Here are the winners of the second Tabby Awards /Business competition (2013):
Collaboration
- Winner:
Fuze for iPad (iOS)
by FuzeBox (USA)
- Nominees:
- AsdeqDocs (Android and iOS), by AsdeqDocs (Australia)
- Citrix Podio (iOS), by Citrix (USA)
Communications
Creation and design
- Nominee:
- Pro.Notes (iOS), by LightArrow (USA)
Data access and collection
Education and training
Finance
Government, institution and public service
Healthcare and pharmaceutical
In-the-field category
Intelligence, information and reference
IT or business tool
Marketing
Presentation
Productivity
Retail
Sales
Business products and services
Consumer products and services
Congratulations to all Finalists and Winners! See the Tabby Awards /Business 2013 judging panel.
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Here are the tablet apps selected as Winners by our judges in the first (2013) Tabby Awards consumer app and game competition:
Education
Winner:
Thesaurus Rex by Dictionary.com, for iOS (Dictionary.com, USA)
Finalists:
The Civil War Today (Bottle Rocket Apps) iOS
Thesaurus Rex by Dictionary.com (Dictionary.com) iOS
Virtual Human Body (QA International) iOS
Entertainment
Winner:
NARR8, for iOS (NARR8, USA)
Finalists:
Meo Go! (Portugal Telecom) iOS
NARR8 (NARR8) iOS
TV Guide mobile for iPad (TV Guide online) iOS
Family & Kids
Winner:
Nick Jr. Draw & Play, for iOS (Nickelodeon, USA)
Finalists:
Distant Suns (max) (First Light Design) iOS
Nick Jr. Draw & Play (Nickelodeon) iOS
Reading Rainbow (Reading Rainbow) iOS
Game – Arcade & Action
Winner:
Badland, for iOS (Frogmind, Finland)
Finalists:
Badland (Frogmind) iOS
Grabatron (Future Games of London) iOS
Lego Batman: DC Superheroes (Warner Bros.) iOS
Game – Brain & Puzzle
Winner:
Where’s my Water?, for iOS (Disney Interactive, USA)
Finalists:
Cut the Rope (ZeptoLab) iOS
Where’s my Water? (Disney Interactive) iOS
Word Dynamo by Dictionary.com – Word Games + Study Help (Dictionary.com) iOS
Game – Casual, Board, Cards
Winner:
Big Fish Casino, for iOS (Big Fish Games, USA)
Finalists:
Big Fish Casino (Big Fish Games) iOS
Fairway Solitaire (Big Fish Games) iOS
Jellyflop! (Concrete Software) Android
Game – RPG, Simulation & Strategy
Winner:
Pixel People, for iOS (Chillingo, USA)
Finalists:
Leviathan: Warships (Paradox Interactive) iOS
Pixel People (Chillingo) iOS
Game – Sports and Racing
Winner:
CSR Racing, for iOS (NaturalMotion, USA)
Finalists:
CSR Racing (NaturalMotion) iOS
PBA Bowling Challenge (Concrete Software) Android
Lifestyle & Food
Winner:
Interior Design for iPad, for iOS (Black Mana Studios, USA)
Finalists:
Crock-Pot Recipes (Publications International) iOS
Interior Design for iPad (Black Mana Studios) iOS
Magazines
Winner:
National Geographic, for iOS (National Geographic Society, USA)
Finalists:
NARR8 (NARR8) iOS
National Geographic, Tablet edition (National Geographic Society) iOS
Photography Week (Future Publishing) iOS
Medical
Winner:
Virtual Human Body, for iOS (QA International, Canada)
Finalists:
E-action info: Your Epilepsy Resource (UCB Pharma) iOS
Virtual Human Body (QA International) iOS
Music
Winner:
AUX Magazine, for iOS (Blue Ant Media, Canada)
Finalists:
AUX Magazine (Blue Ant Media) iOS
SoundHound (SoundHound) Android
Vevo HD (Vevo) iOS
News
Winner:
Reuters – The Wider Image, for iOS (Thomson Reuters, UK)
Finalists:
LaPresse+ (La Presse) iOS
The Wider Image (Thomson Reuters) iOS
Zite (Zite) iOS
Personal Finance
Winner:
Westpac NZ Mobile Banking for iPad, for iOS (Westpac New Zealand, New Zealand)
Finalists:
Mortgage Analyzer (Nick Coleman) iOS
Westpac NZ Mobile Banking for iPad (Westpac New Zealand) iOS
Personal Productivity
Winner:
Note Anytime, for iOS (MetaMoJi, Japan)
Finalists:
Note Anytime (Metamoji) iOS
SwiftKey Tablet Keyboard (SwiftKey) Android
ThinkerDeck (Human80) iOS
Photo, Art & Creativity
Winner:
Keepshot, for iOS (MyPublisher, USA)
Finalists:
Keepshot (MyPublisher) iOS
Note Anytime (Metamoji) iOS
The Wider Image (Thomson Reuters) iOS
Reference
Winner:
Dictionary.com Dictionary & Thesaurus for iPad, for iOS (Dictionary.com, USA)
Finalists:
