Retail interface Verge POS has just been announced as a finalist at The Mobile Premiere Awards (MPAs) taking place on February 22, Barcelona. After being crowned winner of Appcircus’ Lagos event back in October, Francis Osifo’s innovative point of sale system is now ready to take on fifteen other global developers to be crowned Best App of the Year by industry figureheads including Intel.
The Mobile Premiere Awards (MPA) returns with a special tenth edition, celebrating a decade supporting a global community of application developers and innovators.
On February 22, the first day of the World Mobile Congress, the acclaimed Sala Apolo will once more play host to a gala combining equal parts spectacle and tech showcase. On stage 16 applicants from San Francisco to Bangalore (and everywhere in between) will compete to be named Best App of the Year on a night filled with displays featuring the latest trends the mobile industry has to offer.
A prestigious international jury will select the the three best apps that will receive the following prizes: Best App of the Year, for best overall app, Best Audience Award, as voted for by the public, and the Big Impact Award, given to the app with most impact of people’s day-to-day lives.
Carles Ferreiro, CEO of AppCircus, the mobile apps events culminating in the Mobile Premier Awards, explains how they have evolved: “In this decade mobile innovation has changed radically. The projects have gone from being focused on technology to focusing on solving the needs of users, with apps flooding our everyday lives. The apps have come to reflect the concerns of our time recently, so the focus is on user empowerment and collaborative economy, in fact this year we see many such examples at the MPA “.
In short, Ferreiro said, “The mobile industry and especially apps have staged one of the biggest social changes of the last decade and this transformative process is in full swing.” According to recent studies, in 2015 apps were already the world’s largest channel of content distribution and services, having surpassed such established industries as cinema or video games.
