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Venture Atlanta 2011: Early Stage Pitches in the Real Shark Tank

Over the course of this year I’ve seen early stage presentation venues ranging from Launch in San Francisco, Startup Riot in Atlanta, Demo Day here in Austin, and many recurring angel forums in between in Austin and Atlanta. It’s good to see now that Venture Atlanta has added an early stage segment to its agenda. This fall institution, held in the Georgia Aquarium, is one around which all the local sponsor dollars have coalesced, and it draws investors from across the country. It’s got that good old-fashioned Georgia boosterism, as you can easily see on the Twitter stream #VA2011. (Caution, there’s a Fairfax County, VA ballot initiative that seems to be using the same hash tag.) But, that’s the style that secured the 1996 Olympics and has paid great dividends for the city over many decades.

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rappidApp™ targets marketing agencies and the technology community. The product appeals to both entrepreneurs and corporations.

To some, this duality could be interpreted as a lack of focus but for rapiddApp, it is their core strength. Hannah Byrne is owner and chief creative officer at rappidApp, and she is neither right-brained nor left-brained. Instead, she is that rare combination: the “whole brained.”

Byrne studied Music, English, and History. She is a self-taught developer who left Corporate America in 2004 to start Smack Dab Studios, an award-winning full-service Web development firm based in Savannah, Ga.

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(Black Creek, GA) ORACAL USA is pleased to announce the release of a new ORACAL Application for iPhone. The app, developed by Smack Dab Studios of Savannah, Ga., is the perfect way to join the growing number of ORACAL customers talking about ORACAL products, learning the latest tips and tricks, and locating the closest authorized ORACAL distributor.

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SAVANNAH, GA. – rappidApp™, a groundbreaking new flexible Content Management System (CMS), is revolutionizing the mobile app development process, offering custom native apps at a fraction of the custom development cost and making real-time content management for mobile apps a reality.

rappidApp™ produces true native functionality and offers a Live Publisher function, which maximizes CMS capabilities. Integrated with the Titanium framework by Appcelerator, the rappidApp™ platform creates a native app with remarkable ease of use. Cloud-based hosting provides data redundancy for optimal up-time. All app interface elements and content are cached locally to the device for immediate use even when offline.

“rappidApp™ is a great example of how Titanium is being used to create the next generation of mobile apps,” said Jeff Haynie, co-founder and CEO of Appcelerator. “This particular content management system makes designing and updating native mobile apps easier than ever.”

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Discover Savannah. Again.

SAVANNAH, Ga., May 10, 2011 – An iphone application will accompany the City of Savannah’s latest documentation project and exhibition, Ebb and Flow: Life & Community in Eastern Savannah. The application uses a variety of features, including integrated Google maps and a QR Code Scanner to enable visitors to the Ebb and Flow exhibition at the Telfair Museums to access additional information related to exhibition pieces.

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The market is growing for Savannah-centric tourism-related applications

By Adam Van Brimmer

If you’re interested in anything Savannah — events, attractions or otherwise — there’s an app for that. Or there will be soon.

Savannah-themed mobile applications are growing like kudzu in the online apps stores. Most are tourism or event related, from directed walking tours of the historic district to festival guides. But local apps pioneers say the future — and sooner rather than later — will see apps reach into most corners of Savannahians’ lives.

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The Georgia Historical Society invites you to attend:

The Georgia Historical Marker iPhone App Launch Party

Wednesday, March 23, 2011
5:30 P.M. – 7 P.M.
Hodgson Hall, 501 Whitaker (GHS Headquarters on the corner of Whitaker and the North end of Forsyth Park)

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Savannah, GA March 15, 2011 – The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is pleased to announce the release of its brand new Georgia Historical Marker Application for iPhone. The app, developed by Smack Dab Studios, allows users to view historical markers in the area of travel that are close to their exact location by Google map or list, and see details, photos, and marker text, as well as get directions from their current location to the marker, and email marker details to friends. The app is free and available on the iTunes App Store. Read more…

The Savannah St. Pat’s Guide app features a variety of integrated content as well as an interactive guide to all the 2011 St. Patrick’s Day festivities in Savannah. Highlights include a comprehensive listing of daily event details leading up to St. Patrick’s Day and through March 20, as well as app extras such as weather information, trivia, Irish folklore stories and exclusive parade participant information. Read more…

SAVANNAH, GA. – Smack Dab Studios, an award-winning full-service Web development and graphic design firm, is pleased to announce the recent launch of the exclusive 2011 Savannah St. Pat’s Guide app for Apple’s iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

Customized specifically for the 2011 Savannah St. Patrick’s Day Parade, this comprehensive app covers all festivities, including over 100 GPS locations for area restaurants and bars, from March 1-20 and is now available for download at iTunes app store for $0.99. Read more…

Don’t forget to sign up for the next presentation in the Food for Thought Series on Thursday, February 17, 2011.

Speaker Hannah Byrne will be presenting her presentation, “Viewing Your Website through the Eyes of Your Customer”.

The presentation will include topics ranging from how your customers perceive your company through the lens of your web site, how to make-over your site on a budget, effective (and free) content management tools to allow your staff to easily edit your site and much more. Read more…