Writer Beats out over 200 startups to be named finalist in MobileBeat 2010 Startup Competition

Online, June 30, 2010 (Newswire.com) - 20 finalists have been picked to present as this year's hot mobile startups.

San Francisco - June 30, 2010 -

Today APPCityLife, Inc. was announced as one of the 20 finalists in the MobileBeat 2010 Startup Competition. Proving that it has what it takes to stand out in the crowd, APPCityLife was picked by a panel of experts and advisors as one of the hottest companies in the mobile space. As a finalist, APPCityLife Founder and President, Lisa Abeyta, will present to over 450 influencers, investors, and press as APPCityLife competes for the top spot and a coveted Tesla award.

APPCityLife was chosen from a field of strong contenders because of the company's collaborative community business approach and innovative techniques for bringing affordable mobile advertising and marketing to the local market. The company's first iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch city guide app for Albuquerque, New Mexico, offers free access to everything living, working and playing within the city. The app will eventually house the top 100 cities within the U.S. and has already added an Anywhere city search to use anywhere in the world. The tech startup, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has developed strong partnerships and alliances within the business, news, government and travel industries to provide a free collaborative collection of information for locals and visitors. APPCityLife has also provided affordable access for the small business owner to mobile advertising through innovative business listings, sponsorships and promotions within the iPhone app.

"As a long-time freelance writer who wrote for Writer's Market and Writer's Digest, I saw the real potential of new media publishing in the mobile platform," says Abeyta. "By working with a very talented team of engineers, APPCityLife has been able to create a true community space in the mobile platform that opens up the ever expanding world of mobile marketing and advertising to the small business owner."

Hosted by VentureBeat, MobileBeat 2010 is taking place July 12-13 in San Francisco at The Palace Hotel. This year's theme is "The Year of the Superphone and Who Will Profit" with top executives from AT&T, Google, Facebook, Samsung and many others sharing their thoughts. MobileBeat is known as Silicon Valley's premier mobile event, bringing together 500 of the industry's top VCs, mobile execs, journalists and entrepreneurs. Many previous winners of the Startup Competition have gone on to become mobile juggernauts, including AdMob, Loopt and Touchnote.