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ShopSavvy Explained in Five Acts

Alexander Muse — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:53:10 +0000

Lots of you email us each week and ask about our business model and our plans in general. I thought I would take a few moments here in the final hours of 2010 (before our guests arrive) to give you a behind the scenes look at the ShopSavvy platform.

ShopSavvy Explained (Part 1 of 5) – The App
ShopSavvy Explained (Part 2 of 5) – PriceNark
ShopSavvy Explained (Part 3 of 5) – QuickPay
ShopSavvy Explained (Part 4 of 5) – AdOns
ShopSavvy Explained (Part 5 of 5) – Deals

Help us launch ShopSavvy for iPhone!

Alexander Muse — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:16:46 +0000

Got an iPhone and want ShopSavvy? We are VERY close to being ready to submit ShopSavvy to the iTunes market, but we really need your help. We want to test our image recognition across a large number of actual iPhone cameras and barcodes. Our goal is to test on at least 1,000 iPhones and at least that many barcodes. You can help us – i.e. the faster we get this testing completed the faster we will submit ShopSavvy (oh and it will be free). Here is what we need:

Use your iPhone (tell us which version you have) to take a photo of a barcode.
Make sure you hold the camera about 3 inches from the barcode (not any farther please).
Title the file the number of the barcode i.e. 062338796823.jpg (this is important)
Email the file (with correct title) to support@biggu.com

If you can send one barcode we will be appreciative. If you can send ten we will forever be in your debt. Anyway, thanks for your help (in advanced). Please tell your friends to do the same.

ShopSavvy on TechCrunch

Alexander Muse — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:19:55 +0000

MG Siegler over at TechCrunch wrote a nice post on ShopSavvy titled, “The New ShopSavvy: Faster, Bigger, Stronger!“ Thanks MG.

ShopSavvy and Google!

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:34:17 +0000

The driving force behind Big in Japan is largely due to the success of ShopSavvy (our barcode scanning/price comparison application for Android). In turn the success of ShopSavvy is due in large part to our relationship with Google. We hope that we have played a small part in the success of Android – Google’s mobile phone operating system. I was surprised, and humbled, when I noticed that Sergey Brin wrote about ShopSavvy in the latest Founders Letter published today. Each year Larry and Sergey take turns writing an annual letter – this is the first time one of our projects has ever been mentioned! Check out the full letter here. I just wanted to take a minute to thank Larry, Sergey, Eric and Dan for supporting Android and our development efforts – we really appreciate everything you have done! Keep up the great work.

ShopSavvy Cupcake Release!

Alexander Muse — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:30:05 +0000

Our first release compatible with Cupcake is available for beta testing. If you agree to beta test, find and report a bug first and send us your address we will send you a Big in Japan t-shirt for your trouble. Download the APK for ShopSavvy here: http://tinyurl.com/sscupcake. Send bugs to support@biggu.com. Thanks for your help!

ShopSavvy is big in Germany?

Alexander Muse — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:46:12 +0000

Check out some of the German ShopSavvy promotions: