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NEEDHAM, Mass., April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — Mobicious, Inc. today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the Northeast 100 Top Private Companies. The first-annual Northeast 100 list was compiled by the AlwaysOn editorial panel. In order to be eligible for the list, companies in the Northeastern United States had to be creating new business opportunities in high-growth markets, demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technology in a key sector. AlwaysOn received hundreds of nominations for this year’s list.Mobicious and the Northeast 100 Top Companies for 2008 will be honored at the AlwaysOn Venture Summit East to be held April 7 - April 9, 2008, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, MA. Venture Summit East a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. Venture Summit East features the most influential institutional investors, venture capitalists, corporate buyers, investment bankers and research analysts in the Eastern US in keynote presentations and panel debates. The idea behind the Northeast 100 companies list is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the Northeast region’s technology industry.”For the first annual elite Northeast 100 list we surveyed more than 500 venture investors, investment bankers, and technology insiders, who nominated hundreds of companies to determine the Northeast 100 winners,” said Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn Network. “Each of the Northeast 100 winners had to demonstrate leadership among their peers in the following areas: innovation, market opportunity, commercialization, media buzz, and stakeholder value creation. We congratulate them all on this great honor!”Mobicious, Inc. offers innovative mobile services and operates two direct- to-consumer media properties: Mobicious.com and SnapMyLife.com. Mobicious.com, the largest mobile content directory in the United States, boasts over 400,000 items of free and premium mobile content. SnapMyLife.com, a mobile social media site, which enables people to instantly share photos taken with their mobile phones, has grown rapidly since its stealth introduction in December 2007. Today the site receives over 1,000 new registrations per day; attracting over 500,000 monthly unique mobile viewers, from over 180 countries; and serving over 4 million page views per month.A full list of all the AlwaysOn Northeast 100 Top Private Companies can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at .”We are honored to be recognized by AlwaysOn,” said George Grey, CEO and founder, Mobicious. “The Northeast is a hotbed for technology innovation. We are privileged to be launching a company in an area filled with so many industry leaders.”About The AlwaysOn Venture Summit EastVenture Summit East is a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. Venture Summit East features the most influential institutional investors, venture capitalists, corporate buyers, investment bankers and research analysts in the Eastern US in keynote presentations and panel debates. The goal of Venture Summit East is to match growth-company buyers and sellers and identify the most promising innovation-driven, growth investment opportunities.About MobiciousMobicious, Inc. offers innovative mobile services and operates two direct- to-consumer media properties: Mobicious.com and SnapMyLife.com. Mobicious (), the largest mobile content directory in the United States, is the best place for people to find everything for their mobile phones. In one place, consumers can find the latest popular music and videos, trustworthy places to buy ringtones, images, and games, and create their own ringtones and wallpapers. SnapMyLife () is a mobile social media site that enables people to instantly share photos taken with their mobile phones. SnapMyLife is optimized for viewing and sharing directly from the mobile and uses sophisticated filtering technology to ensure a great experience for a wide range of audiences and advertisers. Mobicious, Inc. is venture-backed and headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts.About AlwaysOnAlwaysOn ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a global blog network. In 2004, AlwaysOn continued to lead the media industry in innovation by introducing a social network where members can connect and engage. AlwaysOn is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (Stanford Summit, AlwaysOn Hollywood, AlwaysOn Media and GoingGreen) and quarterly print “blogozine” by empowering its members to post and share their ideas and meet each other online. As our loyal readers know, AlwaysOn is committed to the free-market, merit-driven approach to reporting and event programming. No other media brand has dared to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants. Mobicious, Inc.

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