Larry Seltzer is the Editorial Director of Byte. Byte was recently relaunched by UBM TechWeb and focuses on what has come to be called the Consumerization of IT ('CoIT' to save a lot of typing). He has worked in the computer industry since 1983 as a software engineer, IT administrator, product tester, industry analyst and consultant. He has been Technical Director at several testing labs and is the author of well over 1000 published articles on technology subjects. For the last several years he has focused on computer security issues. He remembers first reading Byte in high school in the 70's when he learned programming on a TRS-80 Model I Level 1.into the enterprise, planned and otherwise, of devices which were designed as consumer technologies: tablets, smart phones, and social media are classic examples.
The Mobile Apps Showdown is a fast-paced contest where you're asked to weigh in on the apps you think have what it takes to make it. For the months leading up to the 2013 CES, we'll be presenting the contestants to you. You can try the apps, watch demos, make your feelings known, and ultimately vote on a winner. We're platform agnostic, so if it's mobile, it's in the competition.
The top ten apps will join us at 2013 CES for an action packed event hosted by Jon Hein and Gary Dell'Abate from the Howard Stern Wrap Up Show.
Robin Raskin, creator of the Mobile Apps Showdown, will be there to emcee events.
By the end of this year, nearly 50 billion apps will have been downloaded. Only you know which ones are the keepers.