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Palo Alto Online and West Seattle Herald get their mobile apps, powered by YAPPER

By: , IntoMobile
Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 5:01 AM

Palo Alto Online and West Seattle Herald are joining the “mobile app revolution” with their own apps for the iPhone and Android, powered by YAPPER. Both apps feature latest news (with push notifications), photos and videos, while at the same time working as community engagement and social media tools.

The last mentioned part is especially interesting, as these apps allow users to submit geo-aware information, stories, photos and videos to the news organization. And once approved, these user-generated story may appear on the news site, in the app as well as on YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, 360News and CNNireport sites with credit going to the user!

That’s something we don’t see in “regular” news apps. Usually, there’s just the news with the ability to share stories with friends. With these two apps, you can BE the story. Love it!

As I mentioned at the beginning, both Palo Alto Online and West Seattle Herald mobile apps are powered by YAPPER, which is a web-based service that allows anyone to create their apps without a single line of code. You can check how it works from here.

Palo Alto (FREE) [iTunes link]
West Seattle Herald (FREE) [iTunes link]

(And if you own an Android smartphone, you’ll have to search for both apps manually in the Android Market)

About The Author

Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

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