On this week’s podcast Engauge’s Rene Smith and Chad Elkins speak with Adam Hoffman, Director of Marketing and Community Development at Zaarly, Inc & Maria Joyner, a Zaarly User. Zaarly is a proximity based, real-time buyer powered market or a virtual bazaar. Buyers make an offer for an immediate need and sellers cash in on an infinite marketplace …

On this week’s podcast Engauge’s Katie Melick and Rene Smith speak with Mac Helms, Founder of Tex’s Tacos, part of the Food Truck Phenomenon in Atlanta. Tex’s Tacos began when Atlanta resident and Texas native Mac Helms shared a meal out west in San Antonio with now business partner Harrison Jones. Helms lamented the lack of his Texas favorites in …

On this week’s podcast Engauge’s Chad Elkins and Katie Melick speak with Jared Malan, CEO and Co-founder of We&Co, a location-based app for people who provide and enjoy great service. By encouraging users to build a relationship with their favorite service professionals, We&Co aims to change the way the world says “Thank You.” The We&Co app, curren…

On this week’s podcast Engauge’s Rene Smith and DrewHawkins speak with Caleb Elston, CEO and Co-founder of Yobongo, a location based app that allows users to chat about common interests in real time. With users in San Francisco, Austin and New York, Yobongo helps people make new connections by grouping them into chat-rooms based on location and int…

In this week’s podcast, Engauge’s Kaitlyn Dennihy and Rene Smith speak with Jonathan Yagel, Center Midfielder at LifeKraze. Jonathan is in charge of communications within LifeKraze, a social networking website where users share accomplishments, get rewards and encourage others! LifeKraze motivates users to “live like it counts” by posting descripti…

In this week’s podcast Engauge’s Jeff Hilimire speaks with Sgt. Lincoln Osiris of Tropic Thunder, delving into the world of celebrities and social media. Lincoln Osiris is a Sgt. in the U.S. Army, starred in the Movie Tropic Thunder, and is quite the social media badass. He has presences on Facebook and Twitter, and he’s the number one user of the …

On May 5th, 2011, Engauge hosted DIG Day, it’s second annual new media immersion event. Ninety of Engauge’s clients and partners attended to gain insight on new technology and get first hand experience with augmented reality, XBOX Kinect hacks, and new mobile devices. In this week’s podcast, Engauge’s Darren Kennedy moderates our DIG Day Social Pla…

In this week’s podcast, Engauge’s Rene Smith and Patrick Brandt speak with Georgia Tech’s Augmented Environments Lab (AEL) Director Blair MacIntyre and Argon Project Manager Alex Hill about the past, present and future of augmented reality. At the AEL, Blair and Alex investigate the design and implementation of augmented- and mixed-reality experien…

In this week’s podcast Engauge’s Rene Smith and Kaitlyn Dennihy speak with ExpoTV Owner Bill Hildebolt and CEO Daphne Kwon. Here, they give great insight to ExpoTV and everything it has to offer. ExpoTV tries to create a “level playing field” for conversations between brands and consumers. They do this by leveraging videos uploaded by members who h…

This week on DIG:This, Engauge’s Rene Smith, Stacey Cohen, and Drew Hawkins speak with Chad Elkins, founder and community manager of Foursquare Atlanta. This morning, Chad was nice enough to stop by the Engauge office to discuss location based services. Chad was excited to speak with us about the second annual Foursquare Day and provide us with som…