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title: "Buzzd Cleans Up at Mobile Web Awards"
date: 2008-02-20
author: "Richard MacManus"
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  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2008"
    url: "/tag/2008.md"
---

# Buzzd Cleans Up at Mobile Web Awards

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104150006im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/buzzd_logo.jpg)Recently the winners of the [MobileMonday Peer Awards](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104150006/http://www.mobilemonday.net/news/25-start-ups-nominated-for-barcelona-peer-award) were announced, coinciding with the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. We covered the 25 nominees [here](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104150006/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/25_nominees_for_mobile_award.php). The award recognizes early stage and emerging Mobile Web start-up companies.

[Buzzd](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104150006/http://www.buzzd.com/), a provider of local real-time search information for bars, clubs and restaurants, [won](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104150006/http://www.mobilemonday.net/news/buzzd-to-honors-at-barcelonan-mobilemonday-awards) the jury, audience and community awards under the ‘early stage’ category.

Buzzd’s win again shows that **location-based services** will be the killer app for the Mobile Web. Everyone has known that for a long time – and it’s why Google Maps is [so popular](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104150006/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/5_essential_mobile_web_apps.php) on the mobile phone. But Buzzd is an excellent example of how start-ups can help popularize the Mobile Web, by providing a useful location-based service. Aiming it at a young, hip demographic doesn’t hurt either!

Buzzd is finding its way in the Mobile Web world via partnerships with Citysearch, Helio, Flavorpill and Time Out New York. There’s a good demo of how the service works [here](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104150006/http://www.buzzd.com/demo.html) – but basically it allows you to find an event near where you are, then ‘shout out’ to friends to meet you there. There is a social networking component, whereby you can meet other users at the events. Here is a screenshot from the demo:

Other winners at the MobileMonday Awards included mobile search service **[Taptu](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104150006/http://taptu.com/)** (see [ReadWriteWeb’s review of Taptu](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104150006/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/taptu_launches_new_type_of_mobile_search.php)) and open source email and messaging company **[Funambol](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104150006/http://funambol.com/)** – who both won in the Emerging Community category. Local Spanish favorite **[Kimia](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104150006/http://kimiasol.com/)**, a rich media content provider, took out the audience choice.

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/make_mashups_using_your_own_data.php))*