Webaroo Inc. has been selected from more than 700 companies to present at the California Tech Showcase 2007 (CTS 2007, www.CaliforniaTechShowcase.com) being held at the Hotel Hermitage in La Baule, France on June 28th and 29th this year. The conference is being hosted by EuroStart Capital Partners LLC, a new San Francisco-based venture fund. Webaroo, Your Web to Go, will show an innovative mobile software application that delivers fast, free and always-on access to web content on most current mobile phones throughout the world.
The software lets consumers get a wide variety of compelling content such as news, blogs, photos, emails and much more on their mobile phones and access this content even when they’re not connected to the network. The application runs on most Java-enabled phones world-wide including the popular models from Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and others. Data access must be enabled on the phones for the user to download and update the Webaroo application. Webaroo is free to consumers, apart from the data access fees charged by their carriers.
“Webaroo’s vision is to make web content available on all portable devices,” said Rakesh Mathur, Co-founder & CEO, Webaroo, adding, “We are excited to bring our vision to life now on most of the world’s mobile phones, in addition to laptops and portable drives. This is a significant development as trends indicate that web usage on mobile phones will grow to be more than on other devices.”
Webaroo’s technology uses the local phone memory to store snippets of content downloaded from the web. This content is then readily available and can be accessed much faster than traditional browsing. Also, since the content is stored locally, it is available all the time, even when network connectivity is weak or unavailable.
In addition to content sources such as news and blogs, Webaroo’s application contains “widgets” that can download specific content from web services such as email servers, social networking sites, search engines, photo sites, weather sites and more. Webaroo also contains pre-packaged content packs such as city guides, celebrity profiles, restaurant finders, and more. Webaroo will continuously add more content to the application.
Webaroo is in discussions with mobile carriers and content publishers to integrate the Webaroo application into their services, thereby delivering a rich mobile web experience to consumers at the time they purchase their new phones.
About Webaroo
Webaroo is Your Web To Go - fast, free and always-on access to the web on mobile devices. Webaroo’s products make rich and diverse web content accessible on portable devices, including mobile phones, laptops and portable drives. Founded in 2004, the company has offices in Santa Clara (California), Bellevue (Washington), Mumbai (India) and New Delhi (India). Webaroo brings together a world-class team of entrepreneurs, researchers and engineers to deliver innovative products that provide fast, free and ubiquitous access to web content. Visit www.webaroo.com for more information.
Webaroo is a registered trademark of Webaroo Inc.