Imagine Cup Blog

August 2009 - Posts

• Code 7 Contest

  Code7 Contest Code to the Power of Windows® 7! Check out this great new contest. It is the perfect way for past Imagine Cup competitors and new 2010 Imagine Cup participants to “flex their muscles” and compete! The Code7 Contest is a worldwide contest that recognizes and rewards applications for Windows 7 that show off the new features in Windows 7.  If you already competed in the Imagine Cup 09 and your application did not win any prizes, you can add key Windows 7 features and enter it in the Code7 Contest.  The seven best worldwide, win a trip to PDC09 in Los Angeles, where six runners-up will win $7,777, and the Winner of the Grand Prize will win $17,777!  Get in it to win it!  Enter before October 10th 2009 to participate.  Here’s how:  Upload your video to www.Code7Contest.com. - Toddy Dyer Posted Aug 17 2009, 09:40 PM by editor with no comments Filed under: Imagine Cup, Awards, Competition, Windows 7

• Will You Code for Green?

  For All Imagine Cup Participants in the United States: Do you love to create web applications and mashups? Do you have a passion for the environment or a love of economics? Have you heard the buzz about Bing, Microsoft’s new decision engine? If any of this describes you, you won’t want to miss out on an opportunity to use the Bing API to “code for green” and have a chance to win the grand prize of $10K or three runner-up prizes of $3K each. The deadline for entries is August 12 and the contest is limited to developers in the United States. Official rules and more information on the contest and how to submit entries can be found at: http://willcodeforgreen.gnomedex.com If you’ve got a great idea for using the Bing API and building an application that improves the environment or the economy (think broadly – this can be your personal economy, a club or university’s economy, or even the state or national economy), you (or you and your team) could be featured at Gnomedex. You can use any technology platform, Open Source or Microsoft. The top entries in each category will be selected at the Gnomedex conference Aug 20-22. For questions and more information about the contest, feel free to email betsy@microsoft.com, Betsy Aoki, Bing Program Manager. Will you code for green? Submit a killer app and maybe we’ll see you at Gnomedex!- 2010 Imagine Cup Team Posted Aug 07 2009, 03:46 AM by editor with no comments Filed under: United States, Green, Competition

• Imagine Cup 2010 – YOU Can Change The World!

  Imagine Cup 2010 Attention students! Since 2002, the Imagine Cup has been challenging the world's brightest students to step up and make a difference. Last year, over 300,000 students from 142 countries/regions registered for the 2009 Imagine Cup. Now in its eighth year, Microsoft’s Imagine Cup is a global student technology competition focused on finding solutions to real-world issues. The 2010 Imagine Cup competition encourages the world's most talented software designers, programmers, game developers, and digital media enthusiasts to tackle, head on, issues related to the 2010 theme: “Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems.” Whether it is providing solutions related to hunger relief, poverty, education, disease control, healthcare, or the environment - this is your chance to make a difference in our world today. The 2010 Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals will be held in Warsaw, Poland in summer 2010. It’s fitting that this cutting edge competition that celebrates the opportunities and creative potential of students hold a Worldwide Finals in Warsaw – one of the fastest growing cities in Europe. YOU can change the world! Sign up for one of the 3 main competitions: Software Design, Game Design (both are open now for you to sign-up) or Digital Media (open for sign-up by Sept 1, 2009) and contribute your talents to solving some of the toughest problems -and maybe even turn your ideas into a business. Learn new technology skills and test yourself against the brightest students on the planet. Make new friends from all around the world! Win cash, prizes, internships at Microsoft, and even a free trip to Warsaw, Poland in summer 2010, for the Worldwide Finals.  Watch for new and exciting Imagine Cup award opportunities to launch in early Fall 2009 as well, providing you with even more opportunities to create winning submission. What are you waiting for? This is the world's premier student technology competition and we want YOU to join us! Register today! "How boldly do you dare to dream?" - Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Chief Software Architect, at the 2009 Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals in Cairo, Egypt.   - Toddy Dyer Posted Aug 05 2009, 09:52 PM by editor with no comments Filed under: Imagine Cup, Software Design, Poland, Worldwide Finals, Awards, Game Development, Digital Media