2359 Media Blog

Hiring Marketing Freelancer with some Graphic Design Skill

wenhan.zhou — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:59:53 +0000

2359 Media is looking for a freelancer to create a mobile microsite mockups. Microsites are created together with advertising campaigns. For students, this will be a good opportunity in learning something new and will greatly help to expand your design portfolio with some practical business case studies. Plus you get some allowance pay.

The typical job goes like this.

1. We send you a website/company/brief
2. Using available graphical assets from anywhere, you create a powerpoint mockup for how a mobile microsite looks like. The microsite should fulfill marketing objectives like getting a message across or lead/contact collection.

We need someone with some marketing knowledge because you will be coming up with an appropriate branding message for the microsite.
You will also need some photoshop skill because you will need to crop/resize/magic wand logos and pictures.

Interested? Drop a mail at weileen.ng@2359media.com

SG Malls now with Nearby Sales

hongting.wong — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:00:07 +0000

SG Malls, through collaboration with Chlkboard, now informs our users on the current nearby sales. , These nearby sales are accessible in the ‘Sales’ section of the application, and its contents are provided through Chlkboard’s API. 2359 Media, the publisher of SG Malls, is the first app developer to have a published app that uses the Chlkboard service.

Founded by Saumil Nanavati and Bernard Leong, Chlkboard is a location based mobile promotion platform that allows advertisers to alert the customers within their vicinity about their promotions through mobile phone. Chlkboard benefits both advertisers and customers, advertisers can target their customers more precisely and customers can avoid the cost of searching.

2359 Media sees this as opportunity to improve the services provided for our existing customers on the application, and has been delighted by the level of service that Chlkboard provides. “Not only does Chlkboard respond to our request quickly, the advertising revenue derived from Chlkboard is also higher than that of any other third party ad networks,” said Wong Hong Ting, Co-Founder of 2359 Media.

Saumil passing Wenhan the Ad revenue for June 2010

“Unlike other ad networks that we have worked with so far, Chlkboard has been most prompt in paying out to publishers like ourselves,” added Zhou Wenhan, Co-Founder of 2359 Media, who was photographed taking a cheque from Saumil earlier this week.

Hunting Mobile & Web Ninjas

wenhan.zhou — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:04:02 +0000

About 2359Media
2359 Media is early stage funded startup with aims to revolutionize how content is
distributed and consumed over mobile devices. We believe that the world is at the cusp
of a mobile revolution where the mobile phone will increasingly be the forefront of how
people consume and interact with content and 2359Media will be a
key driving force of this revolution.

Ninja Wanted

Ninjas Wanted
2359 Media is hiring mobile and web Ninja developers who are
excited to be part of the team that will help bring about this
content revolution.
Each Ninja will be taking ownership of a single mobile platform and
will be responsible for developing high quality, user-friendly
applications that will aid users in consuming, interpreting and using
information.

Ninjas Profile
? Like all Kick-ass ninjas, we set very high expectations for your work. You need to be
self-motivated to produce the best piece of art possible within an impossible
timeframe. (PS: It will really help if you have a Black Belt in general programming
concepts and techniques)
? 2359 Media is a mobile company and all our Ninjas are expected to have a high
interest in the mobile industry. We are looking for Ninjas interested in one or more
of the following platforms
o iPhone – Objective C
o Android – Java
o Windows Mobile – C#
o Blackberry – Java ME
o Web – Ruby on Rails or PHP
o Symbian S60 – Symbian C++, Nokia WebRunTime

2359 Media’s 20% Time
The 20 percent time is part of our philosophy here, enabling Ninjas to spend one day a
week working on projects that you are excited about and will make a difference in the
mobile space. You can use the time to develop something new, or if you see something
that’s broken, you can use the time to fix it.

Apply
Send your resume to
huntingninja@2359media.com.
Fresh Graduates are not only encouraged; we are also very willing to train you into the next Kick-ass Mobile Ninja.

Trainee Ninjas (Internship) positions are available too.

Please see this file for more details.
Hunting Ninjas.PDF

http://2359media.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Hunting-Ninjas-v21.pdf

List of Free iPhone Apps for Singapore

wenhan.zhou — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:55:49 +0000

There are a ton of iPhone apps for Singaporeans but because the way iTunes store work, new users have no idea of the apps they are missing out. Here is a comprehensive list of Local apps that you might be interested in.

Comments and suggestions of new apps are welcome!

Category	Name	Description
News	ChannelNewsAsia	Read CNA news. Some short videos too
	iToday	Today News
	Straits Times	ST news. Some stores abridged
	RazorTV	An app for Razor TV. Got video of events
Shopping	SGMalls	See what shops are in shopping malls. Over 90 Malls in Singapore. Did you even know there are that many malls in SG?
Transport	SGBuses	The first bus app in SG. Available on Android too
	Transguide	This is by far one the best Bus app! Crashes sometimes though
	SGTransport	I used to use this before Transguide came out.
	TrafficCam	See LTA Traffic cam to determine if there are jams on expressway. Great for Drivers
	SGERPLite	Check ERP rates, Great for Drivers
	Carpark@SG	Carpark rates! For drivers again.
Restaurants	HungryGoWhere	From the main foodie site in SG. Interface need some work compared to buUuk but they have more reviews
Restaurants	BuUuK	Great app, available on Android too. Strong community in the app!
Movies	Eng Wah	Check Eng Wah Show Times. OK Design
	Golden Village	Same for GV. Needs more design work.
	FlickTouchGold	Weird Name. They were called CineTouch when I first downloaded the app.Check Cinema show times. Has all the cinemas in SG! Worth a look
Utiltiy	1-Click Wireless@SG	Login to wireless@SG
Utiltiy	SGWireless	Not only wireless@SG. Also works with NUS too! Other networks maybe too
Social Networking	Foyage	Social networking. The only one around for SG.
Banking	OCBC	More like a link page for the mobile sites.
Banking	Maybank	ATM locations and card privileges
Gambling	SG 4D	Check 4D results
	SG Toto	Toto Results
	SG Pools	SG pools results. Need I elaborate? Huat ah!
Gaming	SG Mahjong Lite	Gaming and Gambling!
Others	SG Blood	Calendar for Bloodmobile events
Others	Locacity	See Points of interest around you. Haven’t been updated for some time.

