Apple announced the winners of their annual Apple Design Awards (ADA) tonight.
The Apple Design Awards, held at Moscone West during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, recognize technical excellence, innovation, and outstanding achievement in software development. With new categories for iPhone development, this year's Apple Design Awards will be more exciting than ever.
The ADAs feature categories in both Mac and iPhone categories this year. TheiLife reported the winners from tonight's presentation ceremony. The winners include:
Best OS X Student Project - Squirrel (finance management) by Axel Peju Best OS X Graphics and Media Application - ScreenFlow (Screencasting) by Vara Software Limited Best OS X Application - ScreenFlow (Screencasting) by Vara Software Limited Best OS X User Experience - Macnification (organize microscopic images) by Orbicule Best OS X Game - Guitar Hero III by Aspyr Media, Inc
Best iPhone Web App - Remember the Milk (task management) by Remember the Milk Best iPhone Game - Enigmo by Pangea Best iPhone Entertainment App - AOL Radio by AOL LLC Best iPhone Social Networking App - Twitteriffic (twitter client) by The Icon Factory Best iPhone Productivity App - OmniFocus (task management) by The Omni Group Best iPhone Healthcare & Fitness Application Winner - MIM (medical imaging) by MIMVista, Corp.
The native iPhone winners, of course, are not yet available to the public. Runners up are also listed at TheiLife. The winners received two 15-inch MacBook Pro laptops, two 30-inch Apple Cinema Displays, one 16GB iPod touch, one 8GB iPhone, an ADC Premier Membership, reimbursement for one WWDC 2008 E-ticket including airfare and accommodations, and one 2009 ADC Macworld Expo Exclusive Marketing Package.
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