Online Windows 8 Hackathon

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1. My friend and colleague, developer evangelists Matt Harrington, is organizing the online developer hackathon to build Windows 8 applications.
   • Matt's blog
     • https://blogs.msdn.com/b/matt-harrington/archive/2012/08/08/windows-8-virtual-hackathon-august-2012.aspx
2. All developers are welcome, whether you like C#, C++, HTML/Javascript.
3. Many prizes will be give for the best app.
   • Best use of technology
   • Most creative
4. Categories:
   • Utility apps: Productivity, Tools, Government, Business, Security, Finance
   • Lifestyle apps: Social, Photo, Music & Video, News & Weather, Health & --Fitness, Food & Dining, Shopping, Travel
   • Edutainment apps: Games, Education, Entertainment, Sports, Books & Reference
5. The date
   • Submissions start on August 17th
   • The contest ends on August 26th.
6. Requirements
   • Your app cannot already be in the marketplace
7. Registration link
   • https://codercharts.com/hackathon/windows-8-online-app-a-thon/registration
8. You can also submit a brief screencast using Jing.
   • https://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
9. Here is the facebook page explaining much more
   • https://www.facebook.com/Windows8OnlineAppAThon

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