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    Kraft & Home Depot Hackathon in San Francisco

    http://bigbrandhackathon.eventbrite.com/

    What do you get when you mix Big Brands with Big Brains and Big Prizes? A one-of-a-kind program to connect developers, brands and mobile technology – The Big Brand Hackathon.

    The Big Brand hack recognizes developers as the New Creative Class for the mobile marketplace and puts them in front of the world’s most well-known consumer brands for two days as partners who can transform concepts into code and ideas into apps.

    Compete for more than 25K in cash and 20K in prizes. Brand giants Kraft Foods & The Home Depot will reward developers who design apps that drive brand awareness through social, location and other mobile services. Nokia will award developers 50 of its hot-selling Lumia devices for the best Window’s Phone apps. (see full prize packages below)

    Bravo TV will also be filming the hack as part of an upcoming reality show based on the Silicon Valley.


    Twenty Developer finalists selected over the two day hack will have a chance to showcase their app to attendees (+600) at the elite Social-Loco conference.The Big Brand Hack is produced by Mobile {Dev}Sync in conjunction with Social-Loco, the premier conference for social, location and mobile technology.



    BIG BRAND Hackathon

    WHEN: June 16th & 17th, Finalist will present at Social-Loco conference on June 18th


    WHERE: Madrone Studios - San Francisco, CA

    WHO: Developers & Big Brands (Kraft, Home Depot, Nokia, Qualcomm, YP & more

    WHAT: Code for cash, prizes & devices (25K in cash awards for winners)





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