Written by John Einar Sandvand
Communications Manager - product & tech
Published October 13, 2014

Mobile Development Meetup in Gdansk on Nov. 12

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Learn from leading Scandinavian media services! On Wednesday, November 12 we invite to a free meetup about mobile development in our new offices in Gdansk. 

Schibsted Tech Polska moved into brand new offices in Gdansk in September. Now we invite developers in the Tricity area for an exciting tech event where you will learn how some of the biggest Scandinavian media services have been developed.

Four different Scandinavian cases will be presented.

The meetup will held on

Wednesday, November 12 from 18:00 – 20:30

In the offices of Schibsted Tech Polska 

Address: Olivia Four office building in Olivia Business Center, Aleja Grunwaldzka 472

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Here are the speakers for the STP Mobile Development Meetup:

 

Developing apps for Norway´s largest news service

padraic_woodsPadraic Woods, Software Development Manager in VG Mobile

VG is Norway´s largest news source – and the mobile site alone is visited by 3 million Norwegians every week.

Padraic Woods will explain how the programmers build the different applications for VG and what they have learned in the processes.

 

Wimp: Building a music service

torkjelbergPål Berg, Head of Client Development, and Torkjel Austad, Head of QA,  Wimp Music

Wimp is a music streaming service focusing on helping users to find new music and old favorites. It is also in the Polish market (http://wimp.pl), where it competes with Spotify.

Pål Berg and Torkjel Austad have central roles in the technical development of the music service  – and will give insight about how they work, both with developing native apps for IOS and Android, their use of APIs and how Wimp ensures the product scales well.

 

Reactive programming in Aftonbladet

artur_glier maciejMaciej Walczyński and Artur Glier, Aftonbladet´s mobile development team in Schibsted Tech Polska

Aftonbladet is Sweden´s most important news source and has had enormous success with its innovative mobile products.

Maciej Walczyński and Artur Glier will present how they use reactive programming to build solid mobile app architectures for Aftonbladet.

 

Making traffic alert app using Phonegap

michalMichal Plachta, team leader for Stavanger Aftenblad´s development team in Schibsted Tech Polska

Stavanger Aftenblad is the leading media house in Norway´s ”oil capital” Stavanger.

For commuters in Stavanger traffic jams are daily challenges.  Michal Plachta will tell about how his team built an innovative mobile app using the Phonegap framework and all related challenges, advantages and drawbacks.

The app lets users alerts each other about traffic jams and give a live overview of any traffic problems in the area.

Social networking

Food and beer/drinks will be provided at the event – and there will be plenty of opportunity to mingle with other participants and our employees.

Registration is now full

100 people have registered – and we have unfortunately no space for more. But you can sign up for the waiting list – and we will let you know if seats become available.  Sign up for the waiting list here!

Questions?

Contact Tomasz Zarzeczny on mail tomasz.zarzeczny(at)schibsted.pl – or mobile phone +48-721 812 001.

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Hear the amazing success story about VG Mobile at the STP Mobile Development Meetup on November 12

Hear the amazing success story about VG Mobile at the STP Mobile Development Meetup on November 12

Written by John Einar Sandvand
Communications Manager - product & tech
Published October 13, 2014