MediaPost's Appy Awards to Bring National Recognition to Mobile's Best Applications

NEW YORK,  Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- MediaPost confirmed today that the first annual Appy Awards will take place at 7pm on Wednesday, October 27th at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, immediately following the OMMA Mobile show.

"There's such enormous creativity in the field of app development," said Joe Mandese, MediaPost's Editor-in-Chief.  "Our coverage strives to be the finest in the industry, and we felt the time was perfect to create our very first awards honoring the best apps in every imaginable category."

The Appy Awards are now accepting submissions, and will honor the best apps in a diverse range of categories, including Games, Sports, Business, News, Health & Fitness, Social Networking, Photography, and many others.

Kenneth Fadner, Chairman of MediaPost, stated: "Our distinguished panel of soon-to-be-announced judges will have their work cut out for them. There are literally hundreds of thousands of eligible apps, and the Appy Awards will cover all devices and platforms."

To learn more about the Appy Awards, and to view the full lineup of MediaPost events, visit www.mediapost.com/events.

SOURCE MediaPost