WebGeek Conference 2013

Wazzup Pilipinas!

Bringing the Philippine developer community under one roof http://webgeek.ph/conference/

Conference + App Expo + Beer

On November 16, we’re bringing together leading developers, makers, futurists and creatives in Meralco Multi Purpose Hall (Ortigas) to explore and discuss the future of software. 

WebGeek will create the path for you in meeting the Philippine developer scene in one roof. An exciting app expo would also take place, wherein exciting, cutting edge products would be demo-ed by the developers themselves. Go around, check them out, share insights and have fun while having a nice cold beer.

DevCup 2013 : Hackathon Brought to You by WebGeek

WebGeek has announced it's second DevCup hackathon event, to take place at the Meralco Multi-Purpose Hall on August 17 to 18, 2013. Participants can now enjoy and show what they got through this two-day event. Last year’s completion was attended by more than 200 developers and participants armed with the single aim of learning and challenging their skills and building apps.

Join this year’s DevCup: You can sign up as an individual participant or register up to a maximum of three as a team. Give yourself the boost to prove that you have what it takes to be called as one of the “best” and manifest your skills during this two-day hackathon. Conceptualize, develop, and create your bizarre kind of app that is of course in harmony with the given theme.

Winning is not the only thing in this event, as you indulge yourself in you will learn how to make decision quick with your team. You can also increase your circle of network, since WebGeek is targeting 50 to 60 teams of participants to hop in. you will certainly meet lots of interesting and useful people for your connections.

Early bird tickets will be available on July 15 - 27, 2013 for PHP250. If you don’t purchase your tickets by then, you’ll be missing out on a 75% discount. It looks like it’s going to a great DevCup 2013 this year, so don’t wait any longer.

For more information about the DevCup 2013, check out http://webgeek.ph/devcup-2013.

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The BlackBerry Jam Hackathon Winners

Tekkie Tekkie Muna (Look straight into the computer, and titigang maigi ang premyo nila), have you heard of the BlackBerry Jam Hackathon – a 40-hour Blackberry app development competition where participants battle it out for top prizes like a Trip to Bangkok, Thailand for 4, 1 BlackBerry 10 DevAlpha, 4 BlackBerry 7 devices, 4 BlackBerry Playbook tablets plus consultancy from RIM.

What do they have to do? Just hack their way to a potential money-making BlackBerry app idea and present it to a board of judges from the BlackBerry community composed of Dave Patterson, Christian Besler, Cameron Vernest and William Yu.