We are excited to host this Sold-Out Event!  The Evening will have Special Guests- Eliot Pierce ( NYTimes) and Scott Meyer ( EVIDON).

Here are some of the participants attending..

The Best from the view from the Valley

Best Internet Application
Chartbeat
Greplin
Pandora (winner)
Rdio (runnerup)
Ujam

“There is no issue that Radio is strong and in a new form, evolved from the basics of Terrestrial broadcast.  Too bad Spotify was not here in the US to add to the competition, but surprised not to see some of the video apps like Netflix or Hulu make the stage.  2011 will probably be the year of video.  CBSradio has a killer cross-media platform for internet radio, but its Play.it service has been underground now for all too long. What happened Last.FM?

Best Social App
Cityville
Dailybooth (winner)
Foursquare
GroupMe
Twitter (runnerup)

“Wowed by this winner and I did think that Cityville would win hands down.  I guess it started too late in 2010, and Farmville a bit too early. What happened to mytown or scvngr.  We can say that location and gaming is getting hot.  Look at the latest acquisition by Zynga of Area/Code, and we can all predict the exciting things to come in 2011.  AR will make headway in 2011, but not yet ripe enough to take center stage I guess.”

Best Social Commerce App
Blippy
Groupon (winner)
Jetsetter
LivingSocial
One Kings Lane
ShopKick (runnerup)

“Obvious choice, Good news for the mobile guys over at ShopKick!  Congrats Cyriac, Jeff. I knew they were on to something when I saw how local it has become. It is really the talk around the retailers these days, and lets see how this integration goes for 2011:

Best Mobile App
Bump
Chomp
Google Mobile Maps for Android (winner)
Hashable
Instagram (runnerup)

” Can believe this won, but would have to say that Facebook cross-platform would have been my guess.  I guess there is strength in the Map, and until Facebook launches its own unique Maps, it is going to be hard to grab the wind out of  the air in Google’s map platform for mobile.  Shazam was not in there, that was a surprize…. I guess they need more with their Android strategy…”

Best Location Based Service
Facebook Places (runnerup)
Foursquare (winner)
Gowalla
SimpleGeo
Uber

“Curious what the user base of Facebook Places is these days. 4Sqr has 6M users, but it is beginning to lack its shine with nothing new. If there is a time for it to win it will be in 2010.  2011 will be a tough year for these guys, so looking forward to the new innovation.  I guess SXSW will be another showdown for the latest and greatest of this battleground.”

Best New Device
Boxee Box
Google Chrome Notebook
iPad (winner)
iPhone 4
Kno
Xbox Kinect (runnerup)

” Who can argue with 15M sold in the first year?  Many debate it is 4 iPhones pasted together with no camera, but this product transcended the screen revolution to grow the new category of 5~15inch screens.  I expect some real exciting things from V2 of the iPad in 2011, but if there was a year for them to win it over at Apple, 2010 was it.  This product truly hit the nerve center of the consumer in 2010….. a long time coming after the category was originally created by Apple with the Newton”

Best Technology Achievement
Blekko
Google Self-driving Cars (winner)
Hunch
Palantir
Qwiki (runnerup)
Word Lens

” Found this interesting, but expected as this is TechCrunch, would have liked to see BetterPlace in there, but I guess it is a bit too early. Surprising that battery innovation has not hit the stage yet or even robotics, but this is something for 2020. “

Best Design
1000memories
about.me (runnerup)
Airbnb
Flipboard
Gogobot (winner)
Qwiki

“Have not been following design as much as i like these days- Love to see what the Webby’s bring, but found GIST, and some of the innovation at Time Inc, Sports Illustrated, Wired with their iPad apps quite innovative in design with the inclusion of advertising.

Best Touch Interface
Flipboard (winner)
Fotopedia Heritage iPad app (runnerup)
Osmos
Pulse News Reader
Sencha Touch
Swype

“Yes- again the obvious choice.  They made some much media over the last year that it is hard why not to say they were not the number 1 choice.  Looking forward to 3D space becoming part of the touch and interface experience”

Best Bootstrapped Startup
Addmired (iMob) (winner)
Beluga
Easel
Fast Society
Instapaper (runnerup)
Techmeme

“Would have liked to see Intapaper win on this front if their was a choice, but you have to Admire the guys at Addmired. Maybe it really is all in a name?”

