Thursday, March 7, 2013

Hackathon's Goal: A Smartphone Game That Scores Points for Cancer Research

A UK-based charity is sponsoring a weekend hackathon, but those invited won't be using their coding talents to advance any business causes. The 40 programmers, gamers, graphic designers and other specialists will spend the time designing a smartphone game that can let average users help with cancer research, and three of the world's largest technology companies -- Amazon, Facebook and Google -- will be assisting in that effort. Cancer Research UK is organizing the event.

Source: http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632000/s/2920abe0/l/0L0Stechnewsworld0N0Crsstory0C774310Bhtml/story01.htm

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