August 2011
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Foodzy now available in German and French
Today we are proud to announce that Foodzy is now completely available in both German and French! [[MORE]]Both our complete interface and our food databases have been translated, and hundreds of locally available products were added. Users in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium and Canada can now start keeping track of their eating habits in their own native language.
When we...
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The social gamification of food: Vote for us in...
At the 2011 SXSW Interactive Festival, Jane McGonigal presented a convincing talk on how game mechanics and social structures could solve real-life problems. What if they were to teach people how to eat healthy again? [[MORE]]Obesity and unhealthy eating might be one of the biggest problems our generation is facing: 64% of all Americans are currently obese. What a lot of people don’t know,...
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Searching for Superusers (Cape not included)
Just a few days ago we passed the 100,000 products barrier on Foodzy. That means we’re experiencing a tremendous growth, thanks to all of you guys.[[MORE]] It also made us realise we could use a hand keeping this great database great, while making it even greater. Who better to help us then our own fanatic users? In short: We are looking for superusers! If you’re the kind of person who...
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Hallo Deutschland!
Last month we noticed a rapid growth of users in a lot of European countries. And since food is a rather local matter we decided it was about time we started translating all of our local food databases to make adding products easier wherever you live. [[MORE]] Today we are proud to announce that Foodzy’s database is now fully available in German. You will be able to check-in German...
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They don't call it a Quarter Pounder in France?
‘No. They got the metric system, they wouldn’t know what the f*ck a Quarter Pounder is.’* And although some of us here in Europe and the rest of the world do, our US friends aren’t so used to working with grams and mililiters in their turn either. This is why as of today our American users are able to add new products to Foodzy US Style: In Ounces (Oz) and Fluid Ounces...
