Oswego Alumni Magazine » mobile http://oswego.edu/magazine Oswego Alumni Magazine Wordpress site Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:03:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 College rolls out mobile website to meet growing demand http://oswego.edu/magazine/2012/04/23/college-rolls-out-mobile-website-to-meet-growing-demand/ http://oswego.edu/magazine/2012/04/23/college-rolls-out-mobile-website-to-meet-growing-demand/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:10:53 +0000 Tim Nekritz http://oswego.edu/magazine/?p=2718 The launch of the college’s new mobile website allows users to connect with the campus through a location-based map, interactive directory and many other features.

The mobile-friendly site at m.oswego.edu officially launched last fall to meet increasing demand from those accessing the college website on smartphones and tablets. Traffic via mobile devices to oswego.edu more than doubled from the previous year.

The mobile-friendly map feature has GPS functionality so students and visitors to campus can find events, lectures and athletic contests.

Other icons connect to emergency contact information, a staff and student directory, news, athletics, social media links and Penfield Library’s mobile presence.

]]> http://oswego.edu/magazine/2012/04/23/college-rolls-out-mobile-website-to-meet-growing-demand/feed/ 0 Oswego team develops business, app in 54 hours http://oswego.edu/magazine/2012/04/23/oswego-team-develops-business-app-in-54-hours/ http://oswego.edu/magazine/2012/04/23/oswego-team-develops-business-app-in-54-hours/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:05:01 +0000 Guest http://oswego.edu/magazine/?p=2695 Five SUNY Oswego students showed off their computer science skills and business savvy in a business-startup competition that brought 146 students and faculty from 10 colleges together with scientists, engineers, software developers, designers and other professional mentors to harness entrepreneurial drive throughout the region.

Oswego teammates, from left, Nicholas Poorman ’12, Joe Mirizio ’12, Armando Franco M ’13, Joshua Primrose ’12 and Steven Pomerville ’12 took fourth place during the Startup Weekend business competition in November.

The team earned fourth place for developing a plan to start a company called SpecialMenu with a built-from-scratch mobile Web app that finds specials at

nearby restaurants. They were among 17 teams taking part in Startup Weekend, an intense 54-hour business planning and entrepreneurial training event that took place Nov. 4 to 6 in Syracuse.

“We made a business plan, created a presentation and developed a working prototype for our app all in that time,” said computer science major Nicholas Poorman ’12.

As one of the top five, the startup has been promised space in the Tech Garden, which offers offices and conference spaces for developing businesses.

— Samantha Yeh ’12

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