ShopSavvy wins 2009 Netexplorateur
I had the honor of accepting the 2009 Netexplorateur Prize in Paris last week on behalf the Big in Japan team. Check it out:
Big in Japan, a Dallas-based idea factory for mobile applications, announced that its ShopSavvy personal shopping assistant has been named one of 10 global winners of the 2009 Netexplorateur of the Year award, honoring the year’s most promising digital innovations. The award is presented annually by the Forum Netexplorateur, organized by the French Senate.
Big in Japan co-founder Alexander Muse will accept the award at the French Senate in Paris on Thursday, February 5. ShopSavvy has also been nominated for the grand prize to be awarded at the event.
“This is an overwhelming honor for all of us at Big in Japan,” said Muse. “As one of only 10 companies worldwide – and only five in the United States – to receive the Netexplorateur of the Year award, we are certainly in impressive company. This is further confirmation that the future is what we make of it – both for ShopSavvy and for the other applications we have in development.”
Big in Japan was recently named a finalist and presenter at the MobileMonday Mobile Peer Awards, an international competition for mobile startups to take place in Barcelona, Spain, on February 16. Additionally, ShopSavvy was a finalist for a 2008 Crunchie Award.
ShopSavvy, one of the T-Mobile G1′s most downloaded applications, enables customers to comparison shop on the go, simply by scanning any product’s barcode using the T-Mobile G1′s built-in camera.
Using the barcode information, ShopSavvy searches the Web for the best prices on the product, displaying the lowest prices online as well as at nearby brick-and-mortar retailers. ShopSavvy looks up product reviews to further assist with purchase decisions.
Information on all 10 Netexplorateur of the Year winners is available at www.netexplorateur.org.
Congratulations!