Posts Tagged ‘Stephan Uhrenbacher’
Qype releases API; announces new CEO
26 Jan. 2009 | Author: Qype is on the move: alongside its announcement of its new head, it has also released its API and is offering to reward developers for the best mashups.
It was recently announced that Qype-founder and CEO until now, Stephan Uhrenbacher has resigned his position. He will become Chairman of the Board, as described by the company in a press release. The new head of Qype is Stephen Taylor, whose credits include Regional Vice President and Managing Director von Yahoo! Europe as well as Managing Director of Overture Europe.
Just a few days before the change in management was announced, the company released their API. As announced in a press release, content from Qype, such as places, ratings, locations, place categories or photos become accessible for integration in mashups and other apps. The recently released ‘Qype Radar” application for iPhone (see our post) is based, for example, on the API.
Developers can download version 1.0 of the Qype API, and start designing applications. In fact, the best apps will be rewarded: first prize will receive a prize of Euro 3.500, second prize Euro 1.000 and third prize Euro 500. To participate, developers must submit their completed new apps by February 28, 2009 to Qype.
The API is not going to remain at v.1.0. As Stephan Uhrenbacher announced in the company blog, the first quarter 2009 should see the appearance of the Qype-API 2.0. Using the innovations of this API, it is planned to also integrate photos and reports from Qype.
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Tags: API, Bewertungen, Bewertungsplattform, Bewertungsportal, Community, Empfehlungsportal, lokale Informationen, lokales Such- und Bewertungportal, Qype, Qype Radar, Stephan Uhrenbacher, Stephen Taylor, User Generated Content, web2 0 | 
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Qype for business
The local search and ratings portal Qype has started a new service for companies and service providers, called “Qype for business”.
This was announced by Qype C.E.O. Stephan Uhrenbacher in the German-language blog of the Web 2.0 portal. According to Uhrenbacher this service offers the business owners additional functions to those previously available, so as to facilitate a web presence. Business can update their information, upload a short description and unlimited photos, assign keywords and categories, and all that gratis. Also new is that the businesses receive a daily e-mail summary of all pertinent ratings and uploaded photos, delivering the advantage of being in close touch with user activity.
With these innovations, Uhrenbacher states that the new additional Qype data will improve discovery by Google’s search engines. “For many undertakings, Qype can serve as the simplest version of a homepage in the web”, said Uhrenbacher about the improvements.