Best Enterprise
37 Signals
Buddy Media (winner)
CloudApp
inDinero
Millennial Media (runnerup)
Salesforce

” Can stop seeing the posters for Buddy Media in every Airport I fly into….. They did get the big bang for 2010 and with good reason. They have done an excellent job of bringing brands to Facebook in many unique ways. Happy for Paul and the team over tat Millennial for this runner-up! They certainly deserved it for some exciting things in 2010 to carve the mobile ad ecosystem in the face of iAds and Admob.  Where is Evernote these days?

Best International
Crivo
PCH International
Soluto (runnerup)
ViKi (winner)
VNL
Wonga

‘” Can not say more about this one, but ViKi was clearly exciting in 2010″

Best Clean Tech
Coolerado
Kopernik (runnerup)
MicroGreen
Puralytics
Smith Electric Vehicles
SolarCity (winner)

“Yes- here comes the Sun! we all need that power…”

Best Time Sink Application
Angry Birds (runnerup)
Cityville (winner)
Netflix streaming
Quora
StumbleUpon

“Ah…come on! We could see Cityville winning as the most viral, and but I would have expected to see Angry Birds on this one…… What did it for me and Angry Birds is that they really did grow organically from scratch.  I am addicted to Angry Birds, but I do have a problem with my social graph and time-sinks intertwined…”

Angel of the Year
Jeff Clavier, SoftTech VC
Ron Conway, SV Angel (runnerup)
Michael Dearing, Harrison Metal Capital
Chris Dixon, Founder Collective
Mike Maples, FLOODGATE
Paul Graham, Y Combinator (winner)

“Congrats Paul! What a great ride”

VC of the Year (individual)
Marc Andreessen & Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz
Roelof Botha, Sequoia Capital
Jim Breyer, Accel Partners
John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins
Yuri Milner, DST (winner)
Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures (runnerup)

” Yuri has been part of an amazing influential ride that is for sure.”

Founder of the Year
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks
Dennis Crowley, Foursquare
Jack Dorsey, Square (runnerup)
Kevin and Julia Hartz, Eventbrite
David Karp, Tumblr
Mark Pincus, Zynga (winner)

” Yes- Mark clearly took us to new places with the meaning of social community and viral entertainment.  I beleive we will see more of Jack in 2011″

CEO of the Year
Dick Costolo, Twitter
Reed Hastings, Netflix
Drew Houston, Dropbox
Andrew Mason, Groupon (winner)
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook (runnerup)

” I think the way Andrew handled Japan was the icing on the cake for this one. Turning down 6B, and I am sure we will see a bit of that Chicago spirit come further into the location based advertising stage in 2010.  Steve Jobs was not there this time…was it the iPhone 4 Antenna issue?

Best New Startup or Product of 2010
Flipboard
GroupMe
Instagram
Quora (winner)
Square (runnerup)
Uber

” Found this hard to sink my teeth into, but it is the right trend for the next wave.”

Best Overall Startup or Product of 2010
Facebook
Groupon (runnerup)
Quora
Twitter (winner)
Zynga

” Still problems with downtime and again an obvious choice.  If they did not win this, what would they win.  Twitter has been a bit stagnant these days, and looking for the next big innovative twist by them”

CEA Presentation trends to watch in 2011. As expected 2011 CES drew the crowds! They expect 120K this year and it could not be a better for us mobile folks as a  turning point in the CE industry mobile is the spotlight! I am here to cover Android and working as free lance for Nikkei BP IT Pro this time.  My colleague from Japan, Takahiro Kikuchi will be covering devices and I will be looking at Applications, Content and new enablers along the way.  The exciting news is that there will be over 100 Tablets on the floor. More the 20% greater then the expected amount.   iPad is still the champ in the Tablet space, but with this explosion of Tablets it is going to be hard for them to stay “King on the hill”. The Four main trends of the CE industry presented by CEA.

1) Portable vs. Pocketable. In the dynamic spread of screen sizes between the 2~3inch smartphones to the large laptop and PC LCD displays at the 15 inch level, a new category of tablets have now emerged in what was the VOID of displays between the 5inch and 15inch level.  These are portable and the differences with the pocketable smartphones is a unique trend that has emerged in 2010 and will explode in 2011.  It has been over 18 months in the waiting of when Tablet devices will become main stream and Apple has led the way with this new category. Not only is this Void being filled but the sweet spot of  pricing In this trend there will be the following factors that were described by the CEA team.   1) Differenciation 2) Use Case Scenario’s 3) Integration of Sensors 4) Close Cousins with the eReaders… Collide or co-exist.

