Endomondo and Nike launch apps for Facebook's Timeline at SXSW

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Zenith Comment:  Apologies as last weeks post on Nike+ was inaccurate - the title did not match the article.  Please find below an article that is relevant to the new app that has been launched to allow users to post their progress and milestones directly to their Facebook Timeline.  Great idea and a natural fit into the new Timeline.

 

At this week's South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, Endomondo and Nike launched new apps for Facebook's Timeline.

The Endomondo fitness app for Facebook Timeline posts workouts live and in real-time, so Endomondo members can share their fitness progress and show routes of their jogging or bicycling workouts.  The app is available on all major mobile platforms, from iPhone and Android to BlackBerry and Windows Phone.

The Endomondo mobile app offers both free versions and Pro versions for less than €3 and can be used for a variety of sports, such as running, cycling, and walking, showing GPS tracking route, distance, duration, and calories burned. On certain handsets, the app also supports integration with built-in music players and Bluetooth heart rate monitors from Polar and Zephyr.

As of last week, people can also use the Nike FuelBand iPhone app to find friends and see a leader board of how much "fuel" they've earned versus their friends. This week, Nike app users can now post their progress and milestones available directly to their Facebook Timeline with a new app launched at SXSW.

Other new Timeline apps just launched at SXSW include The Onion, Vevo, Foursquare, Fandgango, and Viddy.

 

Path Adds Nike+ Integration, Lets You Share Running Data With Friends

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Nike will unleash the application programming interface (API) for NikeFuel — the company’s metric for tracking physical activity — during a music hackathon Sunday at South by Southwest.

NikeFuel is the technology behind Nike’s FuelBand, a waterproof wristband introduced in January that measures a user’s movement and syncs with an iPod touch or iPhone.

The API will allow third-party music developers to infuse NikeFuel features into their apps or platforms.

“Nike will be joining the Managers Hack to open up a BETA version of the NikeFuel API for the first time to developers interested in combining music with the Nike+ FuelBand,” hackathon organizer and rep at startupBackplane told Mashable Friday.

Backplane, which created Lady Gaga’s new Little Monsters social network, along with music-streaming serviceSpotify organized the hackathon to build the future of digital music distribution.

At the event, hackers have eight hours to create and plan a demo that will be judged by a panel of music industry managers, including Lady Gaga’s manager Troy Carter (who co-founded Backplane), Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun and Roc Nation President Jay Brown. People from Spotify, Pandora, Nike andSoundHound also will help choose a winner.

The Managers Hack will be live streamed (see video below) starting at 3 p.m. ET.

Randi Zuckerberg, who left her role as marketing director at Facebook in August to launch RtoZ Media, will provide commentary throughout the event.

Source:  http://mashable.com/2012/03/11/nike-nikefuel-api-music-hackathon/