AppCircus Newsletter #44 – Apps to pitch in London + winners Barcelona & Lisbon
Friday, June 29th, 2012Hola!
Check out the apps to pitch next Wednesday in London and meet the winners from Barcelona and Lisbon events last week. More In this issue:
- Selected Apps to Pitch at AppCircus @ Google Campus London
- Winner AppCircus Developer Day Barcelona
- AppCircus Lisbon winner
- Meffys Awards deadline approaching
- WebVisions coming to Barcelona
Selected Apps to Pitch at AppCircus @ Google Campus.
The AppCircus event in London event is set to be of another great reference for the local app developers to showcase their talent and for the app ecosystem players to learn about new the business opportunities in this exciting and fast-moving space. We are excited to announce the apps and the jury who will be judging the apps on stage at Google Campus on July 4.
Don't miss out on this fantastic networking opportunity to meet the app players in London, from developers to marketeers, from platforms to brands.
The event is free; you must register here to attend. Limited seats. Make sure not to be left out!
AppCircus DevDay Barcelona winner!
Dogfight, a game that has achieved 1,5 million players in 3 months, won the AppCircus Developer Day contest in Barcelona. In the runner-up position, the jury chose DressApp, a pocket closet app that offers users the option to view and manage their clothes throught their mobile anywhere & anytime. DressApp is a new marketing way for shops in Barcelona that allows them to increase sales through an iPhone & Android application. The 11 contending apps at AppCircus Developer Day were all incredibly interesting and the jury had a hard time deciding on a winner.
AppCircus Developer Day took place last 21st of June in UPF Campus de la Comunicació in Barcelona. For the first time in Spain an app developer event included 1-on-1 Speed mentoring sessions with industry experts who provided valuable feedback to developers with an app. The event also included workshops on OpenData and developing on several platforms, as well as spaces for networking.
We would like to thank our more than 150 attendants that declared a 95% overall satisfaction!
AppCircus Lisbon winner!
Niiiws, a national news aggregator for Ipad is the winner of AppCircus in Lisbon. Niiiws brings together national news reports based on articles being shared and engaged with the most on social networks. Users can customize the app to fit their favorite sections and read news that are relevant to them.
Niiiws is new way for iPad owners to access national newspapers. The app allows a systematic use. This is the aspect that the jury of AppCircus in Lisbon (Nicolau Mesquita from Nokia, Nuno Inácio from Vodafone, Oscar Fernández from Mobile Marketing Association, Leonel Filipe Duarte from YDreams and Marco Leal from iMobileMagic) most valued most about Niiiws.
As winners of the AppCircus in Lisbon contest, the Niiiws team were awarded a Nokia Lumia 800 by Vodafone and they are nominated for the Mobile Premier Awards, to be held in Barcelona during the Mobile World Congress 2013
The best Windows Phone app of AppCircus in Lisbon was Walkar, an app to show interesting spots around you. As the best Windows Phone, Walkar was awarded a Nokia Lumia 800 by Nokia.
The AppCircus Lisboa event started with two free training workshops delivered by Nokia and Mobile Marketing Association. Nokia offered a workshop on how to create a Windows Phone app in one hour, by Cristóvão Morgado. Mobile Marketing Association offered the workshop Keys to a successful app and strategies for app monetization, by Óscar Fernández.
Meffys deadline on July 9
WebVisions Barcelona
WebVisions is coming to Barcelona, July 4-7! WebVisions is like no other conference with awesome, thought-provoking sessions, an Indie culture and opportunities for networking aplenty.
The show opens with studio tours and networking parties, followed by a day of workshops and two full days of sessions, panels and keynotes, plus music, film screenings, a Hackathon for Social Good, a Business Innovation and Education Lab and other special events. AppCircus is pleased to offer our subscribers a 40% discount on workshop and conference tickets.
Reserve your tickets today! Enter "GOTO" in the promotional code to apply the discount.
That's it for this week. More news coming soon!
The AppCircus Team.
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