June 19, 2007
Eventful Wins a CNET “Webware 100” Award for Entertainment
SAN DIEGO, June 19, 2007 – Eventful, Inc, today announced that it has received one of the “Webware 100” awards for “entertainment” by CNET Webware. The finalists for the “Webware 100” awards were selected by the editors of Webware.com, a CNET site, but the ultimate winners were picked by the site’s users.
The “Webware 100” Awards recognize the best Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications that are leading the next wave of innovation. Webware.com editors received and reviewed thousands of entries. Finalists were selected and featured in an online voting poll, where users voted and ultimately selected 100 winners in 10 categories. A list of the winners can be found at www.webware.com/100.
The ten categories are Browsing (web browsers, extensions, widgets, and security); Communications (e-mail, chat, VOIP); Community (social networks, groups); Data (search, storage, backup, sharing, and sync); Entertainment (games and contests); Media (audio, video, photo); Mobile (portable utilities and apps); Productivity (apps, business tools, commerce); Publishing (blogging, web content, design tools); and Reference (mapping, reference works, and education).
“We’re honored to be part of this year’s Webware 100 and want to thank CNET and the many Eventful users who voted for us to receive this recognition,” said Eventful CEO Jordan Glazier. “We’re thrilled to offer innovative services that help our users discover and promote events throughout the world and connect performers and politicians with their fans and supporters.”
Eventful is the leading online events site that enables users to discover, promote, share and create events in local markets throughout the world. Eventful Demand empowers millions of fans to influence where their favorite performers tour, and enables over 15,000 performers to make informed decisions about where to appear based upon where they are most in Demand.
“We were so impressed by the amount of participation of the Web 2.0 community, which was clearly demonstrated through our online voting polls – more than 450,000 votes were cast," said CNET Editor at Large, Rafe Needleman. “Webware.com created the Webware 100 awards to help consumers weed through the vast amount of Web 2.0 websites available and find the best ones they trust to meet their needs.”
About Eventful, Inc.
San Diego based Eventful, Inc., operates Eventful.com, the leading events website which enables its community of users to discover, promote, share and create events throughout the world. Eventful users select from nearly 4 million events taking place in local markets throughout the world, from concerts and sports to singles events and political rallies. Eventful’s Demand service enables users to influence where their favorite performers appear by creating viral grass-roots campaigns to “Demand” them in their town.
CONTACT
For Eventful:
Louise Tipton
LEWIS PR
(415) 992 4400
eventful@lewispr.com
Posted by brian at June 19, 2007 01:44 PM