Posted on July 18, 2011, at 12:24 PM .
UPDATE: Please email tips@blackberrycool.com if you are going to enter. We need to know to help give out the prizes.
RIM is hosting a BBM Apps Hackathon Event August 11-12 in NYC. It’s an exclusive event that gives developers the opportunity to participate in an apps-building marathon using the highly popular BBM Social Platform. RIM experts will guide participants through different development approaches and techniques that leverage the viral/social functionality of BBM Social Platform and best integrate with applications.
BlackBerryCool will be identifying the best developers for the Hackathon Event and giving away one trip to the event, $500 spending money, and a BlackBerry Bold 9900.
To be eligible for the Hackathon, the developer must:
- have an idea for a new BlackBerry® application that incorporates BBM
- have the capability to build a BlackBerry smartphone app with their idea
- have a laptop with all the software, accessories and equipment needed to build their app, including a laptop loaded with BlackBerry® WebWorks™ or BlackBerry® Java®
be a resident of the United States, District of Columbia (excluding Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, New York and Florida) or Canada (excluding Quebec)
- be able to travel to attend the BBM Apps Hackathon Event (“Event”), August 10-13, 2011, and be able to confirm such availability within 48 hours of potential winner notification from RIM
- understand that the Event will be filmed and that by participating in the BBM Apps Hackathon Contest, consent to the filming of their developer story and the use of their image
Ideally, the winner will have a BlackBerry app that they want to integrate with BBM.
Click through for the rules of the contest and more details or head over to bbmnyc.com to get started.
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Posted on July 14, 2011, at 7:25 PM .
Hoot.me is a Facebook app that leverages the social network to help students better collaborate on projects, classes, assignments and more. According to the founders: “We switch your Facebook into study mode by connecting you with friends to collaborate on homework and projects.”
Facebook is a great platform for Hoot.me since Facebook began with targeting the student demographic and the company’s target market spends a great deal of time on the site. Also, since a typical student’s network will almost certainly be 100% on Facebook, the social interactions and collaboration potential is huge.
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Posted on June 24, 2011, at 9:47 AM .
The latest ailment is called BlackBerry Neck and it comes from looking down at your BlackBerry a lot, causing unsightly wrinkles. The treatment for BlackBerry Neck comes from a Manhattan aesthetician who has concocted the BlackBerry Facial. The treatment involves exfoliation consisting of “a neck cleansing, a peel with sapphire stones, another peel, a hydrating serum, and then some lymphatic drainage.” After your facial, you get 20 minutes of a strange light followed by an oxygen mask. The whole process takes 45 minutes and should revert your neck to its former glory.
Overall, this seems like something we should just file under “only in New York.”
Posted on April 23, 2011, at 3:46 AM .
The PlayBook launch in NYC happened a little while ago and we have a few pictures of the event courtesy of @bberrygo. The coolest part of the event is clearly the fact that everyone got a free PlayBook, and this group will be the first to provide valuable feedback on what the tablet needs. Click through for more pictures.
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Posted on February 8, 2011, at 2:11 PM .
If you want to check out a Broadway or Off-Broadway show in New York City, you’re probably going to go to the TKTS booth in Times Square for discount tickets. With the At the Booth app, you can check out what shows have discount tickets available at the TKTS booth, right from your BlackBerry.
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Posted on December 8, 2010, at 5:13 PM .
Pic courtesy of @bradsedito
There are some interesting tidbits coming out of the Meet the PlayBook events, the first of which was held in NYC. Interestingly enough, it looks like earlier rumors about PlayBook models is false (the source site has even shut down), and the tablet will actually come in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB sizes. Does this mean the pricing will change as well or will we get more memory at the previously rumored price? It also looks like RIM only has a handful of PlayBooks that can be demoed, and even those units still don’t have a browser. It looks like developers probably won’t be getting their PlayBooks until the device has launched in February, which makes sense considering the giveaway runs right up to the 1st of the month. Hit the jump for the list of new PlayBook details.
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