01/03/10 – Future, the special-interest media group, has today announced its first-ever TechRadar Awards – celebrating innovative technology that has made the most impact on people‘s lives over the last year.
TechRadar.com mixes the latest technology news and reviews with content from Future’s market-leading portfolio of computing and consumer electronics titles and attracts over 2.5m unique users per month.
The first TechRadar Awards are being sponsored by three top-tier companies – DTS, Intel and Qualcomm.
With voting underway from Monday 1st March at http://www.techradar.com/awards the TechRadar Awards contain 18 categories across TechRadar’s core areas; Computing, Home Entertainment, Mobile Communications and Gadgets with shortlisted companies including Samsung, Apple, HTC, Microsoft, Spotify, Acer, Nvidia, Mozilla and Google. The shortlists in each category were created by a leading panel of tech experts, including representatives from Sky News, MSN and Mobile Choice.
Computing – sponsored by DTS
- Computing technology champion
- Computing technology of the year
- Hottest mobile computing innovation
- Most essential online innovation
- Most essential software innovation
- Best computing add-on technology
Home Entertainment – sponsored by Intel
- Greatest visual innovation
- Greatest audio innovation
- Most innovative entertainment platform
- Most exciting gaming tech
Mobile Communications – sponsored by Qualcomm
- Mobile technology champion
- Essential phone of the year
- Most innovative app of the year
- Hottest mobile platform
Gadgets
- Essential gadget of the year
- Greatest contribution to digital photography
- Top entertainment gadget
- Best on-the-go tech
As the votes come in, each category is updated in real-time, and voters will have the chance to win £25,000 in prizes, including 10 Dell Adamo laptops worth £799 each and four YoYoTech Fi7EPOWER MK3 desktop gaming PCs, worth a staggering £4,995 each!
The TechRadar Awards will be promoted across Future’s web portfolio – including PhotoRadar, T3.com and Home Cinema Choice. Future’s in-house social media team will push the campaign through Twitter, Facebook and technology forums.
Ian Robson, organiser of the TechRadar Awards, said:
“The UK’s leading site for technology enthusiasts now has an awards event designed to match their enthusiasm. Embracing social networking and with dynamic live reporting of the top votes products throughout the awards duration, the winners will be completely decided by the enthusiasts who know and love what makes a good technology product. This will be the first of many years where the industry and technology consumers will look to TechRadar.com for the award results that matter most to them.”
The list of winners and runners-up will be announced at the end of April on TechRadar.com
ENDS
About Future
Future plc is an international special-interest media group that is listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol FUTR). Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today we have operations in the UK, US and Australia creating over 180 special-interest publications, websites and events for people who are passionate about their interests. We hold strong multi-media market positions in games, technology, film, music, cycling, automotive and crafts. Our biggest-selling magazines include Total Film, T3, Classic Rock, Digital Camera, Guitar World, Official Xbox Magazine, Official Playstation Magazine, Nintendo Power, Maximum PC and MacLife. Our websites include gamesradar.com, bikeradar.com, techradar.com, musicradar.com, dailyradar.com and photoradar.com. Future produces nearly 4 million magazines each month; we attract more than 27 million unique visitors to our websites; and we host 27 annual live events that attract hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts. In addition, Future exports, syndicates or licenses its publications to 90 countries internationally, making us the UK’s number one exporter and licensor of monthly magazines.
For more information
Will Guyatt, Media Relations Manager, Future UK, 01225 822517
