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Great Canadian Appathon

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Largest Canadian ‘Hackathon’ to Date: Over 500 Students Code in the 48-Hour Great Canadian Appathon3

Students in 39 HUBs spread across Canada worked non-stop for 48 hours to develop 100 mobile games to impress judges and take home the $25,000 grand prize Toronto, Ontario – October 2, 2012 – Over the weekend of September 28th, more than 145 competing teams gathered for a weekend of sleep-deprived, caffeine-fuelled, coding and creating. Mobile game developerRead more

Great Canadian Appathon

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Presenting the Great Canadian Appathon3: Code at Me Bro!

Canadian college and university students to create a mobile game over the weekend of September 28th and compete for a chance to win fame and a $25,000 grand prize Toronto, Ontario – September 11, 2012 – Mobile game developer XMG Studio Inc., The Electric Playground, and The Globe and Mail have teamed up to challenge all Canadian students to compete in the largest ‘hackathon’ in Canadian developer history: A race againstRead more