Brainshark’s SlideShark App Honored in 2011 Mobile Star AwardsTM

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brainshark, Inc., the leader in online and mobile video presentations, today announced that its SlideShark app has been named a winner in the 10th annual Mobile Star Awards^TM program, hosted by mobile technology news and events site MobileVillage.com. Available for free in Apple’s App Store, SlideShark is the one and only application for reliably and professionally showing PowerPoints on the iPad.

“The Mobile Star Awards pit today’s most exciting new mobile products against established competitors, and thousands of mobile-savvy readers choose the winners”

The Mobile Star Awards showcase “best of” entries in categories including mobile apps, wireless network solutions, enterprise mobile software, enterprise success stories, technology visionaries and more. SlideShark was recognized as a “Shining Star” in the “Enterprise Software: Education or Presentation” category. Winners were chosen by subscribers of MobileVillage’s free, biweekly “Go Mobile^TM” e-newsletter, which provides information on top mobile technology stories.

“The Mobile Star Awards pit today’s most exciting new mobile products against established competitors, and thousands of mobile-savvy readers choose the winners,” said Gary Thayer, Mobile Star Awards director. “Winners are chosen by real users who love the product and are respected in the industry as the new ‘stars’ to watch. We’re thrilled to honor SlideShark, which in two short months, has already attained a significant following and momentum.”

Since its launch in October 2011, SlideShark has averaged two downloads per minute, 24x7, and is consistently ranked among the top five productivity apps in Apple’s App Store. SlideShark allows users to view and show PowerPoint presentations with animations, fonts, graphics and colors intact – solving the problem of PowerPoint’s incompatibility on the iPad.

“As the iPad becomes more and more entrenched in business processes, we’re pleased to provide SlideShark so mobile professionals can view and show the PowerPoints they rely on,” said Brainshark CEO Joe Gustafson. “We’ve been excited with the app’s rapid adoption and are honored to have received this recognition from MobileVillage. It’s a testament to our hardworking team, and we all look forward to continuing to support the needs of iPad and other tablet users who want to share business content in high-impact ways.”

For more information about SlideShark and to download the app, please visit www.slideshark.com. More information about the annual Mobile Star Awards program is available at www.MobileVillage.com.

About MobileVillage / PDA Inc.

Founded in 1993, MobileVillage is a market and solution development company dedicated to advancing mobile and wireless technology in a wide range of industries. MobileVillage accomplishes this by fostering education and alliances through "Best of Breed" solution identification, event partnerships, an online industry directory, daily online news, its widely respected Go Mobile™ newsletter, a Mobile Mentors™ program, and popular annual Mobile Star Awards™ program. Visit MobileVillage online at www.MobileVillage.com.

About Brainshark, Inc.

Brainshark provides the leading cloud-based software for creating, sharing and tracking online and mobile video presentations. With Brainshark, businesspeople can easily transform static content such as PowerPoint® documents into voice-enriched video presentations that can be accessed anytime, on-demand. Customers can also obtain extensive viewing details, enabling them to measure the effectiveness of their content and follow up accordingly. Thousands of companies – including a third of the Fortune 100 – rely on Brainshark to increase the impact and reduce the cost of their sales, marketing, training and HR communications. For more information, visit www.brainshark.com.

MobileVillage®, the Mobile Star Awards™, and Go Mobile™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of MobileVillage / PDA Inc.