TourWrist Media Coverage and Press Releases

September 2, 1011 – Atlanta, GA USA – Since its commercial launch January 2011, TourWrist (Executive Summary, Presentation Deck) continues to be reviewed by consumer and trade press.

Free TourWrist App on an iPad. Here are links to the TourWrist platform (mobile, web and social) consumer and trade media coverage, press releases and video.

[This list below was last updated 3/30/12.]

The free TourWrist app is frequently among the Top 200 Great Free Apps in the Apple iTunes App Store, according to TopAppCharts.com, plus:

• #6 in iPad Travel Apps (8/3/11)
• #9 in iPad Entertainment Apps (4/14/11)
• #11 in iPhone Travel Apps (2/6/12)

TourWrist Media Releases

• Connected Traveler Technology Showcase to Demonstrate Travel Tech Products and Apps to Travelers at The New York Times Travel Show (2/22/12)
• Panoramic Photography Goes Mainstream in 2012; Powered by Apple, Google, Microsoft and TourWrist (1/26/12)
• Tourwrist: Soldiers ‘Teleport Home’ for “Gather Round Your Troops for the Holidays” Immersive 360º Experiences (12/1/11)
• TourWrist 360º Panoramic Virtual Tour Hosting Company Surpasses 20,000 Virtual Tour Scenes; Launches API & 8 White Label Apps (7/18/11)
• Eckerd College iPhone/iPad Apps Take Users on 360-degree Panoramic Virtual Tour (7/21/11)
• TourWrist 360º Panoramic Virtual Tour Hosting Company to Make Its “Publish to TourWrist” API Available in June 2011 (4/27/11)
• International Real Estate Leader, RE/MAX, Looks to Tech Pioneer to Revolutionize Its Virtual Tours (3/14/11)

TourWrist Media Coverage (Consumer)

• All My Faves – TourWrist – Shoot & Discover Incredible 360 Degree Panoramas (2/6/12)
• Overlapps – Apps of the Week: TourWrist (2/10/12)
• CNN – [TourWrist Among] 50 New Tech Tools You Should Know About (1/25/12)
• Macworld – Macworld Best of Show Winners [Includes TourWrist] (1/27/12)
• MacLife – Macworld 2012: 6 Awesome Apps on the Show Floor [Includes TourWrist] (1/27/12)
• AppAdvice – MacWorld 2012: TourWrist Makes It Easy To Share 360 Degree Panorama (1/27/12)
• San Francisco Chronicle – [TourWrist Among] Macworld Vendors Have Apps Worth a Look (1/26/12)
• TUAW – Daily iPad App: TourWrist (1/16/12)
• TrendHunter Tech – TourWrist Panoramic Photo Tour Apps (1/10/12)
• ChipChick – TourWrist iPhone App Gives Free 360 Tours of Whatever (1/10/12)
• The Monthly Computer Chronicle (MCC) – [TourWrist helping Re-Imagining Everyday Life] Start-Up Debut-Part 3 (1/9/12)
• World Inhabit – TourWrist Among The Top 5 Travel Apps of 2011 (1/9/12)
• Global Cool – TourWrist Among Six Awesome Travel Apps for Your Next Traincation … and they’re all FREE! (12/20/11)
• TheAppsJunction – TourWrist – The Next Big Thing in 360º Experience (12/10/11)
• AppSplit – TourWrist Brings Life to Panoramic Photos (12/3/11)
• Talk Free Blog – Mobile & iPad Teleportation-3D-AR Virtual Armchair Travel, 360 Degrees (12/1/11)
• AppAnalyst – TourWrist: The World’s Best Virtual Tour Platform (10/27/11)
• The Kim Komando Show – Today’s Pick: Vacation From Your Desk (10/17/11)
• MakeUseOf.com– Use TourWrist To View 360 Degree Tours From A Web Browser Or An iPhone (10/13/11)
• Fodor’s Travel Intelligence – 5 Best Free Travel Apps [includes TourWrist] (10/6/11)
• FreeWareGenius.com – View 360º Photographs From Across the World in Your Browser or iPhone/iPad with TourWrist (9/29/11)
• App-Score – TourWrist Review (8/30/11)
• SocialTimes – TourWrist for iPhone/iPad: Find and Share 360 Panoramas from Around the World (8/29/11)
• YouSpin360º – TourWrist App: 360-Degree Real Estate Experience (8/22/11)
• iPadn’Gravy – TourWrist is a Travel App Like No Other (8/19/11)
• PadGadget – TourWrist: Travel Around The Globe In The Comfort Of Your Living Room (8/18/11)
• App Advice – TourWrist Brings The World To You (8/17/11)
• UpUpANDaGay – Become a TourWrist (7/21/11)
• Appolicious– Virtually Explore the World for Business and Pleasure with TourWrist (7/10/11)
• Tampa Bay Business Journal – Mobile Apps: TourWrist ‘Made For Tourism’ (6/17/11)
• iZine – TourWrist App Review (5/20/11)
• Skyscanner.com – TourWrist: Check Out Your Destination in 360 Degree Before You Travel (5/4/11)
• Fresh Apps for iPhone – TourWrist (4/22/11)
• AmericanBridal.com – Use TourWrist to Plan Your Big Day (4/19/11)
• The Fancy – TourWrist

