Best Sport :: Highly Commended Entry Name: Hurley Coastalwatch iPhone app Company Credits: Coastal Watch; mogeneration & Hurley Creative Developers: mogeneration Technical Developers: mogeneration

The Coastalwatch app was one of our first apps and went right to the top of the app store charts when it launched in August 2009.   In fact that same week we also launched Food Watch NSW which went to #1 in the reference category of the Australian App store.

Since we started as Australia first dedicated iPhone app company in October 2008 we have shipped an incredible 24 apps for many Australian and International customers.  Our apps have topped the charts in several countries. A recent app broke the top 20 paid entertainment apps in the US – that means it had thousands of sales EVERY DAY.

2010 will be mogeneration’s best year yet and will see the launch of some fantastic iPad and iPhone apps.

Our customers include NRMA, News Ltd, Coastalwatch, Golflink.com.au, Getprice.com.au, Lingopal, University of Sunshine Coast, Melbourne Water, National Portrait Gallery of Australia, Truelocal, Yellowglen, The Project Factory, Unicorn Hunters and Superfuture.

mogeneration put your big ideas in small devices. Contact us for more information.

At 11 pm on wednesday the 24th of February at the Apple Store in Chatswood mogeneration will be talking about creating iPhone & iPad apps for businesses.  Also speaking are companies with apps in the healthcare and construction industries.  It’s a great chance with talk with Australian businesses and developers about all things iPhone.

You can find full details about the Chatswood store including a map online.

Sydney, February 12th 2010. Mogeneration win Best Mobile Startup at the Next Web Australia Awards

Mogeneration are delighted to win the Next Web Australia “best mobile startup” award. “Many people remarked we were crazy to start a software company for an expensive phone in the middle of the worst recession for 30 years”, notes co-founder and CEO Keith Ahern, “but we knew the iPhone was a game changer and we wanted to be part of that”.

16 Months later Mogeneration have released an unbelievable 24 iPhone applications and several Android apps.  Mogeneration have grown from the two person team of Keith Ahern and Tom Adams to 12 employees today.  Mogeneration’s customers include many corporate customers both from Australia and the US including News Corp, NRMA, Coastalwatch and Getprice as well as governments and universities.

The Next Web Award confirms Mogeneration’s success, stating “there’s no denying the influence they’ve had over the mobile industry in 2009.”

Going forward Mogeneration are focusing on delivered the world’s best iPhones apps for its customers, but that’s not all.  ”We have already received great interest in iPad applications and have some prototype apps running internally” says Keith, “our mobile publishing platform, which allows companies to quickly gain a presence on iPhone, iPad and Android has received a surge in interest since the announcement of the Apple iPad in January.”

A full list of The Next Web Australia Award winners can be found here: The Next Web Australia Awards – Winners Announced!

Mogeneration has offices in Sydney and Brisbane, and customers around the world.  For more information contact info@mogeneration.com or call 0415 618 993.

CEO Keith Ahern will be on a panel for ad:tech Sydney talking about “The Key Drivers For Marketing On Mobile” on March 16th.  The panel will talk about apps, demographics, privacy, revenue models, advertising, carriers and analytics.  The panel is chaired by the incredibly knowledgeable Oliver Weidlich from Ideal Interfaces.

See the complete conference line up.

mogeneration are delighted to be nominated in two categories for an Australian Interactive Multimedia Industry Association (AIMIA) award.

The Coastalwatch iPhone app has been nominated for:

• Best Mobile Product or Service
• Best Sport

Best of luck to all the finalists.  If you are attending the awards in Melbourne on March 5th please introduce yourself.

mogeneration have been selected as one of the NETT magazine mobile 30.  mogeneration were commended on Coastalwatch, Lingopal and Food Watch NSW. Read the full article online.

Listen at the ABC website

Keith Ahern will be talking about iPhone and design on ABC’s By Design programme on Radio National Today @ 3:33 pm. Listen to the full interview on the ABC By Design site.

Optus has announced it will be opening an inflatable pop-up venue –The Happy Place – where all Sydney-siders will be able to find out more about the new Apple iPhone 3.0 software.

Open to all and free of charge to the public, the venue will host a series of interactive, intimate ‘HAPPlication Sessions’ where a range of leading experts and celebrities will share their stories on how the device has enhanced their work and life since its iconic launch.

The pop-up venue will also provide visitors information about the advantages and new features of 3.0 – as well as offering advice on how to upgrade your existing handset software. Experts and enthusiasts will also be on standby to demonstrate applications and functionality.

The experience aims to bring ‘happiness’ to Apple iPhone fans in the days leading up to the Australian launch of the new Apple iPhone 3G S handset on June 26.

The Happy Place, located at First Fleet Park, will provide a wide range of speakers conducting up to eight sessions daily from Monday 22 – Thursday 25 June.

Presenters include:

- Journalist and broadcaster Mia Freedman

- Celebrity trainer Michelle Bridges

- Radio host James Mathison

- Writer, author, television and radio presenter, and Australia’s number one dating and relationships guru Samantha Brett

- Leading social media and technology experts such as Firemint (developers of the world’s number one Application Flight Control game) and Blunty 3000 (one of Australia’s leading video bloggers)

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