NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Berlin, Germany, 10/26/2008 - hiogi participated in the Netbiscuits Mobile Web Developer Contest and won the third prize. ask.hiogi.com enables user to ask questions from a mobile phone while traveling and ticker.hiogi.com keeps people informed.

hiogi is the first open Web 2.0 community that answers any mobile adhoc question. As a technology leader in mobile Q&A solutions hiogi offers the following free channels to post a question: text messaging, an iPhone application, mobile portals, twitter or email from PDAs. Developers can use an open REST API. Answers are being individually researched in exiting answer battles.

Anybody can register for free on hiogi.com or m.hiogi.com and start asking questions e.g. about sport scores, traffic, addresses and weather forecasts or help others with a local tip, an advice or a recipe.

"hiogi is more personal than any other mobile information source, because users can interact directly with the individual who provided an answer by using the feedback mechanisms or by sending a message“, says Björn Behrendt, CEO of hiogi.

About hiogi

“We help each other” - this principle guides the world´s first Web 2.0 community for adhoc knowledge. Thousands of hiogis enjoy the thrill of 8-minute answer-battles, collect ogi-coins and keep themselves informed by using the free hiogi-desktop-tools or widgets. Thousands of questions can be found in the archive including reference links, comments and discussions. Questions range from "Can you recommend a steak restaurant in Boston?” to "Weather forecast 98550” or "What is the meaning in life?“. The goal of hiogi is to become the most convenient and personal search alternative on mobile phones. hiogi has its headquarter in the vibrant city-centre of Berlin, Germany.

Agency / Source: hiogi GmbH

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