February 2012
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Great $205k competition for Android developers
What: Create an S Pen-integrated app for the Samsung Galaxy Note™ to help users capture, create and share like never before.
How: Use the Samsung S Pen™ SDK 2.0 to integrate S Pen functionality into a new or existing Android™ application that runs on Galaxy Note.
Prizes: $205,000 in cash and prizes (14 prizes, including 10 category awards)
Enter the challenge: GalaxyNoteSPenChallenge.com
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Do something meaningful this Valentine's Day
Nothing says love like taking care of your health or the health of loved ones!
Share how you’ll use technology to get healthy in 2012 in the Healthy New Year Video Challenge. Just under 2 minutes of video will put you in the running for great prizes:
First Prize: $2,000
Second Prize: $1,000
Third Prize: $500
Honorable Mention: $250 (3 prizes)
Popular Choice Award: $750
Check out...
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First Lady Michelle Obama: If you are doing great...
Has your faith-based, community, or non-profit organization done something to promote healthy lifestyles for kids? Check out the Let’s Move! Communities on the Move Video Challenge!
More news on the Let’s Move! Communities on the Move Video Challenge: First Lady Michelle Obama: If You Are Doing Great Work, Tell Me About It [Let’s Move! blog] How Is Your Community Moving? Send...
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A record number of apps in NYC BigApps 3.0
NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunication Commissioner Carole Post kicked off Social Media Week yesterday with the opening of public voting for NYC BigApps 3.0. Nearly 100 eligible apps were submitted this year — a record high in the history of BigApps competitions.
“NYC BigApps continues to be a success because of the strong ecosystem of software developers, NYC...
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New Roadify app shines
NYC BigApps 2.0 Grand Prize winner Roadify has been hard at work at Version 2.0 of their popular iPhone app, adding new cities, new features, and integrating more relevant information to make it easier to find out when the next train, subway, bus, or ferry is coming.
Initial response of the updated app has been overwhelmingly positive. One user raved about replacing 11 existing apps on his iPhone...
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A fun, easy, and creative weekend project
The Healthy New Year Video Challenge is offering $5,000 in prizes for the best videos that show how you’ll use technology to achieve your health-related New Year’s resolution. All you have to do is make a short video (under 2 minutes), and submit it by February 16.
Check out the competition requirements, get tips on how to make a video, and register to enter...
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Announcing the winners of MTA App Quest!
(Photo: Grand Prize team Embark NYC with a custom 5’ subway sign at Vanderbilt Hall in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal.)
Earlier today, travelers strolling by Grand Central’s Vanderbilt Hall overheard something historic: the announcement of the winners of MTA App Quest, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s competition for software developers. The MTA...