Mobile Optimized Middleware Takes the Next Leap Forward with Kurogo 1.8

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Modo Labs™, the leading Mobile-First portal solution provider, today released version 1.8 of the open source Kurogo™ Mobile Optimized MiddlewarePlatform. The new version includes multiple upgrades that raise the bar in the rapid assembly and deployment of content-rich mobile websites. More than 30 percent of the top North American universities already use Kurogo to implement mobile campus applications, including Princeton, Dartmouth, New York University, the University of British Columbia and many more.

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Kurogo 1.8 was announced this morning at the first-annual Kurogo HigherEd User Conference, hosted at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Some of the world's top universities attended the event to share strategies and techniques, gain valuable training and network with other mobile experts. At the event, Modo Labs also announced Mobile Campus 2.1. Based on the Kurogo platform, Mobile Campus is a commercial offering that implements iOS and Android native apps as well as a number of powerful commercial modules that tightly integrate with widely used Learning Management, Student Information and Transit systems.

Kurogo 1.8 emphasizes extensibility, clean integration and exceptional user experience. The open source release contains the following new improvements:

• improved site management and setup
• simplified theming of UI elements
• enhanced support for new tablets
• support for role-based content
• desktop portal
• new data connector options, including authenticated connections and upgraded RSS parser
• many improvements in bundled modules

"Kurogo provides both universities and enterprises a complete platform and solution to rapidly assemble, deploy and maintain mobile websites. With its many new features, Kurogo 1.8 takes mobile development to a new level," said Andrew Yu, founder and chief operating officer of Modo Labs. "Hundreds of universities in more than 30 countries already leverage Kurogo. We welcome new members to join the community today."

Kurogo 1.8 is available for download at http://www.kurogo.org. Commercial versions of Kurogo-powered Mobile Campus, Mobile Enterprise and Mobile Hospital solutions are also available for subscription. Contact [email protected] for more information.

About Modo Labs

Modo Labs offers Mobile-First portal solutions and support services to help universities and enterprises leverage the fast growing Kurogo Open Source Mobile Platform. Modo Labs' technology integrates with data and content from any source, and presents it on any mobile device. The company's core offering, Kurogo Mobile Optimized Middleware™, is an open source development platform designed for clean integration, exceptional user experience and a high degree of customizability. Additional information about Modo Labs is available at http://modolabs.com.

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