News in the Park

    Just in time for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Fission Media, an iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad tablet software de­velopment company located in Edmonton, announces the release of its latest application – a handheld guide to the Olympic athletes and artists from Alberta entitled ABto2010. This new app is sponsored by WinSport Canada in partnership with the Government of Alberta. The app connects users to when and where Alberta’s athletes will be competing and highlights the musical artists who will be playing live at Alberta Plaza each night of the Games. News feeds will enable you to keep up-to-date on how they’re doing, and maps will show you when and where to find them.

    And we haven’t forgotten the many other handheld users out there. Working in collaboration with web devel­oper Balance Media, the two high tech companies have created a website at ABto2010.com for easy access by BlackBerry and other handhelds. The goal is to make sure users can easily track Albertan athletes and musical performers at the Games.

    ABto2010 is now available free on Apple’s iTunes Store. Download it and make sure you don’t miss one of Alberta’s own at the 2010 Winter Games. The application works best on the iPhone 3G and 3GS, but also func­tions on an iPod Touch with a WiFi connection. The mobile formatted website, ABto2010.com, can be accessed by any handheld with a web connection.

    ABto2010 and ABto2010.com are the creation of the iPhone development team at Fission Media and the web development team at Balance Media. “They’re designed as a quick, anywhere, anytime way to keep track of our people at the Games,” says Fission Media’s President and Executive Producer, Tom Dodd. He, his produc­tion team and Balance Media started on this project a mere four weeks ago. “A last minute idea that I’m sure will be appreciated by people from Western Canada attending the Games,” says Tom. “It also helps to show the potential for using such technologies at big events. No more bewildering searches on TV, online or in the newspapers for results! This will be much easier and faster.

    It’ll be amazing!”

     For more information, please contact Tom Dodd at 780-466-1660, Cell: 780-405-4734 or email tom@fissionmedia.com

     You can check out Fission Media at www.FissionMedia.com and Balance Media at www.balancemedia.com