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Did you get a new iDevice for Christmas? Many people did, and now’s the time when they’re going to be setting up all their new apps and services. One Apple program that’s probably going to get a lot of traffic over the next few days is iTunes Match. iTunes Match launched last month, but many consumers are still a bit unclear as to what it…
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The iTunes Match international release has hardly been the smoothest operation by Apple. The company “accidentally” flipped the on switch early, and many hopeful subscribers were reduced to needing a refund. Others, like me, simply received a message stating that new subscriptions were unavailable. Thankfully, the iTunes Match service has now been…
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Many outside the US will have been excited at the news that Apple’s music matching and streaming service was launched to them. Unfortunately, there were many who experienced issues when trying to sign up. One person even got his paid subscription refunded. Intrigued, I attempted to sign up in the UK, and got the polite and informative message letting me…
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It’s not been long since iTunes Match launched (late) in the States, and already there are reports of premature launching internationally. The $24.99 per year cloud service is the first attempt by Apple to create a music streaming feature within its ecosystem, allowing users the ability to free up space on their iDevices. Last we’d heard, Apple was…
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You remember Jotly, right? The hilarious and absurd spoof of our mobile/local/social app obsession? To refresh your memory, Jotly’s humor was so on target, people wondered if creator Alex Cornell (founder of Nosh) was actually making fun of Kevin Rose’s Oink with this parody video. He swears he was not, just of the “proliferation of absolute ridiculousness when it comes to apps and startups these days.”
Well, guess what? Jotly is now an app itself. Says Cornell, “we just couldn’t help ourselves.”
According to Cornell, the folks over at Firespotter Labs (the team behind Nosh) never intended to make Jotly an actual thing. “But with the absurd amount of ‘rate things’ style apps flooding the market after our video came out,” explains Cornell, “we figured it just had to exist for real. The Oink similarity was hilarious, then Stamped…it seemed to just keep getting better and better…”
So the team spun it up over the last couple of weeks, and it’s launching today here in iTunes.
“People can can finally stop making social apps now. Jotly exists for real and the high watermark has been established,” Cornell jokes.
As it turns out, if you like rating random things like hiding spots and space helmets, the app looks pretty good. It’s attractive, well-designed and easy to use. How funny would it be if it actually came out on topo of Oink and Stamped et al. in the whole “rate things” game?
And for more fun, the description in iTunes carries on with Jotly’s sense of humor:
- Search for nearby items. Even if it’s a piece of lint, it might be really awesome. Jotly will help you find it
- Find the best and worst things at any place. Like ducks? Jotly will show you big and little ducks…Everything about your life is exciting. To everyone. Ever. Download Jotly.
Dude, consider it done.
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