OpenClove wins big at AT&T's Aspire mobile hackathon in New York
We partnered with AT&T last week for the AT&T Aspire Mobile App Hackathon held at the Applico offices in New York. Aspire Mobile hackathon is is an event produced by the AT&T Developer Program that brings developers & designers together to help them build web/mobile apps.
Accompanying Mashery was OpenClove - a cloud based video platform that allows live video sharing, chat, social interaction and collaboration across a plethora of devices and applications.
Shubh from OpenClove talks about the OpenClove API
One thing I really liked about this event was the new breed of developers that it attracted. Given the rate of hackathons in NYC, you tend to see several repeat developers at each event. But not this time. This hackathon proved to be a great opportunity to reach out to new developers and help them build something awesome in just over 24 hours.
Some really good quality hacks were produced, many of which used Mashery APIs.
Some really cool apps built
Kazoku - a mobile app that allows parents to assign tasks to their kids, such as homework, and then helps track progress. It then gamifies the experience by allowing kids to earn points for the tasks completed. The parents also have an option to have video conversations with their children, should they need any assistance, using OpenClove's Video SDK.
It touched the judges as well and they walked away with being adjudged Second Prize winners along with Best app built using OpenClove API Prize.
Congratulations Team Kazoku - Winners of best app built using @OpenClove and Runners up at #atthack
Oh my math - a clever web based game that teaches children math concepts such as ranges and averages in a unique fun way -- by letting them answer sports data related questions. The sports data was provided using ESPN's Stats API.
I really loved this app for it's simplicity and the age old problem it attempts to solve - how to make learning fun. Beautifully done. It ended up winning the "Best App Built using Mashery API Network" prize - a subscription to lynda.com for each of it's members. Pretty educational eh!
Team Oh, my math
Congratulations Team Oh, my Math on winning the "Best App built using Mashery API Network" Prize #atthack
GuruKool - an Android app that allows students and teachers to collaborate via multi-party video using OpenClove's Android Video SDK. They were the Grand Prize winners for the entire event, and also the runners-up for the OpenClove prize.
Team GuruKool
Congratulations Team GuruKool: Grand prize winners and @OpenClove runners up at #atthack
A huge thank you to Alex Donn and Ben at AT&T, as well as to the folks at Applico for opening up their offices and being such gracious hosts to an amazing developer community that is NYC.
