Congratulations to our clients who have recently been recognized. We are proud to help them leverage mobile technology!
MyMajors
Townsend Communications
Moblico’s MyMajors mobile app was nominated for the 2011 Best App Ever Awards and won third place! MyMajors placed in third for Android’s Best High School mobile app. The nomination was based off of the people’s choice, and our users voted us in third! This year over a million users voted, the highest participation to date. You can see more at:http://bestappever.com/awards/2011/winner/hsed
Sporting Kansas City
Livestrong Stadium
Sporting KC was honored for KCBJ’s first ImpacT Awards. The award was based on technology-based solutions that created tangible benefits. Sporting KC was specifically recognized for their mobile technology efforts that allowed for an interactive fan environment and a collection of valuable consumer data. We congratulate Sporting KC and are proud to help them leverage mobile technology. Read more about the award here: http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/print-edition/2011/11/11/impact-client-interface-sporting.html
The Olathe Chamber
MetroMedia
The Tourism Industry Association of Kansas awarded the Olathe Chamber of Commerce for an ad featuring Moblico’s mobile app. The Go Olathe application connects visitors with special deals, and a mobile directory of hotels, restaurants and events! Learn more about Chamber applications here:http://www.chamber2go.com/
Flatts Fest 2011
Rascal Flatts
Flatts Fest 2011 Tour was nominated for Eventful’s ” Best Tour of the Year”. Among the award winning aspects was Moblico’s Flatts Fest mobile application. Fans engaged in an interactive scavenger hunt through out the fan zone to unlock great prizes. Check out the Rascal Flatts, Flatts Fest mobile application at:http://www.moblico.com/apps/gallery/flatts
KANSAS CITY, Mo., (March. 5, 2012)— Moblico, a Kansas City based mobile solutions company was recognized by Thinking Bigger Business Media, Inc as an honoree for their Eleventh Annual 25 Under 25® Awards. Moblico was one of 25 small businesses honored for the outstanding small business award.
From more than 1,000 nominations, Thinking Bigger’s panel of distinguished judges chose the top 25 companies with fewer than 25 employees to join the outstanding alumni from the past 10 years. The selection was based on businesses that illustrated consistent growth, commitment to the community and an ability to overcome challenges.
“We created the 25 Under 25® Awards program eleven years ago to recognize the significant role small businesses play in the local and national economy.” Said Kelly Scanlon, President and CEO of Thinking Bigger Media, Inc “The 25 companies selected to the Class of 2012 are certainly “thinking bigger” and finding even more ways to build upon their success.”
“We are proud to receive this recognition on behalf of the ‘Moblicans’, our customers and supporters. ” Said Pierre Barbeau CEO of Moblico. “Without the dedication of our team and the loyalty of our supporters Moblico would not be the growing business we are today.”
For more information on Thinking Bigger’s 25 Under 25® Award including a complete list of award recipients, visit: http://www.ithinkbigger.com/25-under-25r-awards/winners
About Moblico
Moblico is mobile solution platform that keeps business connected with mobile users anytime, anywhere. In the Kansas City Metro, organizations such as the KC Chamber of Commerce, Sporting KC, KC Chiefs, The Legend’s, and Hen House use Moblico’s platform.
For more information about Moblico visit moblico.com
The NTSB wants states to ban drivers from using cellphones – handheld or hands-free. But it can’t impose any laws or restrictions. That’s up to lawmakers, who may or may not agree.
By Daniel B. Wood, Staff writer / December 13, 2011
A sign in Havre, Mont., notifies drivers of the city's handheld cellphone ban, which took effect in October. The NTSB wants states to go further, banning all cellphone use by drivers.
The federal agency charged with overseeing transportation safety recommended Tuesday that US states should forbid the use of all cellphones and other portable electronic devices by drivers.
The five-member, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) agreed unanimously to the recommendation as the number of accidents attributed to cellphone use rises. Perhaps the most dramatic was a fatal highway pileup in Missouri in 2010, in which a 19-year-old driver sent or received 11 texts in the 11 minutes before the crash.
“Driving was not his only priority,” said NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman. “No call, no text, no update is worth a human life.”
The restrictions would exceed any existing state laws that limit drivers’ cellphone use – for texting, web-surfing, or talking – because they would apply to both hands-free and handheld devices. The board has no power to impose restrictions, however, meaning that any new rules would have to come from states, Congress, or federal regulators. But the NTSB is seen as being very influential.
“This is an expert agency which is considered important and is trying to make transportation safer, so even though it can only recommend, it will be taken very seriously,” says Carl Tobias, professor at the University of Richmond School of Law. “Following through devolves back on the states and what their legislatures are willing to do.”
“It’s amazing to me that despite the growing evidence to the contrary, people continue to think this is not dangerous,” Professor Tobias says.
The number of accidents in which texting and cellphone calls were a contributing factor has increased, he says.
A Sept. 12, 2008, Metrolink collision with a freight train that killed 25 people and injured 135 in Los Angeles was perhaps the first high-profile cellphone-linked accident. After that, a tugboat pilot in Philadelphia was killed while talking on his cellphone and using a laptop. More recently, a Northwest Airlines flight flew more than 100 miles past its destination while both pilots were working on their laptops.
Several new technologies have emerged to help drivers handle the distractions. One, called Myautoreply, works with the Android smartphone platform to intercept both text and voice calls while the owner is driving.
“It’s one thing to have a law, it’s another to deal with the temptations and habits of having a cellphone in the car,” says Pierre Barbeau, CEO of Moblico, which makes Myautoreply.
Some 35 states currently ban texting while behind the wheel. Nine ban the use of handheld cellphones while driving.
