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Avego Wins Irish Software Association Award

emmett.murphy@avego.com — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:15:47 +0000

On Friday, November 13th, Avego won the Emerging Software Business award at the Irish Software Association’s Software Industry Awards. This award is made to the most promising emerging software company in Ireland.

Held at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, the Software Industry Awards recognizes world-class contributions by indigenous software firms to Ireland’s smart economy.

Avego at the Software Industry Awards

Avego was also selected as a finalist in the “Technical Innovation” and “Sales Achievement” categories, and was the only company to be a finalist in three categories.

Speaking at the awards, ISA Chairman Paul Sweetman said: “The companies and individuals that we have recognised tonight have generated fantastic value for customers and investors this year. These talented individuals will drive Ireland’s future economic growth.”

This award is the second award that Avego has received recently, having already won the “High Potential Start-up” award at the IT@Cork awards in October, and demonstrates Avego’s excellence in providing software for improving the efficiency of passenger transport.

2009 Software Industry Awards Winners:

Company of the Year 2009: Openet
Emerging Software Business Award: Avego
Sales Achievement Award: Percana
The Technical Innovation Award: iTab
Corporate Social Responsibility Award: Norkom Technologies
Collaboration of the Year Award: Local Social
Software Person of the Year: Paul Kerley, CEO of Norkom,
Student Medal: Yuandong Zhu of UCD

More information about these awards is available here.

New Avego Website!

emmett.murphy@avego.com — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:46:45 +0000

We are happy to announce the launch of our new website, www.avego.com. The site has undergone a much needed face-lift and includes some new content and product information.

We hope that our new site will provide us with more room for presenting our expanding portfolio of efficiency-enhancing transportation products and services.

Visit our Shared Transport sub-site to learn more about our iPhone application for enabling private cars to become part of the public transport network, or visit our Futurefleet sub-site to learn more about our real-time management system for passenger transport operators.

Of course, we welcome your comments and feedback, and stay tuned for more updates to the content in the coming days, weeks and months!

Avego Expands to China

emmett.murphy@avego.com — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:26:47 +0000

Avego has just opened a new office in Dalian, China. With a staff of 14 people, the Chinese office will serve the domestic Chinese market for Avego’s products and work with hardware manufacturers to enable their software and hardware products for use with Avego Shared Transport.

Avego Expands to China

In other countries, Avego continues to grow through partnerships with government agencies, value-added resellers, and telecommunications providers. Avego is currently working with companies and educational institutions on projects to roll out Shared Transport pilot programs at major campus environments and medium sized cities in the US, Denmark, France and the Netherlands.

Meanwhile, government-sponsored projects are being implemented in the United States and Europe, as policy-makers recognize the benefits of investing in sustainable transportation.

With offices in the United States, Europe and China, Avego now delivers transport technology and professional services for a global market. If you are interested in establishing a Shared Transport pilot to improve commuting efficiency at a campus environment in your area, please let us know.

Movies Insight – 28 November

maureen — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:21:55 +0000

In about 10 days, Mapflow will launch a free iPhone app called Avego for car pooling…The nice thing: though the Avego app exploits smartphone capabilities, you dont have to have an iPhone to hitch a ride. Heres how it works, according to the website: Avego drivers have [...]

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Numerama – 19 November

maureen — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:46:32 +0000

Avego : un réseau social sur iPhone pour sauver la planète…C’est en tout cas ce qu’estime la société Mapflow, qui lancera dans 10 jours une application pour iPhone devant faciliter le covoiturage et donc sauvegarder du pétrole et des émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Avec Avego, qui sera rapidement disponible sur d’autres téléphones mobiles, la société espère ainsi rassembler 20 millions d’utilisateurs d’ici 2020, et épargner le rejet de 73,6 millions de tonnes de CO² dans l’atmosphère….

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Startup Meme – 18 November

maureen — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:23:06 +0000

Avego, an iPhone ridesharing app from Mapflow, aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 73.6 million tons per annum…this all depends on the fact that Avego manages to have a user base of 20 million, which they project to achieve by 2020….

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iPhoneSpies – 18 November

maureen — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:32:51 +0000

The new rideshare app for the iPhone promises to cut carbon dioxide emissions by over 70 Million Tons by the year 2020. The company behind this app (named Avego) is Mapflow and it hopes to have a customer base of around 20 million by the year 2020….If it meets its target, Avego should reduce the total number of car emissions equivilent to….

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Tonic News – 18 November

maureen — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:25:21 +0000

Ride-sharing is now a bit easier…Many of us learned to live without our cars this summer when gas surpassed $4.00 per gallon – but, are we actually ready to make a change to be green and do good (permanently)? A company called Mapflow hopes so with its launch of Avego….After the commute together, driver and rider can rate each other on a scale of 1 to 5 and the app determines the cost of that leg of the commute so the driver and passenger can split. Wow – sounds quite sophisticated!…

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Clean Technica – 17 November

maureen — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:36:01 +0000

In an attempt to save the planet—and possibly just to piss off Canada—the company Mapflow is bringing a ridesharing app to the iPhone. The app is called Avego and Mapflow hopes it will help save the world… If you are anxious to get the app or if you just like watching clocks count down, you can visit the Avego website for more information on its release…

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Abraham Wood – 15 November

maureen — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:51:07 +0000

So maybe gas prices aren’t that high anymore and you’re tempted to buy a Hummer and drive to Florida. But how about resisting the temptation and instead saving the environment with your iPhone?…By the end of the month, a company called Mapflow is planning to launch Avego, an iPhone app that tracks people’s driving routes to work, then matches the drivers with people looking for rides….Avego calculates the costs of the ride so the driver and passenger can split it…The app has the potential to save commuters time and money…

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