Hackathon comes to an end, Plusmo SoLo widget takes the title
Written by LBSzone
Friday, 01 May 2009
The hackathon has come and gone and a winner was crowned. Nokia
Conversations has some fine coverage of this developer hack-fest
including details of the top apps.
Some details from the
"Conversation"... With its Social Location Widget, Plusmo scooped the
top prize of €15,000 and four weeks spotlight promotion in the Ovi
Store, which launches next month.
The top 3 apps were as follows:
Social Location widget (SoLo)
This application
enables users to connect with their facebook and Twitter contacts to
see what they are doing and where they are.
Travel Planner
Record and store all your travel related data in one convenient location, it also has Twitter integration
Shoppy Widget
Create, categorize and share
shopping lists as well as integration with location information to
locate shops and display their location on a map
The Nseries blog
has also done a great job of covering the hackathon from start to
finish. Check out videos from the event and see the developers up
close. Check out some videos over on Vimeo
Do you have a location-aware application, social location service or other location-sensitive service that you'd like to share with us? Please browse this growing directory of Social location Services and feel free to leave a link to your favorite service! See the Directory HERE
Nokia Develeoper Summit - You’ll discover how Nokia can help take your app from creation to
market faster — with practical advice, technical sessions with Nokia
experts, and hands-on coding labs using new, powerful and easy tools. September 14-15, 2010, London.
Location-Based Marketing Summit - Companies considering using location based applications and services for the following purposes should attend Location-Based Marketing Summit: marketing, branding, entertainment, content delivery, social networking, promotions, test-marketing, commerce, new product development and more. September 29 - 30, 2010 in New York City
Location Business Summit 2010
- The Location Business Summit USA brings together key companies from
across the ecosystem, with over 30 top speakers, 200 hundred plus
attendees and a highly focused agenda which gets to the core of local
search, optimizing content, monetizing context and harnessing the hype
behind Location Based Advertising and the `Check-in'.
