News:WDSoft

1주일 전 앱스토어에 등록된 "대한민국 전력망 정보" 앱에 대하여 아래와 같이 여러 언론에서 보도가 잇따르고 있습니다. 참고로, 등록 닷새만에 1천 다운로드를 돌파한 상태이며 매일 꾸준히 순위 및 다운로드 수가 유지되고 있습니다.

- 전기신문 2010.08.16 "전력거래소, 스마트폰에 적용할 응용프로그램 개발"

- 전력신문 2010.08.12 "전력사용 현황 스마트폰으로 본다"

- 한국에너지신문 2010.08.12 "전력사용량도 '스마트'하게 체크"

- 에너지데일리 2010.08.13 "전력사용 현황 스마트폰에 떴다"

- 에너지경제 2010.08.12 "스마트 폰으로 전력사용을 한 눈에…"

- 투데이에너지 2010.08.12 "전력사용 현황, 스마트폰에"

- 디피뉴스 2010.08.12 "스마트폰으로 대한민국 전력사용 현황 볼 수 있어"

I suppose the Korean Power Grid Info app isn't particularly interesting to the people in the United States. The rank has been steadily moving down (started at 113, now at 160). Maybe I need to find a way to let the folks in the power grid business in the US know about the app? Still, at least I can take comfort in the fact that the app will nevertheless be staying on top of the Business category for a while. The Apple has selected it as "New & Noteworthy" for the US App Store, as well. Thanks for recognizing!

ADDENDUM 12:18 - The New & Noteworthy has added a few more apps and now my app is pushed out of the first page, although it's still in the list if 'See All' is clicked. Meanwhile, the visibility did apparently garnered some interest as the rank got boosted to #109 for now. Interesting...

ADDENTUM 17:38 - Hey, it's now #95. Finally broke into top 100! Pretty cool.

Only into its third day of sale, Apple recognized the "Korean Power Grid Info" app and put it right on top of the Business category of the Korean App Store, listing it under "New & Noteworthy" section. It's doing okay on the popularity as well (peaked at #15 on the free apps in the category, and doing #16 as of this writing), so I hope a lot more people will notice and download the app for some time to come.

Meanwhile, the app is chugging along slightly below top 100 in the Business category in the US App Store. I'm guessing a few Koreans are downloading from there, which in turn keeps the rank up. An app review and listing site called PodGate is listing the app as one of the top 100 most popular. Rank floats around #92 to #98 so far.

Three months of labouring has finally seen light. Apple has approved my first iPhone app and is now listed under 'Business' section of iTunes App Store worldwide. It's called "Korean Power Grid Info" - more info on WDSoft.com or App Store. Folks who want to see how much Korea as a whole spends electricity in real-time should find this app useful.

FYI, the app is released under Korean Power Exchange instead of my name or WDSoft.com because it represents the app best. All relevant data and information comes from there.

WDSoft.com website got a complete makeover, and moved the hosting to XiGL.net instead of a subpage in Tool-Box.info. The old pages still exist, but are not actively linked anymore. Why the change? One reason is that the old one was languishing - it has been left as it is for about five years now. But of course, if there was nothing to add, there wouldn't have been much of a reason to overhaul it. So... you know what this means. A new application is coming up! And it's for iPhone, no less.

You can head over to the Products page at the new website to check out what's new. This new app called "Korea Power Grid Info" is a result of 4 months of self-teaching and 2 1/2 months of hair-pulling development. This app should be most useful to folks in the electric industry, but general users who has an interest in conserving electricity should take a look, as well.

The app is currently in the review process at Apple, and I hope it gets approved soon.