Microsoft's global hackathon, a fest that would need the participants to create apps for the Windows ecosystem, has been kicked off in 100 cities around the globe. Titled "WOWZAPP 2012: Worldwide Hackathon for Windows", the event is the first simultaneous global hackathon for students, startups and professional developers in the company's history.
Participants in the United States, India, Finland, Pakistan, Greece, Malaysia, Turkey, Brazil and many other countries are working together for 48 hours, creating Windows Store apps. U.S. locations include Austin, Texas; Ann Arbor, Mich.; Redmond, Wash.; and more than 20 others.
"With more than 16,000 students registered to participate, WOWZAPP 2012 will be the largest simultaneous hackathon of student developers ever, acting as a catalyst to bring a wealth of new, exciting and quality apps to the Windows Store," said Moorthy Uppaluri, general manager of Worldwide Academic Programs at Microsoft.
Microsoft will provide the participants tools and resources including a free Windows Store registration code (only available for students) required to showcase their creativity and to easily submit their projects to the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 store. "Microsoft will provide students at each hackathon location with free software to create apps, such as Visual Studio Express for Windows 8, and with free Windows Store registration codes through Microsoft DreamSpark," the company said in a statement. "Developer experts and trainers will be available around the clock to answer questions, and Microsoft executives such as Uppaluri and Drew Robbins, director, Technical Evangelism, will be on hand at many locations to discuss what it takes to build great apps for the Windows ecosystem," the statement said.
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