Martialinfo.com Breaks into the Massive Mobil Market by Introducing iPhone Application
Woodland Hills, CA-Enter the Dragon changed the way that people worldwide looked at the martial arts. Now, www.martialinfo.com, one of the most trafficked martial arts websites in the world, has just completed a cost-free iPhone application (app) that will change and power the way people search for martial arts schools, events and news. Its purpose: no less than to provide any and all information on all things martial arts-related and kick it straight to your mobile phone. How big is the market? According to AdMob, one of the largest mobile web ad networks, Apple's iPhones now dominate mobile web traffic in almost every category. The iPhone OS now represents 51% of all U.S. smartphone traffic, leaving RIM's BlackBerry (19%) and Microsoft's Windows Mobile (14%) in the dust. One year ago, worldwide requests from Apple devices (iPhones and iPods) grew 28% month over month to 1.2 billion in January 2008. There are currently over 100,000 apps of all types available on the popular iPhone. Of those, just a handful are martial arts apps. But there's reportedly no search mechanism at all within those current martial arts applications. The Martialinfo iPhone App, designed by Fariborz Azhakh, will also aid people in providing information about prospective instructors. "There are a lot of good instructors out there, but also a lot of fakes and hucksters," said Michael Brent Collings, a practicing attorney who is himself a Hapkido black belt and a martialinfo.com user. "Martialinfo.com has been a great resource for researching things like that and having an iPhone app to expand the usability of the site will be amazing."
Some may seem skeptical of the idea of a martial arts application for the iPhone, but in a world where there's an app for everything (both useful and useless), this idea literally fights its way to the front of the crowd. "The Martialinfo iPhone App is an uncommon application of the technology," admitted Azhakh, "but, like the iPhone itself, it'll soon become a part of everyday life." The Martialinfo iPhone App is planned to be available to everyone in early January 2010. Best of all, it's free. Please register here to be notified when this app is ready and be one of the first one to test it out.
72-Year-Old Kung Fu, Kill Bill Actor Reportedly Hanged Himself Bangkok, Thailand-Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series Kung Fu who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital here. A news report said he was found hanged in his hotel room and was believed to have committed suicide. A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor. He said the embassy was informed by Thai authorities that Carradine died either late Wednesday, June 3 or early Thursday, June 4, but he could not provide further details out of consideration for his family. The website of the Thai newspaper The Nation cited unidentified police sources as saying Carradine was found Thursday hanged in his luxury
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Martial Art Community Loses Helio Gracie the Legend at the age of 95
It is with great sadness that MartialInfo.com announces the passing of Grandmaster Helio Gracie. The 95 year old patriarch of the Gracie family passed quietly in his home in the district of Itaipava in the mountains above Rio de Janeiro.
Martialinfo.com wishes to express our condolences to Grandmaster's wife, Vera, sons and dauthters, Rorion, Relson, Rickson, Rolker, Royler, Royce, Rherica, Robin, Ric, and all of the extended Gracie family.
The martial arts world has lost one of the most important and influential Master Teachers in history.The lives of millions of people around the world have been affected by Grandmaster and his lifelong passion for the martial arts, his dedication to his family, and for the example he set as a human being.
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