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DPAC 2010 Best iPad App - Utility WINNER: Zinio Nov 29, 2010: Zinio was asked by Apple (and given 2 iPads to develop on) to build a global digital magazine newsstand app to be included on the iPad when it launched. Zinio delivered, On April 3rd, Zinio's app was on the iPad. The app is a free app which enables anyone who downloads it to read and explore 20 interactive and high fidelity articles for free. For those who choose to register for a zinio account, they are able to choose free magazines to get them started, and access to a full store of single issues, subscriptions (that enable the publisher to keep the revenue and the data) and back issues. One of the best things about this app is that it remembers any content you bought on any other Zinio platform and makes it available for you to read online or offline for free.

DPAC 2010 Best Digital Magazine WINNER: Men's Health Nov 29, 2010: Just like the magazine, the iPad edition of Men's Health is packed with tons of useful stuff — only this time you're getting so much more. Every page is loaded with multimedia and interactive content you'll only find on the iPad edition, including exclusive video, real-time polls, photos, Facebook and Twitter support, and more.

DPAC 2010 Best Social Media Platform Innovation Finalist: KickApps Nov 28, 2010: KickApps’ social publishing platform allows marketers to develop build custom social sites, socially enable existing sites and publish content out to the social web – driving deeper customer relationships and growing online audiences. The platform is the ultimate site authoring and management system for publishers and brand managers that want to give their audience a next generation social media experience.

DPAC 2010 Best Digital Publishing Platform Innovation (B2B) WINNER:Elsevier Nov 27, 2010: By partnering with institutions and companies driving the development of applications that enhance the research experience, we were able to launch with more than a dozen new search and discovery applications designed to offer a preliminary illustration of the capabilities of the new platform. As academic and commercial developers build and share new apps, SciVerse Applications beta will be populated with innovative and tailored solutions. To support the collaboration and ideation of the new applications, the new offering also includes a discussion forum for researchers and librarians who are registered SciVerse users to contribute application ideas as well as an opportunity for developers to connect with each other and commercial companies. Developers therefore have an opportunity to reach the global scientific community, while also gaining recognition for their contribution to search and discovery.

DPAC 2010 Best Digital Publishing Platform Innovation Finalist: YUDU Nov 27, 2010: The YUDU ePublishing platform is a software-as-a-service self-publishing solution – an innovative online ePublishing portal that makes it simple to publish digital editions online and now also into branded iPad Apps in the App Store.

DPAC 2010 Best Digital Publishing Platform Innovation Finalist: Zmags Nov 27, 2010: Zmags is committed to providing a product that not only fulfills a unique need of marketers and commerce professionals, but Zmags has illustrated its innovation by being extremely adaptive to the changing needs of the market. Just introduced this year was a mobile app which enabled the ability for marketers to produce and promote their content to their mobile audience. This has also increased the likelihood and acceptance of sharing the publication as the publisher only needs to create one Zmag and it is automatically able to transform and adapt to whichever type of media it is being displayed on.

DPAC 2010 Best Digital Publishing Platform Innovation WINNER: ZINIO Nov 27, 2010: With UNITY, Zinio subscribers can purchase content on one device, or access point, and enjoy an entitlementt to that content across any device they have at the time.

DIVA 2010 Best Video Content Platform Finalist: Limelight Networks Nov 4, 2010: The Limelight Online Video Platform is an end-to-end online video platform containing all the tools necessary to publish video on the internet, including: video hosting, encoding, content delivery, content management, search, metrics, advertising, and syndication. The OVP’s customizable software is designed to operate at Internet scale, and offers all the tools necessary for publishing videos online, including hosting, encoding, channel and playlist management, video search, metrics, and advertising. The OVP currently serves over 100 customers, including the American Hospital Association, CDW, Cleveland Clinic, ESPN, Hallmark, Lego, Standard & Poors, and US Lacrosse.

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