As featured in this month’s Business Edit magazine, Jonny Kirk Director of Enterprise Mobility for TheAppBuilder, made a splash at the recent “Technology at work” event in Belfast’s Waterfront Hall.  Jonny kicked off with an introduction to the benefits of enterprise mobility, before guiding the audience through a number of use cases in series of workshops before rounding the day off in a panel discussion.

We saw high levels of interest and demand for mobile solutions from the Belfast audience, mirroring the worldwide demand we are currently witnessing with many delegates approaching us afterwards to say it was their favourite track & among their top business priorities.

If you are organising an event & would like a speaker on Enterprise Mobility drop Jonny an email: jonathan.kirk@jampot.ie

Build Mobile’s Markus Zsombor was one of the first journalists to interview us when we launched TheAppBuilder earlier this year. Six months on and he has written a follow-up feature, this time interviewing our CTO Michael Barr.

A great quote from Markus which made us smile in the office: “I must say they’ve been working so hard that the product is now completely transformed.”  Blood, sweat and tears Markus, that’s how hard!

It is great that Markus has seen how far TheAppBuilder has come in the past six months. He was even so impressed as to say, “Those of you who dream of a successful startup better pay attention to TheAppBuilder”. A great compliment indeed!

Click here to read the full article in which Michael Barr discusses the latest product updates and future plans with Markus.

by Michael Barr, CTO

Hey guys, I’ve just left the launch event for Windows Phone 8 in San Francisco. That was a blast!

The experience really started a few days ago when Microsoft asked if I would attend a special pre-launch briefing with their CEO Steve Ballmer. It was an early start but boy was it worth it. First of all I was presented with a brand new HTC Windows Phone 8 which I fell in love with within minutes. I have an iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7, but this is a little special compared to them all.

Before long Steve came to greet the small audience at this event, and after a chat I presented him with the customary  gift – a bright red branded TheAppBuilder hoodie! After this he chatted us through the key features of Windows Phone 8.

Private audience with Ballmer, my new phone, cool reception

Next up was the main gig, the official unveiling of Windows Phone 8 to the world. I’ve been to a few of these gigs with different hardware and software giants, but this was cool. Not only was the range of new features impressive, but  Jessica Alba joined the party on stage to talk about the new kids corner security feature – all a bit surreal!

Ballmer takes to the stage, TheAppBuilder pod, Jessica Alba

Microsoft are making a real statement with Windows 8 and the new phone operating system is no different. There are new features  galore and some great app updates including the Facebook update which will pull photos straight to your phone lock screen. Always-on Skype with no battery drain and Pandora music free for a year are great additions to the app store. I didn’t get a chance to show Steve the Ballmer app we created about him and is now available on the Windows 8 store, but as I travel to Redmond tonight for the Microsoft Build Conference our paths might cross again this week!

Facebook, Skype, Prices

Build starts tomorrow, I’ll be sure to keep you up-to-date with what’s going on.

Michael

In homage to the brilliant new Windows operating system, Windows 8, the team has put together a fan app for Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer.

We wanted to show how our self-service app building tool, TheAppBuilder, can be used to create a sensational Windows 8 app in minutes. When we were thinking of who to feature, it just had to be Steve. The guy is a legend who has provided us with great keynotes and also some very ‘interesting’ performances over the years (Monkey Boy being a highlight!). So Steve, we hope you enjoy your app.

Check out the preview now, and download from the store when Windows 8 launches on October 26.

PC World had a chat with our CEO James and CTO Michael about Windows 8 App Development and asked the question: Is it a Burden or a Breeze? Check out the article in anticipation of the launch of Microsoft’s new desktop and tablet operating system on October 26.

You can create your very own Windows 8 app using TheAppBuilder, ready to upload to the Windows Store. Show your customers or community that you’re ahead of game with an app for the most hotly anticipated Windows platform in years.

JamPot Technologies Ltd. today announces the news that Silicon Valley trailblazer Michael Buhr has joined the company’s Advisory Board. The company behind self-service mobile app making product, TheAppBuilder, is delighted to have added such valuable experience to its growing team. 

