It’s time to try out the new version of Symbaloo!

March 27th, 2013 • Uncategorized

Greetings Symbalooers!

It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for! If you’ve missed our newsletter this morning, we’re here to let you in on the awesome news. We’re launching the new version of Symbaloo today!

Check it out

Click on this green button to switch over to try out the new version.

Note: All your current information will be transferred to our new interface.

Want to switch back to the old version? No problem! You can switch back to the old version any moment by clicking again on this green button, or by clicking the blue text on Symbaloo. However, we will migrate all users to the new version in mid April.

For more details, check out our previous blog post: http://www.symbalooedu.com/new-product-features/introducing-the-new-symbaloo/

Did you try out the new version yet? Tell us what you think of the new interface on our Facebook, Twitter, or email us at feedback@symbaloo.com

De nieuwe Symbaloo

March 8th, 2013 • 7 comments Uncategorized

Hieronder kun je in een video zien hoe de nieuwe Symbaloo werkt.

Ben je enthousiast? Vind je de nieuwe functies een verbetering? Laat het ons weten!

Symbaloo+Facebook: Holiday Webmix Contest

November 30th, 2012 • Uncategorized

We are feeling the holiday spirit here at Symbaloo. Let’s kick off December with a fun contest! Come share your holiday webmixes to enter and win some cool prizes!

How it works:

Every Wednesday starting December 5th, there will be 4 webmixes for you to vote on Facebook to be the semi-winner of the week. Semi-winners from each week will compete in the finals. The Grand Prize winner will be announced on January 2nd.

1. Enter the contest by tweeting and facebooking us with the link to your favorite holiday webmix and hashtag #swow.

Attention: The winner will be the creator of the submitted webmix. Increase your chance to win by having people like or retweet your admission. Symbaloo will notify to let you know that you’ve made it to the next round of the contest.

2. Vote!

Remember to vote throughout the week. The winner will be announced on FaceBook and during #symchat every Wednesday @ 3PM starting December 12th.

Prizes:

Semi-Winners – Each week, a semi-winner will win our new Symbaloo stickers, Basic Certification, and to be feature on our Webmixes of the Week.

Grand Prize Winner – A Symbaloo swag bag filled with goodies, PD Certification, and their personal Spotlight features on our blog.

Show us some Symbaloo ♥ by following us (click below) and start sharing your webmixes!

Do you speak Spanish?

November 19th, 2012 • Uncategorized

Symbaloo is looking to gain a foothold in the Spanish market. We need your help to achieve this. We, from Symbaloo, are looking for a part-time Spanish and English speaker with knowledge of the educational system in Spain. We are looking for an excellent linguist, that is able to translate certain documents to proper Spanish; preferably a teacher or an individual with knowledge of the Spanish educational system. Other tasks include providing us with more insight into the Spanish educational system.  This can be done from home. You will in turn be paid by the hour. Does this description fit you? Please send us an e-mail: liza@symbaloo.com or sander@symbaloo.com

We look forward to hearing from you!

Fun Facts About Our 1,000,000 Symbaloo’ers

May 22nd, 2012 • 3 comments Uncategorized, updates
Tags: 1 million, curate, symbaloo, Symbaloo'ers, tile, users, webmix

We recently reached 1 Million Symbaloo’ers and we thought it would be fun
to share the quirky make-up and activity of these users.

Symbaloo’ers are Power Users
At one million users, more than 10 million webmixes have been curated with over half a billion tiles created. Over 84 million minutes a week is spent on Symbaloo; enough time for a single person to be using Symbaloo for 58 days 159 years straight without sleep which would be one VERY old and cranky Symbaloo’er.

Symbaloo’ers Live Longer* (not medically proven)
It takes 15 seconds for the average person to type a url but only 5 seconds for a Symbaloo’er to find and click their Symbaloo tile. At this rate, a long time Symbaloo’er who clicks at least 10 tiles per day would save 24 whole days of typing in their lifetime. (If they started using Symbaloo at age 5 and lived to be 85) So, maybe Symbaloo doesn’t make you live longer but we sure add value to those last 24 days.

Symbaloo’ers are Diverse
Symbaloo’ers of all types, speaking many different languages can be found in almost 200 countries around the world. We even have a single user in the three countries of Fiji, Greenland and Burundi.

We are still anxiously awaiting the King of Zamunda to join Symbaloo…

Symbaloo bereikt de 1 miljoen gebruikers

May 3rd, 2012 • Uncategorized

Het is vandaag een mooie dag voor het Symbaloo team en uiteraard jullie, onze gebruikers. We zagen het al een tijdje aankomen, maar vandaag kunnen wij met trots bekend maken dat Symbaloo de 1 miljoen gebruikers-grens heeft bereikt.

We willen hierbij al onze gebruikers bedanken die ervoor gezorgd hebben dat Symbaloo dit grote succes mag vieren!

Nu zal je jezelf afvragen wat onze volgende grote plannen zijn. Verleden jaar besloten wij deze vraag voor te leggen aan onze gebruikers en met een overweldigende meerderheid smeekten jullie ons om een mobiele app. Het is jullie dan ook vast niet ontgaan dat deze app inmiddels in het laatste stadium van ontwikkeling is en wij er voor de zomer nog voor gaan zorgen dat de Symbaloo app op jullie smartphone staat!

Verder staan er in de toekomst nog meer mooie dingen te gebeuren bij Symbaloo. Wat te denken van een iPad en tablet oplossing en een app voor het aankomende windows 8? Ook is onze ambitie om van Symbaloo een vaste waarde te maken in het onderwijs en ons fantastische product groot te maken in zoveel mogelijk landen.

