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Plague: A communication app that can help your Online Content go viral

newstartuplogoWe all love it when things go viral Online. Be it a YouTube song or some silly Instagram image. Of course, sometimes the guy who posted it walks away smiling to the bank, too.

But what’s the secret in making your Online Content go viral in the 1st place? What’s the recipe for creating that buzz around it? Now here’s a startup which may not still give away the secret sauce but is close enough. Plague is a platform that helps spread information to as wide an Online audience as possible.

As the name suggests, Plague works like a virus, but a good one. When you spread information, it goes to the users who are closest to you physically. The infected users can spread information exponentially further or they can resist the epidemic by keeping the information to themselves.

What this new smartphone app does is give anyone & everyone a fair & equal chance to be heard by the whole network right from the start – there is no friending or following on Plague. If your information is interesting to people, it can eventually spread to the entire world. That’s what this new social communications app,developed in Lithuania is all about.

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…and by the way, do not get confused between this new app & Plague Inc., which is a mobile game…2 different things, baby.

When you post your Content, it goes on to the nearest 4 smartphones which have the Plague app installed, & “infects” them with your Content. It is then left to these 4 to spread the infection by scrolling the screen up, in turn, infecting 4 others. You can also choose to comment on any given post.

What, of course, is crucial is that your phone & so of the others, must have this new smartphone app installed.

Click here to download Plague on your Android device.

Click here to download Plague on your iOS device.

Image Credit: Google store/Plague

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Scope photo discovery & event streaming app connects you to world events

streaming appScope is a photo discovery & event streaming app that lets you explore & see photos uploaded from a specific location. You can filter by country, city or venue.

The app plugs Google Earth & Instagram together with ‘Live’ event streaming & other features to make it easier to upload & see location-specific multimedia.

Scope was developed & launched by Pantoscope Media. The company’s founder Yanqing Wang explains how it works: Let’s say you’re throwing a grand opening at your new restaurant. Simply create the event in Scope and set the location and radius. Photos taken by guests at your event will automatically be uploaded to your Scope album. It’s a simple feature but it’s the first of its kind. Scope is a game changer in event planning and photo curation.

You can also use Scope simply by zooming in on a specific location on the map to see the latest photos at that location, or those taken at a specific time/date in the past. You can explore live events happening near you, & jump from one show to the next. The app lets you bookmark upcoming events you are interested in, & highlights specific photos from past events.

You can plan your own party by creating a geofenced event in the app. You can host shared events to which all your guests can contribute.

Another key feature is that Scope’s capture mode allows you to take & share pictures seamlessly without any interruptions. With batch upload, you can upload a whole batch in the time it takes for you to share a single photo.

Burnaby, BC, Canada-based Pantoscope Media was founded in 2013 by Yanqing Wang.

The Scope iOS app for photo discovery & event streaming was launched in Sept 2014. They are currently working on the Android version, & expect to launch it soon.

Click here to download the Scope app on your iOS device.

 

 Image Credit: Apple Store/Scope

 

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