2) The intelligence of Things With connectivity, advances in processing power for these portable devices the trend of new found intelligence of devices will be key in 2011. They highlighted some key factors effecting the overall integration of intelligence.  1) GPS 2) Connectivity 3) Computing power 4) Network effect of the App Ecosystem. As smartphones and devices get more and more smarter, there will be a plethora of apps that link hardware to things…. for instance, connecting your smartphone to a thermometer to gage when your BBQ meat is ready, or using devices for health check and blood pressure monitors..

3) Miniaturization and Sensors Sensors are now going to make the key differences in connectivity and usage cases for new emerging content.  From pressure sensors being use to gage height as a complement for GPS, to all kinds of augmented usages. Augmented reality was not discussed in the press review, but it is something I do believe will be a key content area in 2011.

4) Applications Although we saw a boom for Apps in 2010, the evolution will mature with the business models of  the App publishers as they integrate into all different aspects of a users world. From Shopping/ Retail Apps to accessing the home network.  They will control multiple devices and have network effects creating a broader experience.  Four areas to keep an eye on; 1) Content Apps 2) Connectivity with the home 3) m-commerce 4) Apps enhancing the hardware experience. As Tablets and Smartphones continue to occupy the leading category of the CE world so will the volume of growth. CEA estimates that Tablets will hit 30Million units , with eReaders about 20M for a total of 50M devices in 2011

We have entered 2011 and I have to say the first decade did fly by rather quickly for us in the mobile industry.   I am a big fan of JWT and their things to watch deck.  I thought I would share it and highlight the top 10 in my mind for those realigning and creating a  mobile strategy this year.

We are excited about the MXM conference to have a live stream so that participants from around the world can tune-in and watch the event.  They can collaborate via Twitter, as well as fell part of the event without traveling across the globe to get there.

Check out the Facebook page for MXM:MediaCrossMedia

Check out the Ustream.TV channel page for information on programing etc…

Did any of you read the book, the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance?  Study Karate? Practice, practice and practice and then you do not think about it.  Well this is a theme I think is interesting when we think of “Worlds Colliding and Mobile meets the Internet”.  We all know that mobile has its differences… smaller screen, personal, always on and with you everywhere you go.  But when it comes to the internet, I do beleive there is one  internet….  When will Interactive Marketers,  buyers find a routine where they just know about mobile as part of their daily routine/ budgets and not have to think about it as it blends into the Online, Social and overall marketing mix…results and synergies being symbiotic.

The debate of Cross-Media and mobile is what we made for this years theme at  Internet Marketing Conference- Mobile in NYC on Oct 12, 13th at the Helen Mills theater.   If you want to be involved, let me know….It is going to be a great event…. Stay tuned.

Come and See ADObjects, Inc with Mobilium at the New Music Seminar in NYC on July 20-21.  ADObjects, Inc has been extensively involved in mobile music strategy and revenue generation for Artists and Management in the areas of mobile.  ADObjects key relationship with Mobilium in a variety of strategic projects.  ” How Smart Phone Penetration and Thinking can grow your Audience”

This post will include my overall coverage of the event.

( Starting at 1pm PST)

The Big Apple goes internet crazy next week with over 150 events scheduled and on the other coast Apple launches its iPhone 4.0 at WWDC.   This is an exciting week if you have Apple in your name… ADObjects, Inc will be covering Internet Week.

INTERNET TAKES OVER NEW YORK CITY:  MORE THAN 150

EVENTS SLATED FOR INTERNET WEEK NEW YORK, JUNE 7-14, 2010

Third Annual Festival Celebrates

NYC’s Leadership in Digital Culture and Commerce

www.internetweekny.com

New York, NY (June 2, 2010) – The third annual Internet Week New York will host over 150 events between June 7-14 at the festival’s first-ever headquarters at Chelsea’s Metropolitan Pavilion and at dozens of locations throughout the City.

A complete schedule, released by organizers today, reflects both the rise of New York City as a new tech capital and the festival’s emergence as a top annual gathering for Internet leaders. The diverse slate of programming for Internet Week New York, presented by Yahoo!, includes everything from panels, conferences, and educational events to art installations, live performances and parties.

Serving as a hub for festival-goers, the first-ever Internet Week New York headquarters will showcase technology demos, art exhibits, panel discussions, product launches, lounge spaces, and a host of other activities.  The headquarters is hosted by presenting sponsor Yahoo! and official sponsors HP, Pepsico, Microsoft Expression Studio, IAC, Southwest Airlines and Aquent.

