Reward your most loyal social broadcasters

September 2nd, 2010

If you’re the owner/manager of a bar, restaurant, club, retail location or brand and are lost in the social media jungle, the buzzd team will help you create a local response to the folks checking-in and talking about your place on Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Gowalla & other location-based social networks…all for free! To hear about it, simply email info@buzzd.com.

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Get buzzd on a boat at our summer sessions

July 21st, 2010

buzzd NYC Summer Sessions continue this week, T-Pain style. We’ve rented the largest sail boat in the country for a party of matching proportions. Join the buzzd krew and hundreds of buzzd members for 2 hours of cruising together around lower Manhattan to the jams of DJ Sprung, DJ Nihal & nigelsounds. Oh by the way, did we mention it’s OPEN BAR. Yep ,that’s right we’re gonna get buzzd on a boat…

Tickets are selling super fast so get them now at buzzd.eventbrite.com.

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buzzd v3 launches with new iPhone & Blackberry apps

June 3rd, 2010

All Hail Aggregation! As seen in TechCrunch Thursday morning, buzzd v3 is the first city guide to show you what people are saying (”the buzz”) about places in your city on all your favorite social networks like Twitter, Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, BrightKite, Loopt & so many more. Now you have a complete view of what’s going on in your city.

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Along with integrating the aggregation technology, major improvements have been made to both apps including:

  • Enhancements to the “buzzdmeter,” which now tracks the most popular venues (”buzzing places”) from the aforementioned social networks over the last 6 hours.
  • Users can now find their Facebook friends and Twitter followers on buzzd as well as simultaneously post their buzzd ratings to their Facebook wall and/or Twitter feed.
  • Users can see what their friends are up to in the new “feed” section
  • A complete redesign of the application’s interface
  • Bookmarking venues feature for easy access**
  • Users can earn real-world rewards like flights, concert tickets and more on “Influential Leaderboard” by broadcasting their ratings of venues to friends**

**iPhone application only

Download the new iPhone app in the iTunes Appstore.

Download the new BlackBerry app here in BlackBerry App World or at on buzzd.com/download.

Please send your thoughts, feedback & questions to us at help@buzzd.com or on Twitter (@buzzd)!

buzzd named an “essential” app for traveling with your BlackBerry

June 1st, 2010

Thanks ComputerWorld! Writer Logan Kugler named buzzd one of the 10 most essential apps (Travel) for BlackBerry.

Make an unfamiliar town come alive with Buzzd, a free app that acts as a kind of Digg for local attractions. Users vote the places and events they go to up or down and post comments, which are integrated with information from Twitter and other social networks to give an idea of what places people are talking about.

Unlike Urbanspoon, Buzzd’s strong point is not restaurants but nightlife in general — bars, clubs, even concerts and other shows. It’s a great tool for finding somewhere to relax after a hard day’s work or sightseeing, and for getting a taste of the local culture.

Download the new buzzd BlackBerry app at http://buzzd.com/download.

buzzd gets its social props at WES 2010

April 27th, 2010

During his keynote at the 2010 WES for BlackBerry users conference in Orlando, Fl, Research in Motion’s Mike Kirkup presented buzzd as “a great way to know what’s going on around you in a social context…and join that party.”

MobileBurn: buzzd is one our favorite BlackBerry apps

April 9th, 2010

A big thank you to MobileBurn writer Todd Haselton. He named buzzd as one his top 10 favorite apps on BlackBerry…

buzzd has a personal tale to it. I was walking around NYC with my girlfriend looking for a wine bar and decided to give Buzzd a whirl. It’s a location-based-service application that looks for restaurants or other things to do in your current area. The app helped us discover one of our favorite wine bars, which we’ve visited time and time again.

To get buzzd for your BlackBerry, visit http://buzzd.com/download/blackberry

Android app Nexus One update. OS 1.5 compatibility on the way.

March 31st, 2010

On Tuesday, we released a minor update to our Android app to improve compatibility on the hot new Nexus One device. Also, in the update are bug fixes and performance improvements to give you a better buzzd experience on your Android 2.0+ devices. To get the new version visit the Android Market on your phone or go to http://buzzd.com/download/android.

If you’re on an Android 1.5 device, hang tight. We are working on a build that will allow the app to work on such devices as the G1, HTCs, etc. It’s coming very, very soon.

As always, you can send feedback to help@buzzd.com or on Twitter (@buzzd).

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Become friends with Agnes on buzzd. Win BEATS headphones.

March 25th, 2010

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Agnes, the Swedish pop-darling  behind the U.S. club hit “Release Me,” is using buzzd to keep her fans posted of all the spots she hits up on her current American tour.  She’ll put her buzzd stamp on all the clubs, venues and restaurants she visits. Make sure you don’t miss out on chances to win free tickets to her shows as well as exclusive Beats By Dre headphones, become friends with her on buzzd and you’ll receive her real-time buzzd ratings.

To become friends with Agnes on buzzd, click here and then click “Add as Friend.”

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For a full list of Agnes’ tour dates, click here: http://www.myspace.com/agnescarlsson

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The Boxer Rebellion rock buzzd SXSWi party

March 16th, 2010

Big thanks to everyone who rocked out with us at the The Phoenix in Austin, Tx Saturday night for the buzzd, NearVerse & Xtreme Lab’s SXSW Interactive party sponsored by Vitamin Water. Major kudos to Bazaar Royale, DJ Sprung and of course, The Boxer Rebellion, who flew in from the UK to put on a killer set in their SXSW debut (see pics below).

For a full wrap-up, check out what Whitney Francis of Examiner.com had to say about this crazy night…

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buzzd iPhone app 3.0 released!

March 9th, 2010

The buzzd iPhone app 3.0 just went live in the iTunes App Store and you’ll find A LOT of changes. Good changes, of course. There’s a fresh new design, bug fixes and new features including:

* Influence Leaderboard. Earn points by rating a place, posting a comment, broadcasting your rating to friends and if others view your rating. The more influence points you earn, the more rewards you win like gift cards, concert and plane tix!

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* Find your Facebook friends & Twitter followers to connect on buzzd. Now you can see which one of your FB or Twitter friends are also using buzzd. Therefore you can share ratings easily and earn influence points along the way.

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* Bookmarks. Ever check out buzzd and see a place you want to save the details for later tonight? Now you can with the new bookmarks feature.

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* Time-sensitive buzzdmeter. We heard your feedback and we’ve now improved the timeframe in which venues are ranked in the buzzdmeter. Now you can see the most popular venues on Twitter within a 6 hour period. Our goal is to decrease the timeframe every release.

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* Springboard home screen. All of the features of buzzd are now easily accessible in sweet new homescreen. rock on.

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There may be a few bugs that pop up, so please send all your feedback to help@buzzd.com or to our Twitter handle @buzzd. We will be releasing 3.1 shortly.

Have fun out there.