WillowTree Apps®, LLC., had three of its apps honored by the 2013 Webby Awards. The Webby Award is an award for excellence on the Internet presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Categories include websites, interactive advertising, online film & video, and mobile.
Among the three apps honored by the Webby Awards is The Verge. The app allows readers of the acclaimed technology news site to easily access news and reviews right on their device. The advanced video streaming integration allows users to watch videos straight from the app without needing to migrate to a browser or other source and audio streams can be heard within the app or additionally when the app is in the background. Other notable features include browsing photo galleries, sharing comments, and posting articles directly to social media websites. Through StoryStream and the new “follow” button, users can select specific articles to form a personalized favorites list. From there, users can opt to receive notifications regarding recent updates based on selected interests. The Verge app was honored with the People’s Voice award in the News (Handheld) category.
The 2013 Webby awards also named the Valpak Local Savings app as an Honoree in the Shopping (Tablet & All Other Devices) category; and Barclays Center was named an Honoree in the Events (Handheld Devices). All of these apps were created by WillowTree Apps.
“We’ve always strived to deliver the highest quality mobile apps,” said Tobias Dengel, CEO of WillowTree Apps. “We are incredibly proud of being honored by the Webby Awards three times in 2013 and seven times since 2011.”
These three awards join the previous four times apps created by WillowTree have been honored by the Webby Awards.
In 2012 the NCCS Pocket Cancer Care Guide App was named an Honoree in the Lifestyle (Handheld Devices) category and the SB Nation Android App was also named an Honoree in the sports (Handheld) category.
These awards join the three 2011 Webby awards given to apps developed by WillowTree apps.
WillowTree has also been recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the 500 fastest growing private companies in America and placed among the top three iPad and mobile website development companies by bestwebdesignagencies.com.
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