Yes! We won Microsoft Mobile Incubation Week!

wenhan.zhou — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:04:07 +0000

We are so thrilled that we had a chance to join Incubation Week. We were sort of late entries because word got to us late. We only signed up on the friday before the week itself.

But we did make it for the event and rushed out a 60% feature complete version for the judging day. A week later, we were pleasantly surprised that we won!

Special thanks for Chris Chin at MS who is in charge of introducing developers to the Win Mo 6.5 platform and to Nick Randolph, a Microsoft MVP, whom was our trainer. In addition to the training, the experience sharing that took place between attendees added fresh perspectives and sparked new ideas for possible mobile applications.

From a development perspective, the platform was relatively easy to pick up, and by judging day, the SGMalls WinMo version was 60% feature complete. Right now we are focused on polishing the UI to ensure that the WinMo users have a good an experience as our iPhone users.

Some screenshots to keep you keeps salivating for the release:) If you are interested to be a beta tester, send an email to feedback@2359media.com

Top 10 Malls – June 2009

wenhan.zhou — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:49:31 +0000

Hi People,

June is ending and the Great Singapore Sale is here! This month’s theme is competition and it is really heating up in the shopping mall space in East Singapore. There is a spanking new mall on the block and it has pushed its way into the Top 10 list!

Introducing Tampines 1!

Tampines 1

TP1 also has a blog! I believe 1^st SG mall with a blog(tampines1.wordpress.com). Well done to the marketing folks over there!

With Tampines 1’s arrival, traffic to the neighbouring Tampines Mall has dropped. Tampines Mall dropped from 4^th place ranking to 10^th place in 1 month. Wow. We shall see if this is only a short term effect in next month’s result.

And before we sign off, a tip of the hat to Vivocity who still has as big a lead as ever J

The Results

Top 10 Singapore Malls - June 2009

1. Vivocity
2. Bugis Junction
3. AMK Hub
4. Jurong Point
5. Takashimaya
6. Tampines 1
7. Plaza Singapura
8. Suntec City
9. Marina Square
10. Tampines Mall

Malls Opening in July

Orchard Central
Ion Orchard

Top 10 Malls visited by users of SG Malls

wenhan.zhou — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:45:54 +0000

Top 10 Malls in Singapore May 2009

Today we will explore some of the data we have collected from our iPhone application SGMalls. For those who are not familar with SGMalls, SGMalls helps users find stores inside a mall. Users often use this when they are deciding if a mall has a store that they want to go to. They also use this when they are trying to find their way to a specific store in the mall.

We have over 80% of the iPhone users in Singapore using the application, and on the average it is being used 3 times a week. iPhone users are generally affluent adults who are PMEBs. Everytime someone selects a mall in the application, we have put in a counter to determine which malls are the most popular among iPhone users. Using this counter, we have constructed the chart above. We will publish the top 10 list for every month as a blog post. For next month, I will expect some changes as the new malls are added to SGMalls

Pitch @ UnConference 2009

hongting.wong — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:43:36 +0000

We had the opportunity to be one of the 8 start-ups that went through the first selection round and could pitch during the start-up pitching session at UnConference 2009. Having done numerous pitches about 2359 Media before this, it was about time that we got feedback from VCs about our business plan through the start-up pitching session.

As promised to a few people that we spoke to, here are the slides to the presentation.

View more PDF documents from Hong ting Wong.

UnConference 2009 Lucky Draw Results Announced

hongting.wong — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:55:54 +0000

As some of you might know, we ran a lucky draw for a free ticket to UnConference 2009 on the SG Malls application over the past 2 weeks. The draw was conducted by generating a random number and matched to the relevant entrant.

And the winner is….
Name: Ms Loo
Mobile (last 4 digits): 4282

For all other contestants, do still come for UnConference 2009. Click here to get a 20% discount off of the UnConference2009 ticket. Hope to see you there!

2359 Media to Pitch at UnConference 2009

hongting.wong — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:46:27 +0000

2359 Media is chosen as one of the start-ups to have the opportunity to pitch on stage during UnConference 2009. The pitching session will start at 2:40pm, and we will be the 2nd to pitch. Do come to UnConference 2009 to see us and the other exciting start-ups.

UnConference 2009
The unConference is Southeast Asia’s #1 participant-driven, startup-focused event for the web industry. Modeled after Silicon Valley culture, the event attracts industry thought leaders, entrepreneurs, developers and professionals from around Asia. The highlight of unConference is the product-demo segment: where startup founders seek to impress investors and the audience with their latest innovations. A number of our past unConference product-demo alumni have gone on to be nominated in BusinessWeek’s annual Top 25 Asia Entrepreneurs for both 2007 and 2008.