TourWrist Media Coverage (Consumer – Short Items)

• TechCrunch DISRUPT by John Evans – [TourWrist Among] Disruptive Tendencies (9/17/11)
• PC Pro – The 48 best iPad Apps [TourWrist is #1] (9/2/11)
• Department of Health – Patient Virtual Tours or Patient Journeys [idea for using TourWrist in hospitals] (8/36/11)
• App-O-Plectic – #57 – TourWrist Scores 5/5 (5/26/11)
• App Comments – TourWrist: Comments by Apple iTunes App Store User Reviewers (always current)

TourWrist Media Coverage (Business Trade Press)

• TechHolik – [TourWrist Among] Best Apps of Macworld 2012 (3/6/12)
• The Mac Observer (Columnist Ted Landau) – [TourWrist Among] Ten Apps to Show Off the iPhone (2/15/12)
• WIRED Gadget Lab – Apps for iPad 3: What Apple Should Demo at the Grand UnVeiling [Includes TourWrist] (2/13/12)
• StartupTunes – TourWrist: Shoot panorama with your iPhone, camera (2/9/12)
• Cynopsis DIGITAL – Gadgets & Apps: TourWrist (1/26/12)
• Ad Age DIGITAL – Ten Digital Trends Set to Go Mass-Market In 2012 (12/19/11) [See TourWrist in Location-based Discovery trend #9]
• One Big Internet – TourWrist Panoramic Photo Tours Transforms Your Website (12/7/11)
• Killer Startups – TourWrist – Create Panoramic Images (12/5/11)
• Erich Radstake – Today’s Startup: TourWrist (12/1/11)
• Cynopsis DIGITAL – TourWrist: Website of the Day (12/1/11)
• Out & About Marketing – Cool Brand New App for the Tourism Industry – TourWrist (11/30/11)
• Technology Reviews – TourWrist: Create, Upload, and Embed Panoramic Videos (11/29/11)
• Mashable Business: Add Panoramic Photo Tours To Any Website With TourWrist (11/28/11)
• Pervasive Entertainment Times (via Scoop.it) – 360 Transmedia Investigation Using TourWrist 360-Degre Panoramic Virtual iApp Tours (10/21/11)
• WIRED – Change Accelerators: Through Rose-Tinted 5D Glasses – Situated Augmented Reality Entertainment (10/20/11)
• ARTiSTiK: The Magazine of Art & Design – TourWrist Rated 10 out of 10 (Spring 2011)
• Tampa Bay Business Journal – With TourWrist, Madera: Win Some, Lose Some in the Tech Game (9/23/11)
• Tampa Bay Online – Tampa Losing [TourWrist] Flashy Start-Up Tech Company to California (9/22/11)
• Tampabay.com Venture – Photo Tour: At TBTFs cool TECH Expo, TourWrist Wins Coolest of the Cool (6/13/11)
• TechCrunchTV (Video at DISRUPT) – TourWrist News Coverage Begins at 9:15 minutes into the Report (9/12/11)
• Business2Community – Shoot A 360º Panorama With TourWrist for iPhone and iPad (8/25/11)
• Fast Company Design – TourWrist Uses Augmented Reality to Teleport You Into a Foreign Land (7/5/11)
• WIRED Insider – [TourWrist] Apps For the Augmented Reality Traveler (7/7/11)
• WIRED – Augmented Reality: TourWrist (7/5/11)
• Cynopsis: DIGITAL – TourWrist: App of the Day (7/26/11)
• Scarlet Strategic – TourWrist: Almost Something Great, But Not There Yet … (5/5/11)
• The Next Web (TNW) Video – Silicon Valley Uncovered: TourWrist (12/4/11) (originally posted by The Next Week 2/28/11)
• Communications Arts – TourWrist (March/April 2011)
• 83 Degrees – Q&A: Charles Armstrong, Spark Labs [TourWrist] Tampa, FL (11/30/10)