De basis is inmiddels met 1 miljoen gebruikers gelegd en dat allemaal dank zij jullie enthousiasme!
Vanuit het hele Symbaloo Team; Bedankt!

Symbaloo Hits 1 Million Users

May 2nd, 2012 • Uncategorized

Today is an exciting day for the whole team at Symbaloo. We have seen this moment approaching and are finally proud to announce that we have reached 1 million Symbaloo’ers. Thank you to each and every one of you who have used Symbaloo and shared it with your friends. Today, we celebrate your addiction to Symbaloo and commend you for your loyalty.

With the great news you may be asking yourself, ‘so what is next for Symbaloo?’ Well, besides the obvious ‘world domination’ we asked ourselves the same question and like any great internet company we decided to, ask YOU, our loyal users for your requests. The overwhelming majority of Symbaloo’ers said they wanted a mobile app so they could reduce the amount of separation anxiety they get from being away from Symbaloo. You will be happy to know (if you haven’t heard already) that we heard your tweets, pleas and blog posts and are now in the final stages of completing the Symbaloo mobile app.

Stay tuned and sign up here to be the first to get the app: mobile.symbaloo.com

Hoe maak ik een blokje om het nieuws te volgen?

February 7th, 2012 • Uncategorized

Op sommige momenten wil je graag al het nieuws over 1 onderwerp volgen. Hoe doe je dat met behulp van Symbaloo?

We nemen als voorbeeld de elfstedentocht. Ga allereerst naar Google nieuws: http://news.google.com. Hier vul je de term in die je wilt volgen, in dit geval de elfstedentocht. Je krijgt deze resultaten te zien.

Klik vervolgens onderin op het “RSS” icoontje.

De link waar je vervolgens op uitkomt kun je gebruiken om een blokje mee te maken! (Controleer of Symbaloo bij het aanmaken van dit blokje bij stap 1 “nieuwsfeed” selecteert)

Het eindresultaat is onderstaand blokje! Lukt het niet? Mail ons op feedback at Symbaloo.com

Mobiel

December 21st, 2011 • 69 comments Uncategorized

De eerste beelden van de Symbaloo app (iphone) zijn vrijgegeven door het Symbaloo development team. We zijn erg benieuwd wat je ervan vindt. Dus laat vooral je feedback achter!

(het laden kan even duren)

We zijn razend benieuwd naar jouw feedback

Word je enthousiast van deze video?
Missen er belangrijke functionaliteiten volgens jou?
Is het duidelijk hoe het werkt?
Vind je de app er mooi uitzien?
Reageer hieronder!!

Symbaloo launches API (beta)

November 10th, 2010 • Uncategorized

Beta Release of the Symbaloo API

The last couple of months the development team worked hard on realizing the Symbaloo API. The API is the next step in the evolution of Symbaloo and its a big step. Lots of you guys/girls probably have a lot of questions after reading this.

What.. you can’t wait?

Go to this page and try it yourself: http://developer.symbaloo.com

Otherwise, let me explain some things.

What exactly is an API?

API is the short name for Application Programming Interface. “What?” you might think… To explain it in normal words: an API gives the possibilty for computer programs or websites to communicate and exchange data in a standardized way. A lot of big online Services have API’s to expose their data and features to their visitors via different ways then just the website. Good examples are Twitter, Google or Facebook.

So to summarize, it allows users to use their data that is stored within Symbaloo in other applications.

For the detailed explanation I will refer to the Wikipedia page. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface)

What can you do with the API?

A couple of services of the API are available for everyone, the rest is only accessible for accountholders. Think about our database of bookmarks that is available to search, or our webmix gallery that you can search in. Other services are private for Symbaloo users, like their private webmixes.

To make it easier for developers to create applications for you, but also be sure that no third party will get your password, we implemented the industry-standard of OAuth authentication. This is a system when you grant an external party explicit right to read and/or alter your Symbaloo account. If you dont want that, you just dont give an application the right. With that we store your settings for you.

So what are some examples someone can do with the API? Well first of all, you probably need some programming skills to create tools ar applications that use the API. If you do have those skills applications like these can be made:

• Create an Importing and exporting tool.
• Widgets for on your blog with your favorite links of Symbaloo can be created
• A mobile version of Symbaloo could be made with your favorite links
• Custom search engines can be made with the search results of our database
• Create new bookmarktools for different browsers with extended features

But maybe you’ve got even better ideas.

Are you a developer?

Well, if you are a developer and share our love for Symbaloo, register for an API key here: http://developer.symbaloo.com/registeforapi.html. We have set up some tools for you to help you in the process. Like an online testing tool to see the data the API will return. All services are explained in the documentation, including good links to connecting via OAuth. And we have set up a special forum on our Service system for developers her: http://service.symbaloo.com/index.php?p=community&/forum/84-symbaloo-api. If there are questions, feel free to ask on the forum or throught the contact form on http://developer.symbaloo.com/contact.html

I hope this blog post clarifies what the Symbaloo API is and what it can do. Because it is still in Beta, we really want to hear the developers feedback, so we can soon release it officially.

Good luck developing and hooray for the developers here!

Koen Dantuma

CTO Symbaloo

Links:

Where can I register: http://developer.symbaloo.com

What is an API: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface

Where can I get help: http://service.symbaloo.com/index.php?p=community&/forum/84-symbaloo-api