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Plastic Mobile in the News: Melody Adhami Talks Pizza and Mobile

by Sarah Plummer on 19th January 2012
The news of Pizza Pizza’s 111 111th order resonated far and wide…and when we say far, we mean FAR. Radu Tyrsina in Romania interviewed Plastic Mobile’s President and COO, Melody Adhami, about the success of the award-winning app. Radu praises the Pizza Pizza app for it’s core functionality – marvelling at the ease and convenience of ordering pizza through an app. He then turns to Melody to detail more about the experience in creating and using the app.
Visit his site to read the full interview and learn more about the creation and development of Canada’s first-ever pizza ordering app.

Pizza Pizza iPhone Ordering App hits 111,111 orders!

by Sarah Plummer on 30th November 2011
The outstanding mobile application, launched  last April, continues to hit major milestones, set records and win awards – most notably our Ripple Award (from the CMA) and our coveted Webby.
Recently, Pizza Pizza’s ordering app marked it’s 111, 111th order – a testament to the app’s easy-to-use design and high-quality imagery, as well as the extreme customer convenience of the ever-growing mobile market. Watch a demo or download the app here.
Click PM_iPhone Milestone_Press Release_FINAL to read the press release, or reach out on Twitter @plasticmobile or email at press@plasticmobile.com to learn more or arrange an interview with our COO, President and very own “Queen of Apps”, Melody Adhami.

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Deciding Whether Your Business Needs a Mobile App

by Sep Seyedi on 25th July 2011

Lou Dubois at Inc.com wrote a great article on whether your business is in need of a mobile application, or not. He digs deeper into the mobile space, questioning whether an application is useful for all business. Showcasing our very own Pizza Pizza app and lots of excerpts from our Queen Melody Adhami, this article is an excellent resource for anyone that has thought about an application for their business. Everyone’s needs are different, and we understand that. Applications need to be tailored to the business objectives and consumer needs. Lou lays out a series of useful questions to ask yourself before going down the route of a mobile app.

You can read the full article here.

Our 5 Word Acceptance Speech at The Webby Awards

by Melody Adhami on 15th June 2011

Last Sunday, we were in New York to celebrated our Webby win for our Pizza Pizza app. The Award show was hosted by the hilarious Lisa Kudrow. Every winner had the chance to give a 5 WORD acceptance speech. Check out the video below on what Plastic Mobile and Pizza Pizza said:

AppTV interviews our Melody Adhami

by Leila Pejman on 31st May 2011

Check out Melody Adhami’s interview for AppTV. If you want to go straight to the segment, it’s around the 21 minute mark. Our Queen of Apps discussed the recently launched PlayBook app called Hockeycentral and winning a Webby Award for the Pizza Pizza app. In addition, talked about Plastic Mobile’s new online app studio, Joomo, to help bloggers and content providers build mobile apps for all operating system at no cost.

Plastic Mobile & Pizza Pizza Win A Webby Award for its One of a Kind Pizza Ordering iPhone app

by Melody Adhami on 10th May 2011

(May 3rd, 2011)  Plastic Mobile and Pizza Pizza are honored to win a Webby Award for their recently launched pizza ordering iPhone app. Under the category of Mobile Shopping for smartphones, the members of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences awarded the Webby to our Pizza Pizza app. This mobile ordering app was in the running with giant US brands such as Target, Walgreens, Consumer Reports, and Gilt.

In the entire category of mobile, both Plastic Mobile and Pizza Pizza are the only Canadian company to receive this prestigious award. “We are absolutely thrilled to receive this award and excited to represent Canada at the Webby Gala,” says Melody Adhami, co-founder of Plastic Mobile and crowned Queen of Apps, Globe & Mail.

The 15th Annual Webby Awards attracted nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 US states and over 60 countries worldwide, as it’s the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet that includes mobile, websites, online film & TV, etc. The Pizza Pizza app has been ranked #1 Lifestyle app in the Apple iTunes store, and a favorite app among Canadians.

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