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UPlaya ‘Discovered’: Innovation Awards Winner gets love from The Discovery Channel

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Summer Teal Simpson
on November 9, 2009 at 03:37 PM

Savannah’s own Music Intelligence Solutions was featured on The Discovery Channel’s website, just days after coming off a big win at the 2009 Innovation Awards. It would seem that the same innovative and technological prowess that enamored our judges also caught the eye of America’s most popular science/technology/history channel.

What’s the scoop?

In case you’ve been living under a rock, Music Intelligence Solutions, Inc. (uPlaya) took home the gold in the Small Business category for their interactive online services - including creative development, branding, social networking and discovery tools - for established and budding musicians and songwriters, producers, music supervisors, mobile distributors and anyone who has an affinity for music. One of only a host of resources for musicians, producers, songwriters and consumers, uPlaya.com uses proprietary and patent-protected technology to produce immediate, scientific market analysis and popularity ranking prediction of music worldwide.

“The songs that score the best include a certain amount of unpredictability in the music,” CEO David Meredith told Discovery News in the article. “Norah Jones is a great example of an artist who pulled from jazz and pop to create a sound that was different from other artists at the time, but the underlying patterns of her music was strong and the music scored very well.”


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Spots Now Open for Geekend Vendors; Innovation Awards + Geekend = MONEY

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Summer Teal Simpson
on October 8, 2009 at 12:18 PM

If you’re a bargain shopper like us, listen up. (Seriously, we’d buy a broken barometer if it were half off.) The Creative Coast Alliance and Geekend are rewarding you just for waking up this morning. Thaaat’s right, it’s Two-fer Thursday! Actually, it’s more like Two-fer October because when you purchase your tickets to the 2009 Innovation Awards, you’ll receive 58% off the weekend pass price for the Geekend Conference, November 6-8, 2009. (This is valid for the entire month.)

As most of you hopefully know by now, Geekend is the annual gathering of the “geek tribe” (that’s us!) that will take place here in the Hostess City. It’s what you might call an interactive conference with some truly awesome parties, the kind of event that you’ll be texting, tweeting and Facebooking from. You’ll be surrounded by creative geekiness - the brightest designers, developers, techies and social media mavericks ever to descend upon Savannah - for a weekend filled with cutting edge speakers (we’re not kidding here, the list is impressive) and panels, afterparties and networking.


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“Conserve Water, Drink Beer:” RiversRock this Thursday at Moon River

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Summer Teal Simpson
on October 5, 2009 at 04:47 PM

Undeniably, water is the source of life. And our waterways are our sustenance, the lifeblood of our economy, the backbone of our communities and the foundation of quality of life. And while there are a thousand different ways you can (and should!) get involved in the protection of our coastal rivers, there is one way in particular you can make a difference. How? Simply by drinking, eating and dancing the night away.

On Thursday, October 8th from 7:00 - 10:00 pm, the second annual RiversRock! presents “Blackwater•Bluegrass,” a fundraiser benefiting jointly the Ogeechee-Canoochee Riverkeeper and the Satilla Riverkeeper, two groups dedicated to the protection of our precious coastal river resources and ecosystems.

Sponsored by Better Environments & Southern Eagle Distributors, Queensborough National Bank & Trust, the Young Professionals of Savannah, Jeanne LaSala & Jim Abbot, Storm Water Systems, the City of Savannah, Bernard Williams & Co. and Fred Williams Homebuilder, Inc., this year’s event promises to be a kicking good time. The event and will feature live music by The Packway Handle Band, a bluegrass quintet out of Athens. All proceeds from “Blackwater•Bluegrass” will benefit Ogeechee-Canoochee and Satilla riverkeepers.


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Ripley’s Believe it or NOT: 84% of Young Germans choose the Interweb over their Partner/Spouse

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Summer Teal Simpson
on September 18, 2009 at 12:45 PM

I feel like Dean Cain on an episode of Ripley’s Believe it or Not (yes, that still airs)…

An article in last month’s Details Magazine is evidence that truth IS stranger than fiction: according to a recent survey, 84% of young Germans would prefer to lose their current partner or automobile over their internet connection or mobile phone.

Bitkom, a German internet service provider interviewed 1,000 people between the age of 19 and 29, assessing their dependability on their internet and mobile phone as compared to love and car ownership. The outcome was shocking (Volkswagons ain’t that great I guess). In the same survey, 97% of interviewees said that it would be unthinkable to live without their mobile phone, so unthinkable that they’d rather kick their lover to the curb. Now, I can kinda understand that if this is an iPhone we’re talking about (there’s probably a boyfriend app anyway), but just a plain ol’ mobile phone? WHAT? Internet/phone better than sex/love?


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