TourWrist Media Coverage (Photography Trade Press)

• Photo Plan Blog – Virtual Tours Offer Armed Forces Personnel the Chance to see Home This Christmas (12/2/11)
• Photo Plan Blog – TourWrist iPad App Offers Truly Interactive 360-Degree Virtual Tours (7/7/11)
• Photography Blog – TourWrist 2.0 – (9/28/10)

TourWrist Coverage (Retail Trade Press)

• Kanga360 Virtual Tours: (Video) How to Make Your Tours Stand Out – TourWrist Platform Discussion (8/30/11)
• Retail Customer Experience – Mobile Retail  Monday: The TourWrist App (7/18/11)
• Mobile Payments Today – Retail TourWrist App Shows Possibilities for Augmented Mobile Commerce (6/3/11)
• Mike Wittenstein (Authority on Customer Experience) – TourWrist Is Retail’s New Killer App (5/9/11)

TourWrist Coverage (Real Estate Sales/Leasing)

• The CRE App Review – TourWrist: This App is All in the Wrist (2/6/12)
• Southeastern Business Intermediaries – [TourWrist] Exciting 360 Panoramic Viewing (9/6/11)
• 83 Degree – [TourWrist] Virtual Tour Assists in Record Home Sale [$9 Million], St. Pete (8/16/11) [Virtual Tour of $9 Million Home] [MLS Version]

TourWrist Media Coverage (Travel Trade Press)

• RedWeek.com – [TourWrist Among] 8 Top iPad Travel Apps (3/9/12)
• Phones Review – [TourWrist Among] Top 10 iPad Travel Apps 2012 (3/7/12)
• Gawaya Travel Blog – Travel App Review: TourWrist For iPhone & iPad (1/31/12)
• Lonely Planet – [TourWrist Among] “eye-catching apps for this year” (12/22/11)
• Out & About Marketing – Cool Brand New App for the Tourism Industry – TourWrist (11/30/11)
• Cal-Am Resorts – An Interactive Panorama View of The Grand Canyon (11/30/11)
• 83 Degree – [TourWrist] Virtual Tour Assists in Record Home Sale [$9 million], St. Pete (8/16/11)
• PC Mike’s Tech and Gadget Blog – Travel the World with TourWrist Panoramic App for Web, iPad or iPhone (5/13/11)
• Skyscanner Tips and Advice – App of the Week – TourWrist: Check Out Your Destination in 360º Before You Travel (5/4/11)
• Talking Travel Tech (TNOOZ) TLabs Showcase: TourWrist (9/9/10)

TourWrist Media Coverage (Education)

• Pearson Online Learning Exchange (OLE) – History – As We Know It (12/13/11)
• Classroom Oven – App Review: TourWrist (11/29/11)
• BlogTalkRadio – TourWrist Among Surprising Educational Apps (11/17/11) [Start: 6:26 - End: 733:]
• Edutopia – Teaching and Learning: Using iPads in the Classroom (10/31/11)
• Dalelopez’s Weblog – TourWrist in Education (10/10/11)
• Mis Musicuentos (Spanish Teacher Blog) – App Review: TourWrist (9/12/11)
• iPadDiction – TourWrist App in the Classroom (9/3/11)

TourWrist: That’s GREAT!

