamp Business and Sempercon today announced that attendees at the upcoming SXSW (South by Southwest) Interactive festival will be able to use the new Business Calendar Network (BCN) app on their Apple iPhone and Android mobile phones to find up-to-date information on all the SXSW Interactive events, parties, and sessions.
As new professional networking tools designed specifically for entrepreneurs and professionals looking to develop their business, their career, or their network, the free BCN for the iPhone and iPad and BCN for the Android apps enable those in the startup community to use their smartphones to discover business events happening nearby.
The BCN app is unique in enabling users to search for events based on the full description of the event, not just the title. The BCN app also tracks many “unofficial” events taking place in Austin at the same time as SXSW Interactive. One of the cool new features of the BCN app is the “Meals” page, which shows events that offer breakfast, lunch, dinner, or cocktails as part of the event program.
“Our researchers are tracking hundreds of meetups, events, and sessions taking place in Austin during the South by Southwest Interactive festival,” said Mel Baiada, President of Basecamp Business. “The Business Calendar Network mobile app is the perfect vehicle for attendees to find and discover events they might never have heard about otherwise because of the full text search.”
The 18th annual SXSW Interactive festival takes place March 11-15, 2011 in Austin, Texas. The festival features five days of presentations on emerging technologies, scores of networking events, and programs showcasing the best new websites, video games and startup ideas.
The events in the BCN app are pulled from an ongoing feed of events from Basecamp Business’ web-based Business Calendar Network, which tracks thousands of events from hundreds of organizations. Basecamp Business is building a national database of organizations of interest to entrepreneurs. It has about 12,000 organizations in the database and is currently drawing on over 1,000 – mostly east of the Mississippi – to populate the events featured in the Business Calendar Network.
The free BCN for Android app is available for immediate download in the Business category of the Android Marketplace. Search for “Business Calendar Network”. More information can be found at http://basecampbusiness.com/android.
Apple iPhone and iPad users can find the free BCN app available for immediate download in the Business category of the iTunes App Store. Search for “Business Calendar Network” or visit http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/business-calendar-network/id406269511. More information can be found at http://basecampbusiness.com/iphone.
The BCN app was developed by SemperCon. The Founding Sponsors of the Business Calendar Network include the Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technology (PACT), the University City Science Center, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, the Delaware Emerging Technology Center and Select Greater Philadelphia.
About SemperCon
SemperCon is an experienced, dependable and cost-effective software development partner for startups and established companies. SemperCon specializes at using internet and mobile technologies to solve business process problems and create powerful, new business tools.
About Basecamp Business
Basecamp Business was founded to improve the efficiency of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The tools and information it provides help entrepreneurial enterprises find the information, resources, and people they need to start and grow their businesses. Basecamp Business also helps business alliances and regional Economic Development Agencies to better serve their communities and accelerate the creation of new businesses in their regions.
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As new professional networking tools designed specifically for entrepreneurs and professionals looking to develop their business, their career, or their network, the free BCN for the iPhone and iPad and BCN for the Android apps enable those in the startup community to use their smartphones to discover business events happening nearby.
The BCN app is unique in enabling users to search for events based on the full description of the event, not just the title. The BCN app also tracks many “unofficial” events taking place in Austin at the same time as SXSW Interactive. One of the cool new features of the BCN app is the “Meals” page, which shows events that offer breakfast, lunch, dinner, or cocktails as part of the event program.
“Our researchers are tracking hundreds of meetups, events, and sessions taking place in Austin during the South by Southwest Interactive festival,” said Mel Baiada, President of Basecamp Business. “The Business Calendar Network mobile app is the perfect vehicle for attendees to find and discover events they might never have heard about otherwise because of the full text search.”
The 18th annual SXSW Interactive festival takes place March 11-15, 2011 in Austin, Texas. The festival features five days of presentations on emerging technologies, scores of networking events, and programs showcasing the best new websites, video games and startup ideas.
The events in the BCN app are pulled from an ongoing feed of events from Basecamp Business’ web-based Business Calendar Network, which tracks thousands of events from hundreds of organizations. Basecamp Business is building a national database of organizations of interest to entrepreneurs. It has about 12,000 organizations in the database and is currently drawing on over 1,000 – mostly east of the Mississippi – to populate the events featured in the Business Calendar Network.
The free BCN for Android app is available for immediate download in the Business category of the Android Marketplace. Search for “Business Calendar Network”. More information can be found at http://basecampbusiness.com/android.
Apple iPhone and iPad users can find the free BCN app available for immediate download in the Business category of the iTunes App Store. Search for “Business Calendar Network” or visit http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/business-calendar-network/id406269511. More information can be found at http://basecampbusiness.com/iphone.
The BCN app was developed by SemperCon. The Founding Sponsors of the Business Calendar Network include the Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technology (PACT), the University City Science Center, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, the Delaware Emerging Technology Center and Select Greater Philadelphia.
About SemperCon
SemperCon is an experienced, dependable and cost-effective software development partner for startups and established companies. SemperCon specializes at using internet and mobile technologies to solve business process problems and create powerful, new business tools.
About Basecamp Business
Basecamp Business was founded to improve the efficiency of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The tools and information it provides help entrepreneurial enterprises find the information, resources, and people they need to start and grow their businesses. Basecamp Business also helps business alliances and regional Economic Development Agencies to better serve their communities and accelerate the creation of new businesses in their regions.
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