{"id":793,"date":"2013-06-26T12:05:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T12:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openstate.eu\/?p=793"},"modified":"2016-02-23T15:48:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T15:48:18","slug":"app-developers-will-visit-business-lounge-apps-for-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openstate.eu\/en\/2013\/06\/app-developers-in-business-lounge-amsterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"App-developers in business lounge Amsterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past years many local, regional and national app competitions in Europe have been organized and stimulated developers and companies to build new applications with open data. But it’s time to take it to the next level. And so on Saturday June 29, at the `\u0080\u0098Hack de Overheid Hackathon<\/a>‘ members of the Apps for Europe<\/a>\u00a0network open their first Business Lounge. Here’s a selection apps of developers that take the comfortable seats in the first Apps for Europe Business Lounge located at the Amsterdam City Hall this coming Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Neighborhood Alert<\/strong><\/p>\n

Omgevingsalert.nl<\/a>\u00a0makes it easy to find out what’s happening in your neighborhood. App developed by\u00a0Andersteboven<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a09 to 5 development<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Spotzi<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Spotzi<\/a>\u00a0is the largest online World Atlas. It not only shows you street maps and high detail areal maps. That’s just a starter.\u00a0Spotzi<\/a>\u00a0is developed by\u00a0D-Base<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Muse-app<\/strong><\/p>\n

Muse-app<\/a>\u00a0brings art to life.\u00a0Create your Work of Art, with some help from world-famous old masters.\u00a0Muse-app<\/a>\u00a0is developed by\u00a0Glimworm IT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Vistory<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Vistory<\/a> is an app that uses a smart phone’s geo-location technology to find out where you are and shows you what historical films were taken close by.\u00a0Vistory<\/a>\u00a0is developed by\u00a0Glimworm IT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Scholenvinden<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finding schools is not so hard as you think. Scholenvinden is developed by Dispectu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>LawCat<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Lawcat<\/a> is a 21st century law collection. It’s a free platform that contains Dutch laws and regulations and enables users to add and share knowledge and expertise.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Openbaar Vervoer App<\/strong><\/p>\n

Did the tram pass by already? Is the bus late? Realtime information on public transport is offered with Openbaarvervoerapp<\/a>. This app is developed by Solid Links<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/strong>\"\"<\/a>Open OV<\/strong><\/p>\n

OpenOv<\/a> is a smartly developed API with data on public transport in the Netherlands. This application that offers a lot of developers the right data for apps. OpenOv is developed by Stefan de Konink<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Hoge Nood<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t waste time trying to\u00a0find\u00a0your way to the loo either, as once you’ve selected your nearest\u00a0toilet\u00a0Hoge Nood<\/a> will guide you directly to it.\u00a0Hoge Nood<\/a>\u00a0is developed by App-visie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>iKringloop<\/strong><\/p>\n

Give stuff a second change. iKringloop<\/a>\u00a0enables you to exchange second-hand goods with your neighbors, thrift shops and collectors. It brings existing pick-up\/drop-off services together in a mobile and social platform to reuse things easier. iKringloop<\/a>\u00a0is developed by iKringloop.
\nOther apps included in this first Apps for Europe Business Lounge are\u00a0Push2Press.com<\/a>\u00a0(Glimworm IT),\u00a0Openhuis App<\/a>\u00a0(2coolmonkeys),\u00a0City Navigator<\/a>\u00a0(BusFaster Oy),\u00a0PAC-Manchester<\/a>\u00a0(Foxdogs Studios),\u00a0Go Board<\/a>\u00a0(Iodatalabs),\u00a0De Nederlandse Wet<\/a>\u00a0(Black Envelope) en Ikregeer<\/a> (overheid.io)<\/p>\n

As various open data workshops are taking place next to the main hall, incubators and angel investors meet ground-breaking app developers to turn their digital services into business.\u00a0The Apps for Europe Business Lounge<\/a>, organised by\u00a0Waag Society<\/a>,\u00a0Kennisland<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Open State Foundation<\/a>, is to support open data apps to move from concept or prototype into a business start-up.<\/p>\n

This meet and great with experts from various incubators and angel investors among them\u00a0Rockstart<\/a>,\u00a0Google<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Startup Bootcamp<\/a>\u00a0prepares selected participants to apply for the Apps for Europe competition. Developers get advice in creating and commercializing apps with market potential. They enter their app, including a business model, into an annual pan-European Open Data Competition.<\/p>\n

The Business Lounge at the Hack de Overheid Hackathon<\/a> in Amsterdam is the first of a series of local business lounges that are organised in Berlin, Brussels, Ghent, Helsinki, Barcelona, Warsaw and Manchester.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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