Hackathon - AllFacebook http://allfacebook.com The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News, Facebook Marketing, Facebook Business, and More! Copyright 2013 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:48:41 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Facebook To Host Windows 8 Hackathon Facebook loves to run hackathons, where developers have 24 hours to come up with the best application possible. Earlier this year, Facebook managed World Hack, bringing together the best developers all over the world. Now Facebook HQ will host a hackathon for the Windows 8 platform in Menlo Park, Calif., this weekend.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/windows-8-hackathon_b105712#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/windows-8-hackathon_b105712 http://allfacebook.com/?p=105712 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:37:44 +0000 Facebook Tops 1B Monthly Active Users; Mark Zuckerberg Speaks With NBC’s Matt Lauer, ‘Bloomberg Businessweek’; New Agency Of Record Wieden & Kennedy Debuts ‘The Things That Connect Us’ Facebook officially reached 1 billion monthly active users Sept. 14 at 12:45 p.m. PT, Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed in a post on the social network’s Newsroom, as well as in an interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer, and in a cover story for Bloomberg Businessweek.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/1b-monthly-active-users_b101298#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/1b-monthly-active-users_b101298 http://allfacebook.com/?p=101298 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:08:55 +0000 Facebook, Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation Team Up On ‘HackEd’ Hackathon Facebook teamed up with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on the “HackEd” hackathon Thursday, representing the kickoff of the charitable organization’s College Knowledge Challenge.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/hacked-hackathon-college-knowledge-challenge_b100845#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/hacked-hackathon-college-knowledge-challenge_b100845 http://allfacebook.com/?p=100845 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:55:18 +0000 Birthday Post App Wins At Facebook Developers World Hack In Austin A group from tech agency R/GA traveled to the Facebook Developers World Hack competition in Austin, Texas, hoping to solve a simple problem: what to write on a friend’s timeline on their birthday. Knowing that “Happy birthday!” is entirely passé, the two developers created an application that suggests a more creative post for a friend’s special day. They ended up winning the best mobile application category at the Austin World Hack.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/world-hack-austin_b98402#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/world-hack-austin_b98402 http://allfacebook.com/?p=98402 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:36:32 +0000 Facebook Rolls Out Redesigned Events; Users Can Choose Calendar Or List Format Facebook’s overhaul of its events feature took a big step forward Wednesday, enabling users to view their events in either a calendar or list format, with the changes originating from one of the social network’s hackathon events.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/events-calendar-list_b94242#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/events-calendar-list_b94242 http://allfacebook.com/?p=94242 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:38:05 +0000 What Exactly Happens At A Facebook Hackathon? Have you ever wondered what goes on at a Facebook hackathon? Pedram Keyani offered the lowdown in a note on the Facebook Engineering page.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/hackathon-primer_b90003#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/hackathon-primer_b90003 http://allfacebook.com/?p=90003 Fri, 25 May 2012 11:48:05 +0000 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Rings In IPO, With A Hackers’ Touch With a soldering iron; a couple of capacitors, resistors, and relays from RadioShack; and quite a bit of dissembling and tinkering, a handful of Facebook software engineers (and friends) hacked the Nasdaq bell (see video below), earning themselves a full-fledged badge of geekiness.

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]]> Julie D. Andrews http://allfacebook.com/nasdaq-bell-zuckerberg-hack_b89373#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/nasdaq-bell-zuckerberg-hack_b89373 http://allfacebook.com/?p=89373 Fri, 18 May 2012 15:50:43 +0000 Facebook Sets IPO-Eve Hackathon You would think Facebook employees would want to get a good night’s sleep Thursday night, with the company’s long-awaited initial public offering set for Friday morning. But that wouldn’t fit with the social network’s hacker culture, now, would it? So, what’s the plan? Hackathon!

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/ipo-eve-hackathon_b89160#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/ipo-eve-hackathon_b89160 http://allfacebook.com/?p=89160 Wed, 16 May 2012 19:53:41 +0000 Facebook Employees Paint 42' QR Code On Roof Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, now includes a 42-foot wide QR code on one of the rooftops.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/qr-code_b83251#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/qr-code_b83251 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=83251 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:13:07 +0000 Facebook Livestream Will Pep Talk Engineering Students An organization called Stay With It has teamed up with Facebook to livestream an event on Wednesday encouraging engineering students to stick with the program.

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]]> Jennifer Moire http://allfacebook.com/facebook-livestream-students_b81284#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-livestream-students_b81284 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=81284 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:09:10 +0000 WATCH: Facebook's First Congressional Hackathon The Office of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia created a video about yesterday’s first-ever Congressional Facebook developer hackathon.

The event co-hosted with the office of Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland brought together Congresspeople and their staff from both sides of the aisle, along with Facebook engineers and developers of third-party applications.

The group explored how to improve communications with constituents and dissemination of legislative data. Let us know what you think of the footage by posting feedback in the comments section beneath this post. continued…

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]]> Jackie Cohen http://allfacebook.com/facebook-hackathon-congress_b69987#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-hackathon-congress_b69987 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=69987 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:21:53 +0000 Facebook Announces 2011 Hacker Cup On Thursday, Facebook announced their first ever Hacker Cup where the everyday Joe can compete against engineers from around the world for some major cash.
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]]> Meredith Singer http://allfacebook.com/facebook-announces-2011-hacker-cup_b25700#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-announces-2011-hacker-cup_b25700 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=25700 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:11:51 +0000