SF AppShow, LA AppShow, Chicago AppShow

May 23d SF AppShow

Seth — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:01:47 +0000

Join us on May 23d from 6-9 PM for the 14th edition of the premiere app event, the SF AppShow. Watch and listen to our unique brand of entertaining app demos and app industry discussion.

With Memorial Day and summer on the horizon, the event will feature apps for the summer, including an app to get in shape, apps for catching up with friends, an app for beating summer traffic, and an app for documenting all your summer time concert experiences.

The SF AppShow is back at:

The Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF
1675 Owens Street
San Francisco, CA 94143-3008

Maps and info: http://www.acc-missionbayconferencecenter.com/directions.cfm

Advance Registration: $30
Door: $40

Credentialed media: complimentary

January 25th LA AppShow Recap

Seth — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:02:59 +0000

Thanks to our hosts Edmunds, guest host Amanda Coolong of TechZulu, and all the presenters at the January 25th LA AppShow. We had another great turn-out and received a fantastic write-up in the Huffington Post.

Here’s a run down of the apps that were presented.

LA AppShow, January 25th

Seth — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:23:41 +0000

Happy New Year!

The LA AppShow is back in Santa Monica on January 25th. This event is being graciously hosted by Edmunds.

Our host will check out hot apps from a variety of categories, interview their developers and take your questions from the stage. Show starts at 7pm.

We’re still looking for a few new apps to flesh out the program so if you’re building one, apply to present. We also have a couple of sponsor tables available if you’re interested in sponsoring the event.

Edmunds, Inc.

1620 26th St., Suite 400 South

Santa Monica, CA 90404

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 6:00-9:00 PM
Register Now

2 Year Anniversary hAPPy Holidays SF AppShow Recording

Seth — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:58:56 +0000

Watch the recording from last Thursday’s, 2 Year Anniversary SF AppShow. Show starts at 0:30 right after the ad.

Video streaming by Ustream

2 Year Anniversary hAPPy Holidays SF AppShow

Seth — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:18:56 +0000

The SF AppShow, it’s all about marketing and monetization of apps. M&M. Stay tuned for more pictures from last night’s SF AppShow. Thanks again to everyone who came out or watched on the live stream.

Line-up for hAPPy Holidays, 2 Year Anniversary SF AppShow

Seth — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:48:34 +0000

We’ve put together another great line-up of apps for the 2 Year Anniversary hAPPy Holidays SF AppShow on November 17th at UCSF Mission Bay.

Split the costs of the big gift for your office manager with your co-workers using Clover’s new mobile payment solution
Compete in holiday photo competitions with your friends and family with Snapzing
Save money on your in-store holiday shopping with GeoQpons
Get everything on your holiday shopping list in record time using Point Inside
Buy directly from the convenience of your iPad with Catalogue by the Find
Travel on a winter getaway without leaving your house with Magic Window
Get reimbursed for your holiday related business expenses using Expensify
Manage all your online purchases with Slice
Find the fastest way to grandma’s house or the mall through Inrix
Learn about the current trends in mobile commerce from a presentation on Understanding Mobile Audience by top mobile ad network and sponsor Jumptap

Doors open at 5:30 PM. Show starts at 7:00 PM. Follow updates on the SF AppShow on Twitter @sfappshow.

Register Here

2 Year Anniversary, hAPPy Holidays SF AppShow, November 17

Seth — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:01:59 +0000

It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 2 years since the first SF AppShow at the flagship Apple Store in downtown San Francisco. The AppShow is coming off a visit to its fourth city, Chicago, on October 3d. We’re now gearing up to celebrate our 2 Year Anniversary in San Francisco at UCSF Mission Bay on November 17 from 6-9 PM. Instead of showcasing the diversity of all the incredibly creative innovation that is happening in mobile app development to make our lives easier, for the first time we will be focusing on a single theme: How to save time and money using mobile apps to shop for all of the people on your holiday shopping list. We’re still looking for a few holiday related apps to flesh out the program so if you’re building one or know of one, apply above.

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Chicago AppShow, October 3d

Seth — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:32:07 +0000

I’m excited to be bringing the AppShow to Chicago for the first time on October 3d.

Discover groundbreaking new iPhone, iPad, and Android apps at the first Chicago AppShow. Previous AppShow events in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas were sell out shows and drew quite a bit of positive industry press. Typically the events are watched by developers, entrepreneurs and investors. It’s also a fun party.

Join us on October 3d from 5-8 PM. Watch and listen to our unique brand of entertaining app demos and app industry discussion.

