DECEMBER 2009
 December 1st, 2009 — Palo Alto, Calif.-based Ansca has shipped Corona, a platform described as the fastest, easiest way to build iPhone applications. The product helps users to design, develop and distribute directly from the product framework. It is available for a free 30-day trial or for purchase for the introductory rate of $99. http://developer.anscamobile.com
Ansca has raised $1 million in funding from Merus Capital. Ansca will use the money to fund new tech development, including an app-design platform for smartphones other than the iPhone. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company says its goal is to make it much easier for developers on both ends of the spectrum—engineers and web designers—to build high-quality apps.
New York Times article >
Bamboudesign is the evangilist and Authorized Training Partner of Ansca Corona.
NOVEMBER 2009
November 1st, 2009 — Ansca Corona designates Bamboudesign as a Certified Training Partner for Corona.
 "Throughout the year, Bamboudesign has been promoting Ansca Corona at network events and schools, as well as organizing workshops to train developers and non-traditional developers alike", said Carlos Icaza, CEO of Ansca, Inc. "Through this partnership with Bamboudesign, customers now have a solution for training and learning the Corona framework, to rapidly build native iPhone applications ready to distribute to the App Store".
OCTOBER 2009
October 30, 2009 — Bamboudesign and Ansca published in Miami New Times after presenting the new mobile software development tool Ansca Corona to iPhone professionals at the South Florida iPhone Meetup in Miami.
 "California-based ANSCA stopped by this month's South Florida iPhone Meetup to introduce local geeks to Corona, an application that's in the works to help designers and artists create their own iPhone applications without wrangling Objective-C, the complex coding language used to make iPhones do all those fun and funky things. Marine Leroux, CEO of San-Francisco-based Bamboudesign, collaborated with Carlos Icaza, co-founder of ANSCA, to create the application pictured here. A designer who specializes in user experience design for the iPhone, Marine created Shaken Not Stirred as a workshop experiment."
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28 October, 2009 — iPhone Development for Non-Traditional Developers, Miami Ad School
29 October, 2009 — Florida International University
30 October, 2009 — University of Miami
20 October 2009 — The iPhone Network Lounge, Bamboudesign sponsored iPhone community of events reached 140 members only 3 months after inception! The Meetup group has organized 4 events so far, with special guest speakers talking about iPhone technology, social media and innovation. More evnts are scheduled for the remainder of the year. More at:
www.meetup.com/iphonenetworklounge
 October 4-7, 2009 — Los Angeles
Adobe announces Flash for the iPhone in the new Adobe Creative Suite CS5
http://max.adobe.com
JULY 2009
28 July, 2009 — In anticipation of the upcoming iPhoneDevCamp, Bamboudesign launches the first of a series of network event under the name "The iPhone Network Lounge". This event will take place at San Francisco co-woking space PariSoMa. Carlos Icaza and Walter Luh of Ansca Mobile will be presenting a revolutionary mobile application development framework for designers and developers, called Corona. Refreshments will be served. Get the event details >
JUNE 2009
June 15, 2009 — Bamboudesign has been contributing to Ansca's development and launch since its inception in 2008. Ansca, a San Mateo, California-based startup led by two former Adobe engineers, is jumping into the gap with a software development kit that simplifies app development by bringing Flash-like qualities to the iPhone development environment. Ansca's product, Corona, built specifically for the iPhone, enables designers, web developers and engineers to quickly develop and distribute highly optimized native iPhone Applications.
“Bamboudesign’s understanding of the iPhone interface and product design allowed us to create two of our most successful demo applications, which showcase Corona’s ease of use and powerful graphics engine”, said Carlos Icaza, CEO of Ansca. “Bamboudesign helped us understand the needs of creative professionals, as demonstrated by the graphically rich applications developed with Corona —some of which are now available in the iPhone App Store”.
Ansca web site: www.anscamobile.com
Adobe Vets Build Rival to Flash for iPhone Apps
VentureBeat — June 23, 2009
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