• TourWrist Media Coverage and Press Releases (9/2/11) [updated weekly]
• Predictions: Apple’s New Mobile OS to Include Shoot & Share 360º Virtual Tour Photography; 2011 is the Year of 360º Virtual Tour Photography (7/19/11)
• TourWrist 360-Degree Panoramic Virtual Tour Hosting Company Surpasses 20,000 Virtual Tour Scenes; Launches API & 8 White Label Apps (7/18/11)
• TourWrist 360-Degree Panoramic Virtual Tour Hosting Company Engages GREAT! Agency for Strategic Alliance and Business Development (5/9/11)
• Summer TourWrist: Seamlessly Shoot, Upload, View, Search and Share 360-Degreee Spherical Virtual Tour Photos and Videos via Searchable Map of the World; Facebook; Twitter; and Email – Free! (4/27/11)
• Two-Screen Marketing: TV and Movie Marketing Meets ‘TourWrist’ Mobile Experience (2/21/11)

TourWrist Custom White Label Apps (Articles, Webpages and Videos)

• MacVoicesTV: Macworld - TourWrist Creates and Views Amazing Panoramas (2/12/12)
• Pervasive Entertainment Times via (Scoop.it) – 360 Transmedia Investigations Using TourWrist 360-Degree Panoramic Virtual iApp Tours (10/21/11) [CrimeSeen 360 app]
• Tampa Bay Business Journal – Private Colleges Invest in Tool For Touring (9/16/11) [Eckerd College TourWrist app]
• Kanga360 (Video) – Virtual Tours: How to Make Your Tours Stand Out: TourWrist Platform Discussion (8/30/11)
• Web Page: Eckerd College iPhone/iPad Apps Take Users on 360-degree Panoramic Virtual Tour (7/24/11)
• Media Release: Eckerd College iPhone/iPad Apps Take Users on 360-degree Panoramic Virtual Tour (7/21/11)
• Eckerd College App (TourWrist White Label (7/21/11)

TourWrist Video Coverage

• Pumped Up Geek – Travel with Your iPad with TourWrist (2/15/12) [1:49]
• MacVoices – TourWrist Creates and Views Amazing Panoramas on your iDevice (2/12/12) [4:44]
• MacNotables (Columnist Ted Landau) – [TourWrist] Ted Landau Analyses of Macworld 2012 (2/8/12) – Podcast
• MelbourneGeek – Interview with TourWrist CEO & Founder Charles Armstrong at Macworld Mobile Apps Showcase (1/26/12)
• Kanga360 – [TourWrist Advanced] Tutorial on Virtual Tour Custon Patch Design with Pano2VR (8/30/11)
• Glens Castle – Interview with TourWrist VR Photographer Paul Lang (1/5/12)
• ABC15, Arizona (Sonora Living) – Enviropix Offers TourWrist 360-Degree Virtual Tours: Gather ‘Round Your Troops for the Holidays (12/26/11)
• CNBC Tech Check – Tech Check: Party Robot, TourWrist & Tweaker (9/16/11)
• CNBC – TourWrist on Tech Trek (Wrap-up of TechCrunch’s DISRUPT Conference) (9/16/11)
• TechCrunchTV (Video at DISRUPT) – TourWrist News Coverage Begins at 9:15 minutes into the Report (9/12/11)
• iFoneYou – TourWrist iPad 2+ App Review (8/11/11)
• Digital Summit 2011 – TourWrist CEO Charles Armstrong at Digital Summit 2011 (5/19/11) [SlideShare Presentation]
• TourWrist – TourWrist Photographer Tutorial: Photographer Shoots, Stitches, Preps, Uploads and Shares (5/11/11)
• Tom Zhangus – TourWrist Official App for iPad / iPad 2 / iPhone / iPod Touch HD (5/8/11)
• TourWrist – TourWrist: Virtual Tours of Hotels & Real Estate (5/5/11)
• Kana360 – 2011 Wake Games Gets Virtual with Kana360 and 360-Degree Virtual Tour Photos (5/2/11)
• iTechCrunch – TourWrist Among Top 5 Free iPad Apps (4/27/11)
• Pizza Footbal Channel – Teleport Using Your iPhone – TourWrist App First Look (4/13/11)
• LAUNCH – TourWrist CEO & Founder Charles Armstrong Presents TourWrist (3/23/11)
• The Next Web – Silicon Valley Uncovered: TourWrist (2/28/11)
• PhillinGrubby – Top 5 Free iPod/iPhone Applications of All time [TourWrist is #1] (12/21/10)
• Technology Gadgets – TourWrist – Best iPod App? (12/19/10)

