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Angel Orrantia named to judges panel for 2nd annual Open Compute hardware hackathon @ Facebook campus SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SKTA Innopartners LLC, a high-tech Open Innovation Program for tech leaders and early stage startups, today announced that Angel Orrantia, founding business development director, will serve as a judge for the 2(nd) annual Open Compute Project (OCP) hardware hackathon, being held at the Facebook campus. Innopartners LLC is also a...

-NJ software company sponsors annual gathering of Jersey Shore tech designers and developers - MATAWAN, N.J., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New Jersey's local tech-savvy set is getting ready to gather for the annual Hacking Asbury event in Asbury Park on Saturday, June 22nd. iCIMS, Inc., a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition software solutions for growing businesses, is proud to announce that the company will be the main sponsor of the event and...

AT&T and WildTangent expand mobile games collaboration to provide developers with continued go-to-market opportunities REDMOND, Wash., June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Swinging from AT&T* hackathon success to consumers' devices, AT&T and WildTangent today celebrated the launch of Android-based mobile app Africa Swing, which won the first in a series of gaming-themed AT&T Mobile App Hackathons. As part of the first-place prize package, the AT&T Developer Program awarded...

Hackathon for the Reduction of Gun Violence to be held at Twilio HQ in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Highground Hackers today formally announced its first-ever hackathon focused on reducing gun violence that will be held in San Francisco over the weekend of June 8(th), 2013. The Highground Hackers brings together developers and experts from mental health, education, law enforcement, government, and community safety to find pragmatic technical solutions to...

Agile Leader Offers Hackers Real-Time Social Collaboration with Free Subscriptions to AgileZen and Flowdock BOULDER, Colo., May 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rally®, a leading global provider of cloud-based solutions for managing Agile software development, today announced its sponsorship of the National Day of Civic Hacking taking place June 1-2. The 93 events taking place across the United States will bring together citizens, software developers and entrepreneurs to collaboratively...

Teams Presented Retail Optimization Ideas Based on Retail Big Data Charlotte, N.C. (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 Tech developers, designers, coders and analysts gathered at Packard Place in Charlotte for the final presentations of the city’s first-ever Hackathon presented by founding sponsors Harris Teeter, Tresata and ettain group. The Hackathon challenged hackers to use Big Data for a retail optimization application. Harris Teeter & Tresata, which is currently expanding its e-Business...

Spectre, created at AngelHack Seattle, simplifies the creation of business requirements and technical specification documents. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) May 19, 2013 AngelHack organizes hackathon competitions, called AngelHacks, where web developers, designers and entrepreneurs take an idea, develop the project and pitch the results to mentors and investors, all in a 48 hour time period. The winners from each participating city are then selected to the AngelHack Accelerator program when they...

Prepr Foundation and AngelHack have partnered to bring the world’s largest hackathon to Toronto's MaRS Discovery District this Victoria Day long weekend. Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Prepr and AngelHack have partnered to bring the world’s largest hackathon to Toronto this Victoria Day long weekend. The hackathon is a two-day event at the MaRS Discovery District where teams compete to be the next great tech start-up by building innovative and useful software. The winning...

Socrata offers free access to its open data platform, API tools, data hosting, and technology support to National Day of Civic Hacking events across the country. Seattle, Washington (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Socrata (http://www.socrata.com), a Seattle-based cloud software company focused exclusively on democratizing access to government data, today announced its sponsorship of the National Civic Day of Hacking. Scheduled for June 1st and 2nd, the event is made up of nearly 90 local, community...

mLabs.co - HackaNUI is the first of its kind Hackathon dedicated to creating applications centered around Natural User Interface (NUI) technologies. Boca Raton, Florida (PRWEB) April 28, 2013 Forget about web and mobile, those are so yesterday. Natural User Interface (NUI) applications use gestures and motion to interact with applications. The technology is so exciting that a hackathon has been created around it. HackaNUI is a first of its kind hackathon dedicated to creating applications...