BlackBerry App World Screen Shot

Although quub has been available for the BlackBerry for several months now (by downloading from our website) the quub team is excited to announce that it has just recently been approved and listed in the BlackBerry App World store.  This is BlackBerry’s equivalent to the iTunes Store for the iPhone.

Our BlackBerry client is our most feature advanced client that we have available now.  It boasts almost all the same functionality as our website.  There is always room for improvement though and we look forward to hearing from our users.   Give us feedback through the application itself or by emailing blackberryFeedback@quub.com.

This is a bug fix release.

Thanks to @SparkzRecords for helping us debug a few problems with confirming new accounts.

Hot on the heels of the Apple iTunes release is the quub upgrade to v1.2.0 in the Android Market for the Android mobile operating system.  This is the smoothest Android client yet and we are very proud of it.  It’s been updated for an “optimal experience” with the on-screen keyboard.  This version includes the ability to publish status privately to the quub groups that a user sets up on the quub website (or indiscriminately to services like Twitter/Facebook) Look for more features to match the full functionality of the web site in the future.

To get it search for “quub” in the market app on the phone, or go to the quub website on your Android phone.  The details are on the bottom of the main page after you sign into the website.

We are extremely happy to report that quub can now be used from the iPhone.  Our initial application took a long time to get approved, but is now available with limited functionality.  Look for more features soon!

Want to try it out?  It’s free and you can get it in the iTunes store by clicking here or by searching for quub.

VentureBeat wrote up an article about our new future tab and let everyone in on the secret that we are supporting Google Calendars as a way to bring your future status into quub.

“And people often have a good idea what their future status will be, too. I already know that I’m going to be in a meeting at the VentureBeat office at 4pm today, so why should I have to wait until that time to enter that as my status, or to let my friends know I’m going to be busy? Quub’s new “future” tab means I can enter that information now, either manually or by importing it from my Google Calendar.”

Read the whole thing here: http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/10/quub-lets-you-share-status-updates-from-the-past-present-and-future/

(quub is lowercase!!!!! – the branding-enforcement-officer)

quub is excited to welcome Paul Dourish to its Advisory Board. As a member of our advisory board we plan on working with him to refine our future plans and ideas so that we can maximize our value to our users.

Paul Dourish, Ph.D.

Dr. Dourish is a Professor of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine, with courtesy appointments in Computer Science and Anthropology. His primary research interests lie at the intersection of computer science and social science. Before coming to UCI, he was a Senior Member of Research Staff in the Computer Science Laboratory of Xerox PARC; he has also held research positions at Apple Computer and at Rank Xerox EuroPARC. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University College, London.

quub is excited to welcome Henry Kautz to its Advisory Board. As a member of our advisory board we plan on working with him to refine our future plans and ideas so that we can maximize our value to our users.

Henry Kautz, Ph.D.

Dr.Kautz’s research encompasses artificial intelligence, pervasive computing, and assistive technology. He had 13 years of industrial experience at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he was head of the AI Principles Research Department. In 2000 he became a faculty member at the University of Washington. From 2006 to 2007 he founded and directed the Intelligent Systems Center at Kodak Research. He is currently the chair of the department of Computer Science at the University of Rochester.

quub is excited to welcome Nathan Eagle to its Advisory Board.  As a member of our advisory board we plan on working with him to refine our future plans and ideas so that we can maximize our value to our users.

Nathan Eagle, Ph.D.

Dr. Eagle is a research Scientist at MIT and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute. His research involves applying machine learning and network analysis techniques to large human behavioral datasets. He holds a BS and two MS degrees from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from MIT.