TourWrist and Crime Scenes (Media Coverage)

• Pervasive Entertainment Times (via Scoop.it) – 360 Transmedia Investigation Using TourWrist 360-Degree Panoramic Virtual Tour iApp Tours (10/21/11)
• The Director’s Desk – Panoramic Crime Scenes (10/6/11)

TourWrist Honors

• Jerry Rizzo – 5 Startups That Will Rock In 2012 (list includes TourWrist) (9/15/11)
• The Washington Post with Bloomberg – Going Crazy With A Camera In TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Alley (TourWrist called out) (9/14/11)
  
• Cynopsis: DIGITAL – TourWrist: App of the Day (7/26/11)
• Tampa Bay Technology Forum – TourWrist Takes The Award at coolTech (6/13/11)
• University of Michigan – Cool Toys Pic of the Day – TourWrist (6/11)
• BostInnovation – [TourWrist among] Top 5 New iPhone Apps for Spring (4/25/11)
• Thrill List – TourWrist: The Only Way to See Paris From Your Couch (9/30/10)

TourWrist Media Coverage (International) [Google Translate -->English]

• App4Phone – Test TourWrist – Travel Without Leaving Your Home (Free) 2/28/12 [French]
• CNN Mexico – [TourWrist among] 11 Apps for Easier and More Fun Photos (2/21/12)
• e27 (Asia) – [TourWrist among] 5 Apps to Kill Boredom on the Go! (2/20/12) [English]
• Travel Valley – TourWrist: Discover the World in an App (2/3/12)
• iPadClub – TourWrist for iPad 360º Look Around at Your Holiday (1/22/12) [Dutch]
• Video: iCulture Weekly #17: TourWrist: App of the Week (1/18/12) [Dutch] CES 2012 Coverage
• El Comercio.pe – Know the Applications for Mobile Devices of 2011 [includes TourWrist] (12/28/11)
• Wystartowali – TourWrist.com – Create Your Own Skyline! (12/8/11) [Polish]
• Dziennik Turystyczny – TourWrist.com – Create Your Own Skyline! (12/8/11) [Polish]
• What’s Your Idea? – TourWrist: Enjoy Ultra High-Quality Virtual Trip (12/6/11) [Japanese]
• MacDac.ru – TourWrist Review: Panoramic Tourism (11/6/11) [Russian]
• Chip Online – TourWrist with Panoramic World Travel (10/20/11) [Turkish]
• Journalist and Tech Blogger MacKozer Blog – TourWrist App on an iPad Review (8/19/11) [Polish]
• iZine – TourWrist App Review (5/20/11) [Serbian] (Then search “Tour Wrist” and Google Translate)
• TrendOn – TourWrist: Austria Tourism Global Trends and Innovations in Tourism video podcast at ITB 2011) (3/21/11) [German]

TourWrist Websites (Official)

