Google has wrapped up judging on its very first Android Developer Challenge, and some twenty dev shops (or in some cases, individual developers) are finding themselves considerably richer as a result. Of the fifty apps to make it through to the final round, ten have been awarded $275,000 each and another ten have made off with a cool hundred grand -- good coin for some really good ideas. As you mi...
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Engadget on 29th Aug 2008 (via feeds.engadget.com)
We have written previously about the Android Developer Challenge by Google that has a strong emphasis on humanitarian applaications. Because (we think) the process and SDK was rather buggy, Google has decided to move the submission deadline for the first Android Developers Challenge to 14 April 2008.
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MobileActive on 30th Jan 2008 (via mobileactive.org)
Google has decided the winners of the Android Developer Challenge and the announcement was made yesterday @ android-developers.blogspot.com Get the list of winners here : © Saijo George for Freewares for Android, 2008. | Permalink | No comment | Add to
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FreewaresForAndroid on 30th Aug 2008 (via feeds.feedburner.com)
Google has announced that it is planning to add a number of user interface and API improvements to the Android SDK, and that it will delay its developer challenge to give programmers time to take advantage of the new features.
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MobileBurn on 4th Feb 2008 (via MobileBurn.com)
The fruits of 50 individuals' and companies' labors have now paid off to the tune of $10,000, all thanks to a nice little gift from the good folks at the Android Developer Challenge. Google actually unveiled the top 50 applications to be submitted to the contest a few days ago; we've been scouring the list since, and we've definitely noticed a trend -- location-based services. LBS was actually one
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Engadget on 19th May 2008 (via engadgetmobile.com)
Despite the Android Developer Challenge, there seems to be few Android applications on the Android Market. Why? The first reason is because the Android APIs have changed over time and what some people may have written last year won’t necessarily work with the new SDK. If you entered the challenge and didn’t win anything then you
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MobilePhoneDevelopment on 5th Nov 2008 (via mobilephonedevelopment.com)
Google has announced the winners of its Android Developer Challenge, with US$5 million in prizes paid out to the 50 finalists, including a total of $300,000 to each of the top ten winners. Read the full story here.
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MobileBurn on 30th Aug 2008 (via MobileBurn.com)
Google announced the 50 winning applications for its Android Developer Challenge. The first round ended with 50 applications, earning their developers $25,000 each. Of the 50, only 46 chose to ...
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