The Social Radio and the other 19 applications “were selected by an international jury of mobile industry heavyweights, including experts from Facebook, Twitter and Mozilla out of 47 other AppCircus World Tour winners from 26 countries world-wide,” comments the MPA. Amongst the finalists, were emerging and established app developers from Brazil, Germany, Kenya, Romania, South Africa, United Kingdom, the United States, and, of course, Argentina.

Roberto Gluck, one of The Social Radio’s founders, says that “it’s such a big honor for us to be competing with other great apps like Touchy Books, The Hand and TagWhat.”

To see the full list of competitors click here and if you are interested in registering to attend the event, click here.

“It’s a great achievement for us and all the Brazilian games industry  to have such a well-known and leading partner,” states Erisvaldo Junior, Co-founder & Executive Director of Yupi Studios. “This partnership will let us focus more on game design than on marketing efforts. Tapjoy has expertise in game marketing and distribution, so we will be able to deliver the  best gaming experience for the masses.”

“Yupies” will be the first game that the startup will launch for gamers of all ages, giving users a pet from outer space that they will be required to care for. Marcus Vinicius, Yupi Studios’ Co-founder & Creative Director, says that “the game brings back the passion for virtual pets, now with unique features that  smartphones provide. It has all the essential elements needed to become popular especially among children.” The game is slated to launch for both Android and iOS in June, 2012.

Backed by top-tier investors including J.P.Morgan Asset Management, Rho Ventures, the Tapjoy is seeking to break into the Latin American market says Christian Limon, who oversees Tapjoy’s Latin American partnerships adding: “we are excited to help the talented team at Yupi Studios bring exciting and fun games  to a massive international audience.”

Some of the topics that Ben will cover in his presentation include: * How to best pitch TV producers, radio hosts, newspaper reporters, and magazine editors * How to get more online and social media coverage * How to use seasonal “news pegs” to make your company more “newsworthy” * How to add “buzz” to your interviews by using hot-button keywords and phrases.

ABOUT BEN KAPLAN

Ben Kaplan is no stranger to the largest media outlets in the world: He has been featured on more than 2,000 TV and radio programs, including interviews on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, Nightline, NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, Fox News, NPR, and the BBC. Ben has also written columns for leading global publications such as The New York Times, Time, and U.S. News & World Report. In addition to his role as a media personality, Ben has served as a media consultant, media trainer, and paid spokesperson for some of the largest companies in the world including Citibank, Coca-Cola, American Express, Sallie Mae, and Discover Card.

As the founder of a boutique public relations firm in the U.S., he has scheduled media tours for a wide variety of global financial services, consumer products, and education-related companies. Ben has also worked on the other side of the media industry as a syndicated newspaper columnist, radio commentator, and best-selling author. Known as “America’s Scholarship Coach,” his book, ‘How to Go to College Almost for Free’ (HarperCollins Publishers) is the best-selling book in the genre with half a million copies in print. Over the past decade, he has saved tens of thousands of families half a billion dollars in college costs.

What you need to know:
Date: Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Casa Lastarria, Lastarria 70, Santiago
RSVP to: http://www.meetup.com/startupchile/events/49890432/

They are organizing a pub meetup for people who are interested in:

• Artificial Intelligence and data mining,
• Robots, and
• Hackerspaces (for people who like building electronic stuff).

Ian, one of the organizers says, “the meetup will be very relaxed, if you’ve just got a passing interest or you’re a life-long enthusiast then you’re absolutely welcome.” Confirmed participants include Junar, howsociable.com, backyardbrains.com, loogla.com, credii.com, Sqmos.com, veryseriousgames.com, and others.

What you need to know:
Date: Thursday, February 2nd
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Casa Lastarria, Lastarria 70, Santiago

As the second group of Start-Up Chile’s second generation, 67 new startups comprised of 130 people from 33 different countries arrived to Chile on January 16th to begin participating in our governmentally-backed accelerator program.

The week commenced with a speech by Start-Up Chile’s executive director, Jean Boudeguer, about what the entrepreneurs should expect during their 6+ month stay in the country which was then followed by two days of basic workshops about how to receive the capital, the Return Value Agenda, and Start-Up Chile communications. In the afternoons the entrepreneurs were taken by our staff to process all of their international visas that permit them to work in Chile for one year.

Wednesday and Thursday provided the main opportunity for everyone to pitch each of their projects– approximately 50 of the new startups presented to their attentive peers.

Daniel Ponce, a Bolivian entrepreneur adds, “I think something that we really appreciate is the opportunity to be surrounded by people who in some way share the vision to create great things and make big changes.”

When asked what is best about being a part of Start-Up Chile, Arik Meyer from Germany stated: “lots of inspiring discussions with like-minded entrepreneurs and an overall positive atmosphere.”

Welcome to Chile everyone!

As part of TechStars, the startup will receive a USD$100k convertible note along with associated services that amount to nearly another $100k.

The team behind TechStars comments that “we had so many great companies apply that it was unbelievably hard to pick just ten. So we decided to invest in thirteen.”

“We chose a diverse set of companies: from e-commerce to education, financial markets to transportation, consumer mobile to B2B enterprise SaaS. These companies will help you crunch big data, raise a venture capital fund, track your documents, publish a book, and buy music. They will make your kids smarter, make you better at sports, and yes, even make you happier,” they add.

Other startups chosen as part of the 2012 TechStars Boston class include: bisonalternatives.com, libboo.com, psykosoft.net, zagster.com, testive.com, simplygood.com, doctrackr.com, murfie.com, mortardata.com, ubersense.com, shopsy.com, and lessonsmith.com.

Congrats GymPact!

See you there!

What you need to know:
Date: January 25th, 2012
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Club Orquidea, San Pedro 537, Puerto Varas
RSVP not required.

”Barack Obama’s address this evening touches more than just folks from the United States,” says Dunne, who co-founded Babelverse in Athens, Greece. “The outcome of the address has a direct bearing on the lives of individuals across the globe, and we would like it to be accessible to the 7 billion citizens of the world, no matter what their native tongue is.”

Josef and Mayel originally created the application as a way to improve communication during international rescue and relief operations in the aftermath of the 2011 Japanese Tsunami.

The speech will air this Tuesday, January 24th at 9:00pm EST and can be streamed at http://stateoftheunion.babelverse.com. English speakers capable of translating to the various languages of the world can volunteer their time during the address at http://stateoftheunion.babelverse.com.

Their talking points will be:

• Entrepreneurial ecosystem in Buenos Aires
• What motived us to start NXTP Labs
• The value of a mentorship-driven program
• The selected profiles: what do we look for
• Cases: The Social Radio y Comenta.tv

What you need to know:
Date: Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Time: 4:30pm
Location: Centro Movistar Innova, Av. Providencia 229
RSVP to: http://www.meetup.com/startupchile/events/49248602/

What you need to know:
Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Encomenderos 254, Providencia, Santiago
RSVP to: http://www.meetup.com/startupchile/events/49162942/