A new location based app that allows users to share and be aware of information, photos and video about activities in their vicinity and on the map. Use the app for a chance to win S$8,888 in cash on December 18, 2011.
The free iPhone app "feecha" launches today.
I was trundling down Haji Lane last evening and taking in the vibrant atmosphere of the little pubs and shops on both sides of the single-lane back alley.
Have you ever wondered what goes on in the joints that you walk pass while listening to the din emanating from within?
A new fun and quirky app called “feecha“ lets you plug into the scene.
People organising, participating or witnessing events can post and share their activities using the app.
The information appears as a map pin – in the form of a cutesy (or hideous, depending on your point of view) creature called a feecha – on a map within the app, indicating where the event is taking place.
Activities can be tagged so that others following those tags are alerted once the event is shared.
If others like the activity and add to it, the feecha turns red and grows bigger.
If the event is largely ignored, the feecha map pin turns blue and eventually disappears from the feecha map.
If you see something interesting, witness an accident or spot a summon aunty, you can also post a photo or video as part of the feecha.
Now imagine walking down Haji Lane with the app in hand.
You might just discover that ad-hoc photo exhibition on the Japanese earthquake by that budding photographer – that you might be interested in.
Or that talk about the role of Entomology, Botany, and Mineralogy in forensic anthropology, if you’re a fan of the TV series “Bones”.
On December 18, the poster of the biggest and reddest feecha stands to win S$8,888 in cash.
Feecha is free for download on iTunes and works on the iPhone running iOS 4.2 and higher. The app is only released in the Singapore App Store, so those on the US store will have to switch stores to find feecha in iTunes.
An Android version is also in the works. A Windows Phone 7 version may eventually be in the works. A BlackBerry version is not in the works.
Tags: Apps, feecha, iPhone, location, social network