Flock Browser Named "Best Application" by Judges of Open Web Awards.Flock Joins Facebook, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , YouTube and Twitter A Web site and service that lets users send short text messages from their cellphones to a group of friends. Launched in 2006, Twitter (www.twitter.com) was designed for people to broadcast their current activities and thoughts. as Recipients of the Inaugural Judge's Choice Award MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Flock, the innovative social web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , today announced that the judges of the inaugural Open Web Awards have selected Flock as the best application. "We are honored to have been selected by the Open Web Awards, Mashable and all of the bloggers that participated in the Judge's Choice awards," said Shawn Hardin, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Flock. "Flock's Social Browser enables the richest user experience possible by placing the user at the center of everything they care about on the Web, and it is very gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to be recognized by a group of judges who are so plugged into the best innovations on the Web today." The Open Web Awards are the first ever online, open collaboration awards event, to recognize the best online communities which best represent the philosophy of open data networks on the web. The Judge's Choice Award winners were chosen by top bloggers from more than 30 of Mashable's partner blogs. The Open Web Awards ceremony will be held on January 10th at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA. "Flock was the undisputed winner of the Judge's Choice award for Applications and Widgets. This award was selected by more than 30 top bloggers, influencers and analysts with extensive knowledge of the marketplace: there's no doubt that early adopters see Flock as a hot property," said Pete Cashmore, founder of Mashable.com and a winner of Forbes' Top 25 Web Celebs of 2007. Flock was the only web browser listed; other Judge's Choice award winners included Facebook, ESPN, YouTube and Twitter. A complete list of the Open Web Award winners can be found at: http://mashable.com/2007/12/21/open-web-awards-winners About Flock Flock is The Social Web Browser. It's the browser, evolved for people. It is free to download and use. Flock simplifies and extends the use of social and web-based applications to enable the richest user experience possible across information-gathering, sharing, communication, self-expression and interaction. Flock delivers a more personal experience of the web, where its users are in control and more connected to what they value. Flock was founded in 2005. The company is based in Mountain View, CA, with an office in Victoria, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography . |
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