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Blog | NYC BigApps 3.0 announced
Tech developers with an appetite for official New York City data are about to have a field day. Tuesday night, at the monthly industry gathering known as the New York Tech Meetup, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the launch of BigApps 3.0, the latest round of the annual competition for the best Web or mobile applications ... more -
Blog | Snapfresh will be released by November 2011
Snapfresh, the free sms-based application that helps stamps beneficiaries to find food stamps stores, will be released by this November. The application enables its user to send their zip code, address or cross streets and replies with the list of the five closest and healthiest stores that accept CalFRESH. Since the Snapfresh team won the ... more -
Blog | Trac FM: SMS response to broadcast media for the masses
Interactive radio talk-shows are popular public debate in Uganda. TRAC FM builds on the success of these shows to help everyone keep track of public services such as, ”reporting on teacher absenteeism, availability of text books, drug stock outs, waiting time at clinics, teacher payments, election proceedings, functionality of water points, potholes etc.” According to ... more -
Blog | $100M Android fund announced
SVEntrepreneurs is proud to announce the Android Startup Challenge 2011 at DroidPlanet hosted by SVAndroid at CTIA. DCM, a leading Pacific Rim technology venture capital firm, who announced first 100 Million Android fund earlier this year, has agreed to be the sponsor the DroidPlanet conference at CTIA. DCM is an early stage venture capital firm that has been ... more -
Blog | Apps for metro Chicago closing this week
The field of applications for good continues! Our friends at Apps for Metro Chicago deadline is this Friday, September 30 at 11:59 pm! Here are a few tips! Submission: Eligibility- If you are submitting an application for this round make sure your app is eligible! Check the A4MC Eligibility Checklist for more details http://www.appsformetrochicago.com/blog/submit-early-make-sure-your-app-eligible. Make sure ... more -
Blog | Last week to enter Apps for Communities
Directly on the heels of our winners announcement, the field of applications for good continued to grow. The Knight Foundation and the FCC put up the Apps for Communities challenge to develop a software application (app) that delivers personalized, actionable information to people that are least likely to be online. Using hyper-local government and other ... more -
Blog | $16,000 Lifeline Facebook App Challange!
Our friends at ASPR (Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response) are challenge you! That’s right they had your name in writing in there press release, Bill or Micheal, Kate I mean William? Am I getting closer? Well regardless, they are still challenging you, and you have two options, pull a hamlet and completely wuss out ... more -
Blog | Mobile Media Tool Kit published from Mobileactive.org
Technology can be liberating. With today’s mobile phones, we are no longer limited to our former constraints, no longer do we have to wait for our pirated version of Windows 95 to finish loading, or hoard compact disks of AOL’s 100 hour trials. The sound of our 3 ton desktops chatting away, hogging up your ... more -
Blog | August Newsletter
Greetings! Our Applications for Good contest portion is over for now, but we haven’t stopped working. We wanted to share all the good we’ve been up to and encourage you to share the news too. A sampling of our team players A sincere thank you to our consultants and interns. They have contributed close to a thousand hours ... more