Microsoft launches ‘mashup’ competition for developers
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Microsoft Corp. and BT Group PLC, in their effort to encourage developers to create “network mashups” that merge telecommunications features such as voice and text messaging with Web 2.0 applications like mapping and search, have launched a competition called The Connected Services Sandbox contest.
The sponsors will give away prize money ranging from $2,500 to $25,000 in cash. To top that, if the mashup is used by any of the telecommunications companies, the developer would get a share of the revenue.
TopCoder Inc. will manage this event. Developers can sign up for the competition here.
This is a great way to get people involved with “networking mashups” as that is something which I see very less of. You can see lot of mashups and the APIs used to develop them at ProgrammableWeb.com.
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