Mobile Information Company Lends Support To The West Virginia Strawberry Festival

April 26, 2011 - PRLog -- Visitors of the 70th Annual West Virginia Strawberry Festival will be treated to a new and progressive way to keep updated with the daily schedule of events and happenings of the festival. Using technology being donated by What’s Happening Now, the Strawberry Festival will be publishing the calander of events, starting times, and photo updates on a platform that allows easy access to the events on your mobile device.

“We (What’s Happening Now) are very excited to be able to contribute to an event with such a long and celebrated history as the Strawberry Festival”, said Raymond Shell, Vice President of Community Relations for What’s Happening Now. “Its very important to us to be a contributing member of the communities that we serve,” continued Raymond, “and The Strawberry Festival parallels this spirit with its great legacy of giving back to the community.”

What’s Happening Now specializes in providing local residents updated information on current entertainment, food & beverage specials, and events of interest within the community. By combining mobile technology with GPS technology users of the application, available in Apple’s iTunes on April 18th and for Android and Blackberry shortly thereafter, are free to get venue listings, current specials, and even driving directions at anytime, no matter where they are, without the limitations of being hardwired to their computer.

The What’s Happening Now application, which is free to download, is extremely easy to use and allows you to search for events and specials by category or proximity to your present location.

“Advancements in mobile technology by products such as the iPhone and iPad have truly changed the way people get the information they desire,” said Raymond, “and we are proud to bring this technology to West Virginia communities and The Strawberry Festival.”

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What's Happening Now combines the power of mobile technology and social media to provide an unprecedented advertising and marketing medium for the food, beverage and hospitality industry.