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hi5's President & CTO, Alex St. John, will be speaking at AlwaysOn's OnMedia NYC 2010 conference on February 2. The two-and-a-half-day event, hosted at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City, brings together hundreds of top executives from the Internet, advertising and entertainment industries.Alex will join a panel discussion on the topic "Are Virtual Goods and Gaming the Holy Grail of Brand Integration?" moderated by Atul Bagga, a vice president at ThinkEquity and one of the leading analysts on the rapidly emerging virtual goods and social gaming marketplace. Alex's co-panelists will include:
- Nir Eyal, CEO, AdNectar
- Kevin Xu, COO, IGG
- Mitch Davis, CEO, Live Gamer
hi5 was honored along with Twitter as an AlwaysOn AO Global 250 Category Winner in the Consumer & Community category last year.
hi5 received another recognition this week for our innovation and leadership in the social entertainment category. Entrepreneur Magazine named hi5 as one of their Top 100 Brilliant Companies for 2009.This recognition isn't just among technology companies - it's all categories, from video games to health care. hi5 was included in the "Millenials" category as one of the "companies that have mastered the ethos of an emerging generation." hi5's huge global audience and our strategic expansion into gaming and social entertainment were factors in our selection. Their write up of hi5:
"The No. 1 social networking site in 30 countries, Hi5 is Facebook for the rest of the world. The San Francisco company aims to gain even more market share with a new gaming element on its site in February."
Entrepreneur reaches a total audience of over 3 million readers. The article will hit newsstands in the June issue and is available online here.
This week, Webware, a CNET site, announced the winners of its 2009 Webware 100 awards. hi5 received an award in the Social & Publishing category. More than 630,000 votes were cast to select the winners. The 2009 Webware 100 Awards recognize the best Web 2.0 sites, services and applications that are leading the next wave of innovation. Webware editors received and reviewed thousands of entries.hi5 issued a press release on the news. Here's the article profiling hi5 on CNET's site, and a full list of the winners can be found at www.webware.com/100.
That's where you come in. This year, hi5 is a Webware 100 finalist. We're up against 29 other contenders in the Social category, and the polls are now open through March 31. You can cast your vote here.
Thanks in advance for those votes cast our way!
For the second year running, media firm AlwaysOn is recognizing the top 100 emerging companies that are demonstrating 'game-changing' innovations in marketing, branding, advertising and public relations. Known as the OnMedia Top 100, this year hi5 is among the honorees within the "Community Platforms" category.
To make the cut, hundreds of private companies were nominated and judged based on AlwaysOn’s five primary evaluation criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value creation, and media attention. Among those who weighed in to determine the honor roll: KPMG, Bridge Bank, Merrill Corporation, Manatt, Phelps & Philips, and the AlwaysOn editors.
In a congratulatory message to hi5, AlwaysOn founder and CEO, Tony Perkins said, "The nominations were extremely competitive and...the level of excellence in the top 100 was remarkable. These companies are proving to have significant innovation, substantial customer adoption, large market potential, noticeable buzz, and are well on their way to creating tremendous value for their investors."
We appreciate the kudos Tony, and are pleased to be included in this distinctive group.