Mashape
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Mashape.com launches dead simple “MashApps Engine” for consumers and enterprises at TechCrunch50.
San Francisco, CA – September 15, 2009 – Mashape (www.mashape.com), is an innovative open web platform that allows third party Developers to build interoperable apps. That gives to Publishers the easiest way to combine those web applications for creating their customized “mashapp”. In just a minute and without programming skills! The MashApp is the combination of two or more applications that share data and services to each other. It’s, as a matter of fact not a widget, or a simple representation of data (feed, rss), but a real application with it’s own business logic that users can interact deeply with. Developers are those who have programming skills, and are passionate to build cool product for the world to see. The platform is free, and you can develop any kind of web application on php, ruby, python or javascript. Publishers are crazy web surfers and companies as well. Consumers use mashapps to increase attention on their facebook profile, blog, igoogle or any kind of website. Enterprises use mashapps to gain productivity, collaboration and save money and time to solve problems in real time. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ About Mashape Inc. Mashape is a web open platform that makes companies and people more productive and creative through the power of interoperability. Mashape was founded by Augusto Marietti (Business Geek), Marco Palladino (Tech Mind) and Michele Zonca (Java Rockstar) on June 20, 2009. About TechCrunch50 Founded in 2007 by leading technology blog TechCrunch and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, the TechCrunch50 conference provides a platform for early‐stage, and frequently unfunded, companies to launch for the first time to the technology industry’s most influential venture capitalists, corporations, angel investors, fellow entrepreneurs and the international media. Companies are selected to participate exclusively on merit. TechCrunch50 is supported by corporate sponsors Google, Microsoft, Bing, MySpace and Facebook, as well as venture capital and legal‐advisory firms including Sequoia Capital, Charles River Ventures, Founders Fund, Redpoint Ventures and Perkins Coie. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Media Contact Augusto Marietti Business Geek augusto@mashape.com