This is a major coup for the Northern Irish technology company which has expanded aggressively during 2012. Buhr brings a wealth of experience as a seasoned technology product executive and business leader. His previous roles have included senior positions with industry defining companies such as Apple, Adobe, Palm and eBay.

The most recent chapter of Buhr’s career has seen him create and advise high growth start-up organizations in the consumer focussed tech arena. As Senior Director of Corporate Strategy at eBay Buhr uncovered StumbleUpon, the web’s leading discovery engine, and led acquisition before taking the reigns as CEO. Buhr has subsequently advised and help lead early stage investment in companies which have been acquired by Facebook and Google.

The value of such experience was the major driver behind JamPot’s approach to Buhr. James Scott, JamPot CEO explains, “We have major expansion plans for the company and the rapid acceleration of TheAppBuilder. Michael’s success in building businesses, products, strategies, and teams in such relevant industries, along with his passion for identifying high growth consumer orientated tech businesses identified him as an ideal candidate to join the newly formed advisory board.”

Buhr is excited about joining the JamPot advisory board and affecting the direction of this emerging company and product, “TheAppBuilder represents a major opportunity to lead the self-service app creation market. Given the potential size of this emerging market and the impact which JamPot has already made with TheAppBuilder, there is no more exciting opportunity. I can’t wait to get going, bringing my experience and passion for creating great product experiences to JamPot.”

JamPot launched self-service mobile app building product TheAppBuilder at Mobile World Congress, Barcelona in March 2012. In the intervening six months more than 45,000 apps have been created, with the company recently introducing a free plan enabling anybody, no matter what their level of technical ability, to easily create a cross-platform mobile app in minutes at no cost. Individuals, organizations and businesses are all launching apps for a range of purposes. In June 2012 Microsoft named JamPot as the People’s Choice European Start-Up of the Year.

Imagine this – its October 26 and the most hyped Windows operating system launch in years has just gone live – Windows 8. All media focus will be on this – news programs on TV, magazines, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, the entire internet – everything!  Windows 8 will deliver a radical change to the way in which you will use Windows on PCs, laptops and mobile tablets. Windows 8 ushers in an intuitive new touch interface which takes its lead from last year’s hugely impressive Windows Phone 7 tile user interface..

Ahem (cough, cough), we have an announcement. From today you can now create your own native Windows 8 app in minutes using TheAppBuilder. We are pleased to announce that we are the only do-it-yourself app building service which has risen to the challenge to enable you to publish your own Windows 8 app (even before the store has gone live)!

Very simply, you can log-in to your account on TheAppBuilder and preview your existing app as a very cool Windows 8 app, and then select to submit it to the store.  If you haven’t got an account yet, just take a few minutes to sign-up and with a few clicks you can create your app for Windows 8 and the existing platforms supported by TheAppBuilder – iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone and HTML5 Web App.

Microsoft are excited to see TheAppBuilder enable anyone to easily and quickly create and submit exciting Windows 8 apps. Check out what  John Richards, Senior Director, Windows Apps Marketing at Microsoft Corp had to say on our official press release.

Happy Windows 8 app building.

TheAppBuilder team with Josh Holmes (center), Microsoft

When the BBC wanted to talk about the impending iPhone 5 and Windows 8 launches, they came straight to JamPot.  Michael Barr (CTO) takes up the story…

Our Chief Innovation Officer, Andy, has been spreading the word according to TheAppBuilder around Silicon Valley all Summer. However he couldn’t stay away for long and has made a flying visit to catch up with the team for a couple of weeks before heading back to California. It was great to see our buddy and plan the next stage of our assault on the Valley.

It’s the beginning of September, the Summer is drifting away and the weather forecast is for rain rain and more rain. We could be forgiven for feeling a bit gloomy, but the latest news from Microsoft has given us a late Summer rush – JamPot is the Microsoft Small Business of the Month for Europe!

We have had a remarkable adventure and great success since launching TheAppBuilder at Mobile World Congress in February. Since then over 35,000 apps have been created using the service and the future is looking rosy with brilliant feature updates being released by the week to keep pushing the boundaries of app creation.

Check out the Microsoft article accompanying the award and visit TheAppBuilder to create your app, for FREE.