With smartphones gaining popularity around the world, communications again stands on the brink of a technology revolution. By leveraging the capabilities inherent in most smartphones, Tubaloo is ushering in an era where voice and text combine with location-awareness, high speed data networking, mobile commerce and mobile advertising into a singular, high-powered and compelling communications and information service. Tubaloo’s near-term aim is to make mobile telephony free to anyone. Based on its own open-source operating system and focused primarily on platforms such as Android and Symbian, Tubaloo makes smartphones a lot smarter. Tubaloo was founded in 2005 and has operations in Portland, Ore. and Santiago, Chile. www.tubaloo.com