The headquarters will also host premiere conference events, including the Yahoo! Provoke Summit with a keynote by Ze Frank and IAB’s Innovation Days with AoL’s Tim Armstrong. Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV, Josh & Chuck of HowStuffWorks, and other Internet personalities will also present live shows and conversations throughout the week.

Internet Week New York headquarters passes are available for purchase ($10 for Monday through Thursday access) at http://www.internetweekny.com/attend/expo-pass.

Beyond the headquarters, organizations such Time Warner, IAC, The Onion, mediabistro, and Guest of a Guest, will present events at venues across the city, including The Times Center, NYU, CUNY, Galapagos Arts Space, the Jane Hotel Ballroom and The Knitting Factory.

The diverse roster of events includes NY Tech Meetup, the week’s largest public event where over 800 people will see demos from New York’s hottest start-ups, The Webutante Ball, a “prom” for New York’s tech media scene, an exhibition of Facebook portraits at the Art Director’s Club, conferences for food and pet bloggers, geek speed dating, live dance music created by a Nintendo Game Boy, and a crash course in mastering Twitter.  The week will culminate with The 14^th Annual Webby Awards, a star-studded gala honoring the Internet’s best and brightest at Cipriani Wall Street on June 14^th.

“There is a great sense of excitement, optimism, and energy in the New York community right now and that’s reflected in the line-up for this year’s Internet Week New York,” said David-Michel Davies, chairman, Internet Week New York. “The festival is an amazing opportunity to meet the innovators behind NYC’s industry resurgence, share ideas, and find out where the Internet might be taking us next.”

“Yahoo! is proud to be the presenting sponsor of Internet Week New York,” said Mollie Spilman, SVP, Global B2B Marketing at Yahoo!. “There is a tremendous amount of positive momentum in the industry and this week of events is an important showcase of all the progress, innovation and creativity taking place in the market.”

Highlights of the festival include:

Special Events and Parties

• Blip.tv Five Year Anniversary Party – A celebration of NYC-based startup blip.tv’s fifth anniversary. (June 8, IWNY Headquarters)

• IAC’s dumbdumb Launch Celebration — IAC and CollegeHumor celebrate the launch of DumbDumb, the new digital-driven production company co-created by Will Arnett and Jason Bateman in partnership with Ben Silverman’s Electus. (June 10, IAC Headquarters)

• The Webby Awards – Concluding Internet Week New York, the star-studded awards gala hosted by B.J. Novak of The Office will feature winners like Roger Ebert, Amy Poehler, OK Go, and Lisa Kudrow delivering the Webbys’ famous five-word speeches. (June 14, Cipriani Wall Street, Invite Only)

• The Webutante Ball – A celebration of the New York tech scene, including the crowning of the Webutante King and Queen. (June 8, Marquee)

• Third Annual Internet Week NY Opening Reception– The week kicks off with cocktails in the first-ever festival headquarters at Metropolitan Pavilion. (June 7, IWNY HQ)

Industry Conferences and Panels

• Future of Media: 2010 – Arianna Huffington and Dan Abrams are among the panelists debating how the Internet and other digital media are transforming the traditional media landscape. (June 8, New York University Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute)

• GCA Savvian Digital Media Summit — Leading companies and private equity firms in the industry will converge to engage in thought-provoking dialogue. (June 8, Westin Times Square)

• HP@IWNY Kick-Off Event– HP helps commence Internet Week New York festivities with a news conference followed by a conversation, moderated by Mashable and featuring some of the Web’s most innovative minds, about how companies are harnessing the power of the Internet. (June 7, IWNY HQ)

• IAB Innovation Days @ Internet Week - AoL CEO Tim Armstrong and Lloyd Braun of BermanBraun are among the speakers at a two-day conference exploring branded content and the future of TV and online video. (June 8 & 9, IWNY HQ)

• Mashable Media Summit 2010 –A one-day conference focusing on the impact of social media on the news industry, big brands and advertisers, featuring presentations by College Humor’s Ricky Van Veen and The Onion’s Baratunde Thurston. (June 8, The Times Center)

• Twtrcon – Focused entirely on the business use of Twitter, this one-day conference features remarks by Martha Stewart and foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley. (June 15, New York Hilton)

