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New! Eventful for iPhone and iPod TouchJuly 10

Today we're announcing Eventful for iPhone, our new native iPhone application that is available from Apple's App Store -- for free!

More details coming soon.

Here's our press release.

And here's a screen shot:

And here's the video!

6 Million Users!May 30

Today Eventful celebrated reaching its 6th Millionth Registered User. Thanks to our customers for their continued support!

A Word About "Event Planning"April 21

This one goes out especially to writers and reporters doing stories on Eventful. :-)

Dear reporters: far too often I see Eventful described as follows: "Eventful, an event-planning site, etc."

I would like to take this opportunity to explain what event-planning is, and why Eventful is not, and never has been, an "event-planning" site.

What better source to turn to than Wikipedia, which, I am delighted to discover, has a clear definition of what event-planning is. So without further ado, here are the first four paragraph's of Wikipedia's entry on "event planning":

Event planning is the process of planning a festival, ceremony, competition, party, or convention.

Event planning includes budgeting, establishing dates and alternate dates, selecting and reserving the event site, acquiring permits, and coordinating transportation and parking.

Event planning also includes some or all of the following, depending on the event: developing a theme or motif for the event, arranging for speakers and alternate speakers, coordinating location support (such as electricity and other utilities), arranging decor, tables, chairs, tents, event support and security, police, fire, portable toilets, parking, signage, emergency plans, health care professionals, and cleanup.

Event Planning is a relatively new career field. There is now training that helps one

Vote for Eventful for a WebWare 2008 AwardMarch 3

Last year we won a WebWare 2007 award thanks to all of the votes we received from supportive fans. Time to vote again this year!

They've re-arranged the categories this year, and we're in a very crowded group, "Commerce and Events", which they describe as including "Retail, auctions, travel, real estate, concerts, conferences" (yikes!). So, more than ever, we need your votes and your friends and family's votes so we beat out the likes of Amazon, eBay, Craigslist, Google, and others!

Click on the logo here to go vote, or, click this link!

Voting Ends March 31st! Be sure to get your friends and family to vote for us too. Thanks!

Eventful: Now with 5 Million Users!February 25

We reached the 5-million-user mark today. Thanks to our users all over the world for their continued support. Keep sending us feedback on how we can make Eventful better!