Following popular demand we have recently upgraded our system so now bloggers can add their individual profile to dotopen.com.

With this addition we try to facilitate easier connections between bloggers and companies. This is especially usefull for bloggers wishing to discover new companies to write about and for companies who’d like to connect to specialised bloggers.

We hope you like this new addition to dotopen.com.

Here’s how you register as a blogger:

Following popular demand we have upgraded our system so that also individuals can now get a profile on dotopen.com as a “one person initiative“.

If you are self-employed and working outside a formal organization this is for you! In the mobile ecosystem this is especially interesting for individual developers who want to connect to other players in the industry.

So, why sign up?

• discover hundreds of startups and established companies in the mobile ecosystem
• follow potential partners, suppliers and competitors
• showcase your work (add you app!)
• participate in events such as the AppCircus

Here’s how to register as an “one person initiative”:

Following popular demand we have recently upgraded the profile so now you can add your apps.

Whether you want your app to be showcased, shared and discovered or you want to submit it to an app competition in partnership with dotopen, like the AppCircus, you will find this new feature very useful and, of course, free.

To start you will have to log in to dotopen and once in your dashboard click on “UPDATE PROFILE”

Once at the edit profile screen choose the tab “apps” and make sure you fill in all the fields. You can also embed a YouTube video and screenshots to further describe what your app is about.

Once you are done describing, make sure that you click on “SAVE CHANGES”.

You can add as many apps as you like just hit the “+ add app” icon and start over.

Simple enough! Of course, you can always drop us a line for questions, feedback or bugs reports!

Plugg is a one-day conference on Thursday, March 11 in Brussels, with a clear focus on celebrating entrepreneurship and innovation in Europe and raising global awareness for those European start-ups in the Web / Mobile 2.0 field that stand out in the crop. Check out the  full list of confirmed speakers and schedule for the day. You can register here.

One of the most exciting things at the conference is the Start-Ups Rally. Below, behold the names of the 20 innovative startups who’ve submitted their profile on dotopen.com for this year’s competition and were selected out of a total of 116 submitted profiles for the competition by a balanced jury of renowned industry professionals.

Hope to see you in Brussels next week!

- aNEWSMe (website – dotopen profile) from Bulgaria

- Apprupt (website – dotopen profile) from Germany

- CloudSplit (website – dotopen profile) from Ireland

- Collibra (website – dotopen profile) – from Belgium

- Datpresenter (website – dotopen profile) – from UK

- Distimo (website – dotopen profile) – from Netherlands

- English Attack (website – dotopen profile) – from France

- Fits.me (website – dotopen profile) from Estonia

- Flowr (website – dotopen profile) – from Slovenia

- Gigswiz (website – dotopen profile) from Finland

- Hipui (website – dotopen profile) from Finland

- Inbox2 (website – dotopen profile) from Netherlands

- Lumo Research (website – dotopen profile) from Finland

- Raz*War (website – dotopen profile) from Belgium

- Sclipo (website – dotopen profile) from Spain

- Shotools (website – dotopen profile) from Spain

- Smarkets (website – dotopen profile) from UK

- Stupeflix (website – dotopen profile) from Germany

- Submate (website – dotopen profile) from France

- Tweetmeme (website – dotopen profile) from UK

Last Thursday we hosted the Mobile Bites @ PICNIC09, a showcase dotopen organised to give young talented startups in mobile the chance to pitch their idea to a new audience. The startups could apply to demo through the dotopen.com/PICNIC participation page.

We selected five of the most interesting, creative, touching, weird or exciting applications in mobile to be showcased to the PICNIC audience in mini-presentations lasting 3 minutes each.

Alex Kummerman presenting Soundwalk

The presentations went well, most of the presenters went for the daring task to do a live demo on stage and the audience just loved it. Here below the pictures of the presenting startups, you can check their profile on dotopen by clicking their links. You can follow these companies as a dotopen member and stay up-to-date on their latest moves.

Stefanie Hoffmann – aka-aki, Georg Broxtermann – Orbster

Andie Nordgren – RjDj, Peter Vesterbacka – Ball-IT

We’d like to remind all startups in mobile to join the Mobile 2.0 Silicon Valley Launch Pad!

Mobile 2.0 Silicon Valley provides a platform for pre-A round and A round start-ups focusing on mobile applications and services looking for funding, trade press, tech blogger and early-adopter attention. Click here to apply for Mobile 2.0 Silicon Valley Start-up Launch Pad in San Francisco on October 15th, 2009 – any start-up with a mobile service or application can apply for jury selection.