Class of 2009
Posted by david.c on August 11, 2009
Looxii (Look • See)
Founded by two graduates of Georgia Tech's MS in Digital Media program and based in Atlanta, GA, Looxii offers businesses a simpler social web. We develop apps that make it easier for you to track what’s relevant to your company on twitter, blogs and in the news. With the Looxii dashboard you can streamline your marketing reports and research, identify new advertising venues and strategies, and make happy customers. Go to Looxii.com - simply provide your company name and url - and we'll generate a custom report for you on the spot.
ShoutNow.com - Use Your Voice
Use ShoutNow.com to share the richness of your voice with Twitter, Facebook or your telephone contacts. You can share big family news, cancel soccer practice, tell a funny joke, or spotlight the new song you just recorded. Business users can complement or replace their low-click email or expensive direct mail campaigns for event reminders, special deals or announcements. We provide list management and detailed analytics so you know who heard and engaged with your shout. Leverage the power of voice and connect with the people you care about at ShoutNow.com.
OpenHatch
OpenHatch is an online network for open source geeks. The site provides community-targeted services such as a portfolio compiler and cross-project bug search engine. These features help software developers showcase and grow their experience in the free / open source software community. Once OpenHatch has released its public beta and reached a critical mass of users, the company will connect businesses with the code gurus who helped write the software they use to consult them on problems or recruit ideal job candidates. Since OpenHatch’s data on open source software developers’ experience and skills is publicly documented and verifiable, it provides a basis for trust where resumes fall short. You can sign up for OpenHatch’s private alpha at http://openhatch.org.
ZETA
Hundreds of millions of people are creating content online--blogs, articles, reviews, Tweets, and more. With so many people participating online, how do you identify an individual that's a quality source? Zeta solves this problem with one web page—The ZetaPage.The ZetaPage aggregates links to all of an individual Content Creator's online work and calculates the Content Creator’s Zeta Rating. For a potential audience member, the ZetaPage provides a consistent and reliable way to recognize a good source and read through all their content.For Content Creators, the ZetaPage communicates how well they’re performing and will also offer feedback to help them improve. To build your ZetaPage, go to ZetaPage.com.
Ninja Post - Killer message board software
Finally --- message board software designed for today's internet.The market for message boards is enormous, but existing solutions have not evolved --- until now. Ninja Post affords real time interaction; integration with social networks to help content go viral; and an elegant design that's easy to brand.Ninja Post makes your company's website a focal point for conversation. This improves your company's visibility in organic search results, driving customers to your website. Visit http://www.ninjapost.com to learn more.
Khush
Inc. develops intelligent music applications for mobile phones. Khush’s
first product is LaDiDa, a reverse karaoke iPhone application that
analyzes sung vocals and composes matching accompaniment. The target
demographic is iPhone users ages 14 – 30, both male and female. LaDiDa
has the potential to be a killer app, as it taps into the widespread
desire to sing and “be discovered”. LaDiDa includes sharing features
such as publishing to Facebook and Twitter, and also allows users to
listen to and rate other users’ recordings. For more information, visit
http://khu.sh.
The company was founded by music technology enthusiasts from the Georgia Tech Music Intelligence Lab.
EventHive is the next step in engaging conference presentations. By
leveraging attendee's laptops and cell phones, we move presentations
from a monologue to a dialogue and turn passive audiences into active
participants.
Speakers can connect with attendees and receive
real-time feedback during their presentation with EventHive polling.
Attendees can ask questions, post comments, and share information
directly from their seats. This improves the quality of Q&A by
allowing speakers to preview and choose the most relevant questions.
Beyond
interactive sessions, EventHive adds value to organizers with tools to
quantify attendee satisfaction, generate buzz, and help attendees
release news via their social networks.
To request an invitation to our private beta please visit http://EventHive.com.
Social Guides is a location-based conversation platform that makes it easy to find and discover places to go based on the experiences of the people you know. While traditional local search sites suffer from lack of personal relevance and stale reviews, SocialGuides leverages mobiles phones (iPhone and Android) and the social-web to provide a realtime, personalized, discovery experience. The average Internet consumer does not take the time to write long reviews at local search sites, or lengthy blog articles about their experiences - they simply tell their friends. SocialGuides makes that easy by taking status updates and matching it with places you go. Now, the location has personal context from the people your interested in: information about where you are right now, the restaurant you’re in, the hotel you’re staying at, the nightclub you’re having a great time in, or the next city you’re planning on visiting.
Check it out at http://www.socialguides.com.
