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Gogobeans lets you share your content in a fun way

Alex Cequea 3.24.11

I ran across this new app at CTIA 2011 in Orlando. Gogobeans is a new file-sharing and storage system that lets you share content by shaking your device. They call each item you want to share (whether it's a line of text or a full-legth movie) a "bean," and each bean is the same size. The content always stays with you, and when you "share" it, you're only giving others access to it through the secure Gogobeans interphase, called "lockers."

The file storage feature is very similar to dropbox.com, but with an added sharing feature (called "bouncing"). The sharing feature allows you to send  files to anyone by shaking two devices together ("Shake to bounce"). One user shakes the device to send the file, the other user shakes to accept it. Here's the cool part: the devices don't have to be next to each other, in fact, they can be in complete opposite parts of the world!

This "shake to bounce" feature is ready but not yet avaibale in the current version of the app in the App store. The new release of the app is coming soon, so stay tuned for it.

Here's a short video summarizing the features:

 

 

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Alex Cequea is the Editor in Chief of iPhone Life magazine, and a managing partner at Mango Life Media (publisher of iPhone Life magazine). He holds an MBA in Sustainable Business, and he writes and speaks about mobile technology, business, and sustainability. He enjoys tennis, fascinating stories, public speaking, and climbing mango trees. He's presented to audiences large and small, and in 2011 he placed in the top 200 speakers worldwide (out of 25,000) in Toastmasters International Inspirational Speech Contest. He also maintains a blog about public speaking and communication skills. He lives in Boulder, CO with his wife.

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