• Yahoo! Provoke Summit – Ze Frank keynotes this event featuring creatives and developers exploring how new innovations and technology are evolving the digital media environment. (June 7, IWNY HQ)

Social Media

• The Art of Social Media- The Art Directors Club and The Social Media Society host an exhibition of Facebook Portraits by Matt Held, including cocktails and live music. (June 8, The Art Directors Club)

• Mastering Twitter Seminar – Experts offer tips on how to jumpstart your social media presence and reveal new ways individuals and organizations are capitalizing on Twitter. (June 8, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism)

• #Promise – The #Promise will explore how social & mobile media are empowering corporate citizenship to create social & environmental change. (June 10, IWNY HQ).

• TechMunch – A one-day conference for food bloggers. (June 10, Roger Smith Hotel)

• Social Media Roundtable on Pets– Kristyn Pomranz of I Can Haz Cheezburger and Jason Scott, the owner of Sockington  (a cat with over 1.5 million Twitter followers) discuss the intersection of pets and social media. (June 9, The Center)

Start Ups & Technology

• Microsoft Expressions Studio 4 Launch- Bill Buxton, Principal Researcher at Microsoft and author of the book, “Sketching User Experiences,” unveils Microsoft Expressions Studio 4, design tools for the Web, the desktop, mobile devices, and Silverlight. (June 7, IWNY HQ)

• NY Tech Meetup – NY Tech Meetup will be the largest event open to the public during Internet Week New York. 860 technologists will converge to see demos from some of the area’s hottest, most interesting startups. (June 8, NYU Skirball Center)

• Startup Weekend- Local developers, marketers, designers, and aspiring entrepreneurs gather to launch new business ventures in just one weekend. (June 11 – 13, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University)

• VC and Angel Financing Bootcamp- Entrepreneurs seeking advice on venture capital and angel financing hear from leaders in the field about how to best position their company for a successful liquidity event. (June 9, NYU Stern School of Business)

Arts and Leisure

• Area Mondays– The Onion and The A.V. Club kick-off of a monthly music series with Josh and Chuck from HowStuffWorks and live performances from Anamanaguchi and Home Video. (June 7, The Knitting Factory)

• Gaming & The Arts – The Arts, Culture and Technology Meetup and NY Gaming Meetup explore the intersection of art and games. A performance by musician Luke Silas, who uses a pair of Game Boys to create dance music, caps the night. (June 8, Galapagos Art Space)

• Kickball for Silicon Alley- A kickball tournament for New York City-based startups. (June 11, Chelsea Park)

• Nerd Nite NYC– Nerds convene for presentations on such geeky topics as how to turn Nintendo’s portable video game console into an all-purpose gadget and the history and future of downloading music. The night kicks off with a speed dating for geeks. (June 11, Galapagos Art Space)

• Pop Everything– Bloggers like The Fug Girls, JustJared, and The Superficial go head-to-head in pop culture trivia at this party hosted by BUZZMEDIA and Ustream. (June 9, Pop Burger Midtown)

• Social Climbing – New York City Web companies and start-ups compete in an indoor climbing competition. (June 9, Brooklyn Boulders)

The full schedule of Internet Week New York 2010 events can be found at http://www.internetweekny.com.

The festival is organized by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS), in cooperation with the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting.

Internet Week New York Sponsors include: Yahoo!, Pepsico, HP, Microsoft Expression Studio, IAC, Corbis Images, Aquent, Southwest Airlines, .CO, Rackspace Hosting, AoL, and Motorola.

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF DIGITAL ARTS & SCIENCES

The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences was founded in 1998 to help drive the creative, technical, and professional progress of the Internet and evolving forms of interactive media. An international organization, The Academy selects the Nominees and Winners for The Webby Awards, the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. The Academy is an intellectually diverse organization that includes members such as musicians Beck and David Bowie, Internet inventor Vint Cerf, political columnist Arianna Huffington, “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening, R/GA Founder and Chairman Robert Greenberg. More information at www.iadas.net.

ABOUT THE MAYOR’S OFFICE OF FILM, THEATRE AND BROADCASTING

The Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting is the one-stop shop for all production needs in New York City, providing free permits, free public locations and free police assistance. The agency markets NYC as a prime location, provides premiere customer service to production companies and facilitates production throughout the five boroughs. Whether production companies are shooting a feature film, a commercial, a television show, or digital content, the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting serves as an invaluable resource to the New York City entertainment production industry.

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