New Feature: Mark Places Closed
Whrrl contains more than 6.5 million points of interest in the US, but how many of these businesses are going to close in the next year? In addition to being able to drag-and-drop places on the map, now Whrrl users can mark places as having closed permanently without having to contact us through our feedback box.
I captured Frank (the software engineer who brought this feature to life) in his natural habitat, and put together a quick demo of how marking places closed in Whrrl works. Enjoy!
Video: Meet Frank & Mark Places Closed in Whrrl
Check out the Whrrl YouTube Channel for more videos!
How to Mark Places Closed
On the detail page for a place, there is a button at the bottom of the left hand column. When you mark a place closed the button will change to orange, and the business name will display [Closed] next to it. If you made a mistake, you can click the orange button and mark the place open again:
Seattle Techies Meet Makers of Whrrl
Traveling to our event at BluWater Bistro I used Whrrl on my iPhone to find my way. At each intersection I tapped ‘Go’, next to Move Map to Current Location, and watched in awe as my map centered on where I was. I even called Emily, who was back at the office, and told her, “It works!” GPS has arrived, and life will never be the same (although I bet I’ll still manage to get lost somehow).
Thanks to everyone who came and contributed to a fantastic turnout of interesting people, as we hosted an invite-only event for technologists in the Seattle area. Pelago provided food, booze, and gave attendees the chance to have one-on-one conversations with the senior team and numerous employees. Guests heard firsthand what it’s like to build Whrrl for the web and mobile devices, including the iPhone.
Jeff was losing his voice, but managed to rally and give a talk about the founding and vision of Pelago. There was also a presentation on tough problems the engineering team is working hard to solve, and a demo of the Whrrl website and mobile application. Absent from all this was a demo of our new iPhone app, but I handed over my phone to folks so they could check it out.
The highlight of my night was when the Apple employee who sold me my beloved 3G iPhone last Friday at the Bellevue Apple Store showed up at the event. When I got my new phone (after 7 ½ hours of standing in line) the first thing I did was download the Whrrl iPhone app onto it, and proceeded to show him how it works. He looked us up online, and came to say hi. So cool!
Here are some pictures I took of the mobile application demo on my iPhone (this isn’t the iPhone app):
Whrrl Featured in WSJ
We were featured in the Wall Street Journal today as being one of the companies working on cutting edge GPS mobile technology. Just to be noted as an industry leader makes us proud! It’s press like this that makes all the hard work worth it!
Read the article here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120666235472370235.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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