Free TourWrist App on an iPhone

• TourWrist (web)
• TourWrist (Free) App (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch)
• TourWrist Press Kit
• How to Shoot and Share 360 Panos with the free TourWrist iOS app
• TourWrist YouTube Channel
• TourWrist Facebook
• TourWrist Twitter
• TourWrist Blog [Gather 'Round Your Troops for the Holidays]
• TourWrist Digital Assets for Media and Bloggers
• Publish to TourWrist API (for developers: code, documentation)
• Create Your Own TourWrist Tours With 360º Shooting Apps
• TourWrist Custom App Development (White Label “Re-Skinned” Apps)
• Panoguide.com powered by TourWrist (forum for professional virtual tour photographers)
• CrunchBase: TourWrist Profile
• LinkedIn: TourWrist Profile
• AngelList: TourWrist
• Video: TourWrist interviews 360 Pano Pro Photographer Paul Lang about using Using TourWrist
• TourWrist Executive Summary – Public (12/1/11)
• TourWrist Presentation Deck – Public (12/8/11)

TourWrist Custom White Label Apps

• Eckerd College
• TSB 360
• Florida Land For Sale
• CrimeSeen 360
• Drink Wine 360
• ProTours360
• Tour Homes 360
• 360iTours
• City of Redlands (California)
• Redlands PD (private)

TourWrist Attending Events/Trade Shows/Conferences

• San Francisco – Macworld Conference & Expo (1/26-28/12)
• Las Vegas – Consumer Electronics Show (CES) – Startup Debut (1/8/12) [Startup Debut]
• San Francisco – TechCrunch Disrupt – Monday, September 12-Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011
• San Francisco – SF Beta / Video & Photography – Tuesday, September 13, 2011 5-9 pm
• Tampa Bay – Tampa Bay Technology Forum – TourWrist Takes The Award at coolTech (6/13/11)
• Atlanta – Digital Summit 2011 – TourWrist CEO Charles Armstrong at Digital Summit 2011 (5/19/11) [SlideShare Presentation]
• San Francisco – LAUNCH – TourWrist CEO & Founder Charles Armstrong Presents TourWrist (3/23/11)
• Atlanta Startup Riot 2011 – Video: TourWrist CEO & Founder Charles Armstrong (2/15/11)

TourWrist Embed Virtual Tour Scene Examples (Using TourWrist Embed Code)

• TourWrist Embed Code – How To Use TourWrist Embed Code
• Ryan Seacrest
• TourWrist Facebook Embed Example – Fresco’s Bakery and Bistro
• TourWrist Facebook Embed Example – Downtown Lakeland
• TourWrist WordPress Blog Example – Gather ‘Round Your Troops for the Holidays
• Discover Hawaii Tours
• City of Lynn, Massachusetts – About Lynn
• Retail Customer Experience – Mobile Retail  Monday: The TourWrist App (7/18/11)
• Paint Along Studios – TourWrist Embedded On the Welcome Screen
• Mike Wittenstein (Authority on Customer Experience) – TourWrist Is Retail’s New Killer App (5/9/11)
• Visit Colorado 360 – TourWrist Embed Code Demo (Two Kinds of Embed Code)
• Greenovative Homes – Sneak Peak
• MFG: Al-jon – Virtual Tour
• Kanga Marketing – 360 Virtual Tours for Business powered by TourWrist
• TourWrist Embed Code – How To Instructions
• Fresco’s Bakery and Bistro – TourWrist Pano ( Testing new TourWrist Facebook embedding solution)

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Short URL Link To This TourWrist Post

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Disclosure: GREAT! CEO & Chief Creative Officer Dan Smigrod is also a TourWrist Marketing and Public Relations Consultant (via his agency, GREAT!). In addition, Dan is an Atlanta-based TourWrist photographer. Here are some examples of his TourWrist 360º virtual tour scenes: St. Simons Island Lighthouse (look for the satellite); Fashion and Glamour Photo Shoot; and a TourWrist microsite for Fire Mountain Inn near Highlands, GA USA.