1. Mash up data in new and interesting ways

    Want to work more closely with media & tech companies? This is your chance. 

    NYC Media Lab today launched Media Mash, an app development competition that challenges software developers and students to mash up data from the city’s top media and tech companies to create new insights, experiences, and business models.

    $10,000 in prizes will be awarded for the most innovative apps that run on the web, desktop computers, tablets, or mobile phones. With a distinguished judging panel featuring influential leaders in tech and media, this is a fantastic opportunity to make something great, and get your work noticed.

    The competition features more than 40 APIs, feeds, and data from a variety of companies, including bitly, CBS Sports Fantasy, Etsy, Facebook, foursquare, The New York Times, PBS, Rolling Stone, Tumblr, and many more.

    Register to enter at MediaMash.ChallengePost.com, and start fueling your app with great data!

    About NYC Media Lab
    NYC Media Lab (www.nycmedialab.org) connects companies seeking to advance new media technologies with academic institutions, and was launched by NYCEDC, NYU-Poly, and Columbia University to tackle the big questions facing the media industry today, with the goal of generating research, knowledge transfer, talent development, R&D, and new business models.

    Follow @NYCMediaLab and @ChallengePost on Twitter, and join us on Facebook.

    By Samantha

    Mar 8 Comments

  2. 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

    Feb 28 Comments

  3. 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 the competition requirements, get tips on how to make a video, and register to enter at HealthyNewYear.Challenge.gov.

    Feb 14 Comments

  4. First Lady Michelle Obama: If you are doing great work, tell me about it

    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 Us a Video! [Let’s Move! blog]

    Feb 11 Comments

  5. 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 residents, judges, sponsors, and the City. This ecosystem, plus the Ideas challenge which gathered feedback from non-developers, the multiple hackathons, and the continually-improving data all were responsible for this year’s record number of apps. ChallengePost is honored to have been a part of this effort since the beginning.”

    - Brandon Kessler, ChallengePost CEO

    Check out the innovative apps at 2011.NYCBigApps.com and vote daily for your favorites! 

    NYC BigApps 3.0 fun facts:

    • Every application is built using NYC Open Data
    • More than half the apps integrated APIs from a BigApps API partner
    • Developers had access to nearly 750 datasets
    • 230 of the datasets were brand new, made available by more than 60 City agencies, Commissions, and Business Improvement Districts
    • All apps are free!

    Enhanced prizes & business opportunities:

    Eligible apps will be reviewed by an all-star judging panel of leading investors and entrepreneurs, and winners will take home 11 cash prizes totaling $50,000. In addition, these amazing non-monetary prizes will be awarded:

    NYC BigApps is part of New York City’s ongoing efforts to increase transparency in government, as well as improve quality of life for New Yorkers and visitors. We invite you to follow @NYCBigApps and @ChallengePost on Twitter, and join us on Facebook.

    More NYC BigApps 3.0 News:
    Official Press Release [NYCEDC] 
    Early Leader in BigApps Competition: Foursquare [Gigaom] 
    Vote for Your Favorite App in NYC’s BigApps 3.0 Competition [The Next Web]

    By Samantha

    Feb 10 Comments
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