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JuiceCaster Nominated for Best Mobile Social Networking Solution in the 12th Annual Webby Awards

Posted on: Monday, 14 April 2008, 09:00 CDT

The 12th Annual Webby Awards has nominated Juice Wireless' mobile social networking application, JuiceCaster, for the Best Mobile Social Networking solution of 2008. The Webby Awards will announce the winners on May 6, 2008 and honor them at a star-studded gala in New York City on June 10. Additionally, from now through May 1, fans around the world can cast their votes for JuiceCaster in The Webby People's Voice Awards presented by Nokia by visiting www.JuiceCaster.com.

Hailed as the 'Oscars of the Internet' by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Web sites, interactive advertising, online film and video and mobile Web sites. The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-person judging academy whose members include Internet co-inventor Vinton Cerf, R/GA's Chief Bob Greenberg, 'Simpsons' creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington and Harvey Weinstein. The 12th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 states.

"The Webby Awards honor the outstanding Web sites that are setting the standards for the Internet," said David-Michel Davies, executive director of The Webby Awards. "JuiceCaster's Webby Award nomination is a testament to the skill, ingenuity and vision of its creators."

"Being nominated for a Webby amongst so many worthy companies is a true honor," said Nick Desai, CEO of Juice Wireless. "We are thrilled the leading global online awards program recognizes our unyielding commitment to bringing easy, powerful social networking to the mobile phone."

JuiceCaster instantly connects users to their online lives. It enables easy, one-touch sharing of pictures and videos from a camera phone to MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and additional online destinations. JuiceCaster has powerful integration to over 20 top online social networking and blogging sites. The latest version includes the ability for users to post and watch real-time video status updates directly on their phones. JuiceCaster members connect and communicate in a rich social-networking environment that includes profiles, pictures, videos, friend lists, comments, ratings and personal status updates, all on a mobile phone.

About Juice Wireless, Inc.

JuiceCaster is made by Juice Wireless, Inc. Founded in 2004 as a mobile marketing company, Juice delivered award-winning mobile marketing solutions to brands ranging from Conde Nast from AOL to Sony to Gillette. JuiceCaster -- the creation of Juice co-founders Dan Paik and Nick Desai -- was first launched in Sept. 2006. JuiceCaster is offered on-deck on Cricket Wireless, Alltel, US Cellular and T-Mobile.

Juice Wireless is based in Los Angeles, CA and has 38 full-time employees. Investors include Qualcomm, Citizen's Communications and 21 Ventures. In December 2007, Juice Wireless closed its Series C funding round of $6M and won the coveted Industry Achievement Award for Most Innovative Consumer Entertainment Service from the Mobility World Congress. For more information please visit www.juicecaster.com.

About The Webby Awards:

Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites. Established in 1996, the 12th Annual Webby Awards received a record 9,500 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: Adobe; The Creative Group; .ORG; The Barbarian Group; Level3; ADWEEK; Fortune; Variety; Wired; IDG: Brightcove; PricewaterhouseCoopers; 2advanced.Net; KobeMail and Museum of the Moving Image.

Source: Business Wire

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