Dictionary.com Dictionary & Thesaurus for iPad (Dictionary.com) iOS
National Geographic Today (Bottle Rocket Apps) iOS
Thesaurus Rex by Dictionary.com (Dictionary.com) iOS
Shopping
Winner:
Groupon HD, for iOS (Groupon, USA)
Finalists:
Catalog Spree (Catalog Spree) iOS
Groupon HD (Groupon) iOS
Social
Winner:
ooVoo Video Chat, for Android (ooVoo, USA)
Finalists:
Hang w/ (MEDL Mobile) Android
ooVoo Video Call (ooVoo) Android
Sports & Fitness
Winner:
Dartfish Express, for iOS (Dartfish, USA)
Finalists:
Dartfish Express (Dartfish) iOS
FitnessClass (PumpOne) iOS
Nexus – Nike + Experience Up-scaled for iPad (Apptreme Studio) iOS
Travel & Transportation
Winner:
HotelTonight, for iOS (DealBase, USA)
Finalists:
Booking.com Hotel reservations (Booking.com) iOS
Conrad Concierge for iPad (Hilton Worldwide) iOS
HotelTonight (DealBase) iOS
Utilities & Tools
Winner:
CloudOn, for iOS (CloudOn, USA)
Finalists:
CloudOn (CloudOn) iOS
Lennox iComfort (Mutual Mobile) iOS
Tether – The Interactive Whiteboard (MEDL Mobile) iOS
Video
Winner:
History, for iOS (Bottle Rocket Apps, USA)
Finalists:
History (Bottle Rocket Apps) iOS
Hulu Plus (Hulu) Windows 8
Renderyard Film Network (Giant Interactive) iOS
Weather
Winner:
WeatherBug, for Android (Earth Networks, USA)
Finalists
Clear Day Free (Vimov) iOS
WeatherBug (Earth Networks) Android
Congratulations to the developers and publishers of these apps, which have been selected by our independent judging panel from over 100 competing apps and are among the finest tablet apps in the world! .
To read what our judges have to say about these apps and to install them on your tablet, see the article on TabTimes.com
To be informed about the next Tabby Awards competitions (including submission periods), sign up for the Tabby Awards mailing list.
Here are the tablet apps selected as Finalists by our judges in the first Tabby Awards competition (2013):
Education
-
The Civil War Today (Bottle Rocket Apps) iOS
-
Thesaurus Rex by Dictionary.com (Dictionary.com) iOS
-
Virtual Human Body (QA International) iOS
Entertainment
Family & Kids
-
Distant Suns (max) (First Light Design) iOS
-
Nick Jr. Draw & Play (Nickelodeon) iOS
-
Reading Rainbow (Reading Rainbow) iOS
Game – Arcade & Action
Game – Brain & Puzzle
Game – Casual, Board, Cards
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Big Fish Casino (Big Fish Games) iOS
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Fairway Solitaire (Big Fish Games) iOS
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Jellyflop! (Concrete Software) Android
Game – RPG, Simulation & Strategy
Game – Sports and Racing
Lifestyle & Food
Magazines
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NARR8 (NARR8) iOS
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National Geographic, Tablet edition (National Geographic Society) iOS
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Photography Week (Future Publishing) iOS
Medical
Music
News
Personal Finance
Personal Productivity
-
Note Anytime (Metamoji) iOS
-
SwiftKey Tablet Keyboard (SwiftKey) Android
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ThinkerDeck (Human80) iOS
Photo, Art & Creativity
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Keepshot (MyPublisher) iOS
-
Note Anytime (Metamoji) iOS
-
The Wider Image (Thomson Reuters) iOS
Reference
Shopping
Social
Sports & Fitness
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Dartfish Express (Dartfish) iOS
-
FitnessClass (PumpOne) iOS
-
Nexus – Nike + Experience Up-scaled for iPad (Apptreme Studio) iOS
Travel & Transportation
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Booking.com Hotel reservations (Booking.com) iOS
-
Conrad Concierge for iPad (Hilton Worldwide) iOS
-
HotelTonight (DealBase) iOS
Utilities and Tools
Video
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History (Bottle Rocket Apps) iOS
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Hulu Plus (Hulu) Windows 8
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Renderyard Film Network (Giant Interactive) iOS
Weather
These are among the finest tablet apps worldwide. Congratulations to their developers and publishers.