App Industry Networking 5-6:30 PM. Light appetizers, complementary drink specials, and beer will be served.

Chicago AppShow 6:30-7:30 PM

The Chicago AppShow is at:

Rockit Bar and Grill River North
22 W. Hubbard
Chicago, IL 60654

Nearby Parking

Apps Scheduled to be Demoed:

Register Here

Early bird Registration: $20

Advance Registration: $25

Door: $30

Credentialed media: complimentary

Twitter Hashtag: #CHIAppShow

This event is being co-produced by Industry 415 Creative.

May 25, 2011 SF AppShow Recap

Seth — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:52:29 +0000

After opening remarks and a silly game of Old School Angry Birds (see photo below), 10 great app developers took the stage in the Robertson Auditorium on the Campus of UCSF Mission Bay with Byte Editor-in-Chief and SF AppShow host, Gina Smith. Here’s a quick run-down of the apps that we saw and why I picked them for the SF AppShow.

Magic Piano

Smule make great apps for helping people without a lot of musical knowledge or talent make and share great music. I loved their Magic Piano app when I saw it on the iPad and was very interested by the iPhone version. It’s also Smule’s first free app where they make money solely on in app purchases and have created their very first virtual currency.

Goby

Goby is the first recommendation focused exclusively on helping you find great things to do. In the same way Pandora revolutionized music recommendations and Netflix makes great movie recommendations, Goby helps you plan your weekend, based on your personal interests and tastes – millions of things to across over 350 categories of things to do, in every zip code in the US.

Big Pollution

It’s a great game and the object is to help cap an oil leak deep in the ocean. Any similarity to an actual event which took place a little over a year ago (April 20, 2010) is purely coincidental, as is the abbreviation for Big Pollution (BP).

SpotWorld

SpotWorld is extremely social, it is global (most travel apps are for 1 destination) and fully interactive. It supports user-generated tips, photos, and ratings. Finally, we have a travel-themed, location-based game that users can engage in.

HeyWire

Have you ever run up a huge international texting bill to friends overseas or while roaming in a foreign country? HeyWire is the only free texting app to provide unlimited texting to 50 countries, HeyWire is also breaking down communication barriers. HeyWire lets users text in almost every language, making it easy for people to communicate with friends all over the world!

Goodwill Silicon Valley Donation App

This app isn’t live yet, but I wanted to support the fantastic cause of Goodwill where I regularly donate old clothes, furniture, etc. Goodwill Silicon Valley does a huge amount to help folks in the Silicon Valley. However, there is little interaction between GWSV and its donors. GWSV also currently has no method of communicating with it donor base since it doesn’t capture contact information when a donation is made. Our service solves that problem and enables GWSV to communicate with its donors when it has a special need (e.g. wool coats in the winter), to update its donors on its services and how they are contributing to its success, etc.

EvriThing Baseball

Evri is a news discovery product that analyzes thousands of source feeds of content around the web and categorizes them by topic, in this case baseball. Evri is headquartered in San Francisco, home of the 2010 World Series Champion SF Giants.

Trulia

- Top-rated real estate app on iPad/iPhone currently

- only real estate search app which allows local amenity information (restaurants, schools, etc.) – extremely useful when making buy/rent decisions

- only real estate app on iPad with EZ visual full map view and heatmaps to quickly overlay neighborhood data

Ferocious Few Pocket Rock-It

This app is part of a growing trend amongst technology and musicians trying to reinvent the music video for the mobile age. The app allows you to take the cult two-piece band “The Ferocious Few” in your pocket with you and have either member play anywhere you are, or if you have a friend with the app, you can stage a concert of both members of the band.

Thrutu

This is the only Android only app on this list and the app is coming soon to iPhone. This app allows you to better communicate using your phone by sharing contacts, location, and photos while you’re still using your phone. Or in their words: “Mobile phones have become incredibly sophisticated computing devices, and we regularly share media, photos, contacts and other rich content. But this sharing is done in isolation from the actual phone call. No technology has integrated digital sharing within a phone call, when it’s often most convenient and practical, until Thrutu. There’s no flipping between apps or interrupting your conversation. Furthermore, with these added capabilities, Thrutu users spend about 50% more time talking, extending calls.

You can see great photos from the event here or

Watch the app demos on YouTube

Old School Angry Birds at the SF AppShow

Seth — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:37:44 +0000

Gina Smith, Seth Socolow, and Brian Hickey play Old School Angry Birds at the May 25 SF AppShow

Click here for the complete set of photos.

Photos by Julie Blaustein
Thanks for the great shots Julie!