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New smartphone app Klamr has positioned itself as a multi-tasking app

Posted on September 13, 2013 by

By Bob. Y

In the stiff competition between different new smartphone apps, Klamr is aiming to establish itself as a new multi-tasking app, & in the bargain, beating others in the game.

It provides the user with different facilities, all in one place, such as chat, sharing photos, searching locations & social planning. Klamr connects its users to different social media sites like Yelp, Facebook & Foursquare to use any form of Internet based communication to stay in touch with friends, families & colleagues.

This new smartphone app launched on August 29, 2013 (as stated in klamr.it/blog), helps users to combine their plannings & location based search, Klamrshotsomething not tackled by anyone before this. That is this new smartphone app’s USP.

Features:

– Free messaging: one-to-one or in groups
– Free notifications: to all Klamr accounts
– Nobody is left out: SMS notifications to non-Klamr users
– Private: messages & plans can only be accessed by close friends & family
– Share photos: while chatting & enjoying your get-togethers
– Create multiple Ideas: chat about where & when to hang out next
– Ratings & reviews: from Yelp, Foursquare & Facebook

This new smartphone app also offers the ‘Idea Wizard’ to plan different events. Klamr facilitates your conversation into meeting just in 4 simple steps or sending messages, creating ideas, planning it & sharing it between the colleagues, family and friends.

The San Francisco, USA based Klamr was initiated by Bryan Pelz in 2012. Bryan is an entrepreneur & the former co-founder as well as the CEO of VinaGame. This new smartphone app is a free app provided to any Android or iOS user to help them to plan their meeting or get-togethers with a single touch without opening different apps to perform the different functions of messaging, calling, etc.

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Internet overpowers texting as most favoured form of communication among youngsters

Posted on September 11, 2013 by

By: Manoj Khadilkar

Although it’s known universal fact that most of Gen X are perhaps “glued” to their mobile phones, new research from OFcom, UK’s independent regulatory authority, has shown that web-based forms of communication have become the most-preferred form of “remaining in touch” with each other among youngsters – a case of fingers overpowering the ears, perhaps?
freeimage.8876454.high.1Texting, though popular, may no longer be the most popular method of communication among youngsters, especially between 16 to 24 year olds, the report found. But texting of course still remained more popular than voice calls. According to the study, while 58% of the people had communicated via text messaging on a daily basis in 2011, only 47% had made a daily mobile call. In 2012, it was reported that UK mobile users were more likely to text someone instead make a phone call. Only 47% made a phone call daily against 58% of people texted every day. Youngersters were more likely than elders to think it acceptable to share information via text.

The study found 61% of 16-24 year old people thought that to share good news through open social networking sites was a good idea, but only 39% of all UK adults believed in this communication route. More than 84% of younger group (16-24 years) used at least one of these methods on a weekly basis, more than texting on a mobile phone (80%).

The report also revealed that, among this age group, 66% used social networking, 48% instant messaging and 35% used micro-blogging sites on a weekly basis.

Ofcom’s Director of Research James Thickett has attributed the decline to the increased popularity of smartphones, which allowed people to communicate using  Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging & email.

According to him, digital & mobile technology had fundamentally changed the way people socialised with each other, offering “newer forms of communications which don’t require us to talk to each other”.

Thousands of people share their ideas on various sites was an indication that more & more people text simply because they just want to leave a message & not have to talk. Not only is it cheaper but carrying a smartphone is much more easier than a laptop.

 

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