See which of these apps have been declared as 2013 winners.
Here was our 2013 panel of judges:
- Chairperson: Ravi Bhatt, CEO, Branchfire
- Vice-chair: Georges Jones, Wikia
- D. R. Arthur, DomiKnow and PhoneApp.com
- Glen Botha, Android developer
- Judy Brown, Mobile Learning Strategic Analyst
- Raluca Budiu, Nielsen Norman Group
- Calvin Carter, Bottle Rocket Apps
- Leo Dirac, Scaled Recognition
- Jon-Paul Dumont, Zynga
- Sam Feuer, Mindsmack Games, MapEverywhere.com, FastMall App
- Jesse Freeman, Microsoft
- Magnus Gylje, Svenska Dagbladet
- Yon Hardisty, Monkey Byte Development
- Larry Magid, CBS News, ConnectSafely.org
- Harry McCracken, Time Magazine
- Jeff Moore, Austin Convention Center
- Jon Mulder, Lenovo Developer Program
- Henry Oh, Animoca / Outblaze Ventures
- Michael Prichard, WillowTree Apps
- Juan Reyes, BluFocus
- Andy Rosic, Selfpubd
- Greg Wimp, Evans Data
Judges must declare any potential conflict of interest before the voting process begins. If any judge has an interest in a piece submitted to the competition, he/she is not authorized to vote in the corresponding category.
Judges
Here were the judges for The Tabby Awards /Business 2013 competition:
Milind Gadekar (Chairman) is the CEO and Co-founder of CloudOn, a cloud-based mobile workspace that enables workers to use Microsoft Office applications on tablets. Its innovative app makes life easier for users to access files on Box and Dropbox, two of the largest cloud storage services.
Bruce Johnson (Vice-Chairman) is an Associate Partner with SAP Mobility & Innovation at IBM
Andy Zimmerman – CMO at BrainShark (a previous Tabby Awards /Business winner)
Paul Pacun – CEO & Founder Appsolutely , makers of Vablet (a previous Tabby Awards /Business winner)
Michael A. Trautt – CEO and Co-Founder of Troy Apps Software (a previous Tabby Awards /Business finalist)
Fred Brunel –Mobile Solutions Consultant at WhereCloud
Ayman Suleiman – Founder of tablet-focused Android app store, Tablified
Joe Wildfire – Head of Interactive Sales at Genentech
Louis Jonckheere – Co-founder at Showpad
Maryam Motamedi – Technical product manager at Quantcast
(Judges must declare any potential conflict of interest before the voting process begins. If any judge has an interest in a piece submitted to the competition, he/she is not authorized to vote in the corresponding category.)
See which apps this judging panel selected as Winners and Finalists in 2013.
If you wish to be considered or to recommend someone as a judge for a future competition, please review our Call for judges.
ClickMeeting Videoconferencing (iOS)
Concepts: Smarter Sketching (iOS)
Citrix ShareFile (iOS)
Curious (iOS)
Kashoo (iOS)
AsdeqDocs (iOS)
SAP EMR Unwired (Windows 8)
AutoCAD 360 (
MicroStrategy Mobile (iOS)
tibbr (iOS)
Tecan Cavro Omni Robot Configurator (iOS)
SlideShark (iOS)
Revel Systems iPad POS (iOS)
The Proposal (iOS)
Cubetto (iOS)
SAP Retail Execution (Android)
Geno Rothe – Treasury Management Product Group Manager and Vice President at 
Steve Diorio – Partner at 
Cassie Maas – 
Judy Brown – Founder and former Director of the 
Erin K. Gibbens – Mobile Learning Expert, 
Benjamin Chute – CTO at 
Christophe Primault – Founder & CEO at 
Ian Sefferman – CEO at 
Jeff Orr – Senior Analyst at 
Owen Linderholm – Editor of