Centrl Blog

Use Centrl to pick a place to meet a friend

murat — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:06:24 +0000

Now when you are trying to pick a place to meet a friend, you can use Centrl. Instead of copy-pasting URLs and emailing back and forth, you can settle on a place quickly with a few clicks. Here is how:

Here is the Centrl presentation from the excellent Monaco Media Forum:

Centrl Makes It Easier to Publish Data

aaron — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:27:25 +0000

With its new convenient online submission form, Centrl has made it easier for its users to publish their data on the Centrl network.

For more information, please visit http://centrl.com/publishers/

Embed Centrl into your Webpage

aaron — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:25:02 +0000

Now you can embed Centrl into your site with just a few lines of HTML. For more information, visit http://centrl.com/developers

Centrl - in Turkish & Japanese!

aaron — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:08:59 +0000

Our crack team of translators have been working hard to translate Centrl into Turkish and Japanese! To access the Turkish and Japanese versions of Centrl, just change your browser’s language settings.

Centrl iPhone Application Makes It Easy to Save and Share Locations

aaron — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:09:35 +0000

Version 1.40 of Centrl’s iPhone application introduces a new feature that makes it easy for users to save and share locations. Just click location from the menu bar at the bottom, verify your current location by entering in address or selecting one of the detected near-by locations, enter an optional note, click share, select the users with whom you want to share, and your friends will receive a notification containing the location’s information.

This new functionality makes Centrl a great way to tell your friends about all the cool new places you’ve found.

Centrl Adds New Shopping and Services Layers

aaron — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:00:17 +0000

Centrl just added new shopping and services layers. These new layers will make it easier for Centrl users to find exactly what they are looking for by simultaneously searching multiple datasources and returning only the most relevant results.

Check out the new layers on one of Centrl’s mobile or web applications:

http://centrl.com/mobile

http://centrl.com

Centrl’s Location-Based Advertising System

aaron — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:37:00 +0000

With the release of its new Location-Based Advertising System, Centrl now lets any business advertise special offers and deals to near-by customers on the Centrl network for free. “We want businesses to advertise money-saving deals on Centrl because we want to help our users save money,” commented Centrl founder and CEO, Murat Aktihanoglu.

The new advertising system includes two levels. The first lets any business advertise for free on the Centrl network. The deals and special offers of businesses participating at this level will be displayed as deal markers in Centrl’s mobile and web applications. A second premium level will allow businesses to differentiate their markers and gain access to ROI analytics and other valuable information.

Centrl’s Location-Based Advertising System is available here: http://centrl.com/advertisers

Introducing Centrl Lite for the BlackBerry

aaron — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:45:52 +0000

Centrl announced the release of Centrl Lite, a new streamlined application for BlackBerry devices. Centrl Lite’s text-based interface marks an important step in the development of Centrl and is designed to improve Centrl’s ease of use and make information more accessible. Centrl founder and CEO, Murat Aktihanoglu, noted that while Centrl Lite is still in early in it’s development cycle, “we believe that its quick, easy-to-use interface will prove to be a great way for BlackBerry users to learn about what is going on around them.”

Centrl Lite is available here: http://centrl.com/bb/centrl.jad

Centrl Launches New Web Client!

aaron — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:36:57 +0000

Centrl is proud to announce the release of its new web client. With the goal of improving user experience, adding functionality, and increasing its availability, this release marks a major milestone for Centrl and sets the stage for things to come.

Centrl’s latest release includes a number of new features:

A Redesigned Search Interface makes it easier to locate friends, discover new things, and find out what’s going on in your neighborhood.
New Profile Pages, automatically created for everything in the Centrl network! Now anything and everything can have its own web page. Check one out here.
Exciting New Map Layers make it easy to find anything. Check out our ‘Recommendations’ layer to see what’s popular with other Centrl users or the ‘From Friends’ layer to see what your friends think.
A Dashboard for quickly accessing Centrl’s most used features.
Enhanced Privacy Settings let you share your location with everyone, only your contacts, or become invisible.

Centrl Review on TechCrunch

murat — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:24:45 +0000

Serkan Toto has reviewed Centrl at TechCrunch. Here is his article:

Location-Based Mobile Social Network Centrl Integrates Web App, Adds First Real-Time Location-Based Messaging System