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Popularity of the leading Cross-Platform App Development Tools on rise

Popularity of the leading Cross-Platform App Development Tools on rise, by up to 20% – a new report by research2guidance Continue reading “Popularity of the leading Cross-Platform App Development Tools on rise”

IncrediBuild FreeDev for 30% Development & CI Acceleration

IncrediBuild Launches FreeDev, a Free Version of its Award-winning IncrediBuild Acceleration Software – Use IncrediBuild for free without any long-term commitment or time limitations Continue reading “IncrediBuild FreeDev for 30% Development & CI Acceleration”

Space up your App -Third ESA App Camp Puts Out Call to Developers

The countdown has begun: The ESA App Camp is inviting developers from all over Europe with professional app experience to apply for entry by 21 July 2014. Continue reading “Space up your App -Third ESA App Camp Puts Out Call to Developers”

Esri Takes Climate Resilience App Challenge Global

Esri announced today that the Esri Climate Resilience App Challenge 2014 is now open worldwide to developers of all types (government, technology firms, academic institutions, not for profits, startups, and individuals). This contest challenges all developers to create an app using the Esri ArcGIS Platform to help communities, see, understand, and prepare for climate risks. Esri will provide up to three winners with more than $15,000 in cash prizes. The deadline is June 2.

 

Developers are invited to submit apps showcasing how maps and location analytics can address challenges in public safety, transportation, economic development, healthcare, and more.

 

One great Climate Resilience-oriented app example is being deployed by the Denver Regional Council of Governments, which partnered with tech start-up Ride Amigos and Esri to create My Way to Go. This innovative web-based trip planning tool helps users compare travel options and see the health benefits and environmental impacts of transportation choices.

 

The winning apps will be featured at the Esri International User Conference, where more than 15,000 Esri users come together to share ideas and do their part to transform our world.

 

For more information, visit esri.com/climate-app.

 

Ordnance Survey’s Developer Challenge supports three geolocation start-ups

Three budding geolocation start-ups can get their ideas off the ground after winning a complete new business start-up package from Ordnance Survey and TechHub in the recent Developer Challenge. With ideas including flooding, local advertising and iBeacons, the Downstreams, Locappy and Tindre teams have all won membership at one of the country’s innovative TechHub centres and a full mentorship programme for twelve months.

In an exciting day drawing the Developer Challenge to a close, seven finalists were invited to pitch their business ideas for a geo-app or a geo-location product to a panel of four judges. Finalists had just five minutes to present their innovative, profitable or cost saving ideas, all using Ordnance Survey data at the core.

Judge Peter ter Haar, Director of Products and Innovation at Ordnance Survey said, “We wanted to engage more with developers at Ordnance Survey, to support new businesses and help unlock the potential of accurate and highly-detailed geographic information. The pitches ranged from health to flooding to location-based news streams and we were so impressed with the breadth of ideas and passion of the pitchers on the day, that we’re offering our developer support and expertise to all of the finalists.”

The Downstreams team are spread across the country and will be able to take full advantage of TechHub’s flex membership including workspace, training and events at their communities for tech entrepreneurs and start-ups in London, Swansea and Manchester. The team presenting on the day, Ant Parsons, Paula Nickson and Simon Redding, described an innovative service to connect communities along rivers. The Downstreams service will help people to identify, incubate and crowd-fund flood prevention and environmental improvements on river systems. The team plan to use a range of Ordnance Survey products, including OS MasterMap Networks – Water Layer to make flooding and water quality impacts on downstream communities explicit, explaining to these communities the value of collaborative investment in their river.

Lead judge, Gary Gale, geo-technologist and geographer said, “It was a tough task for the finalists, pitching in a pressured environment and needing an idea that would meet the four judges’ different criteria. I was looking for technology that could transform and ideas with a good business model for the future, while the others were looking for commercial viability and considering how their mentorship could help the ideas to develop.”

Locappy’s winning idea was presented by Sebastian Lyall from London. His idea is to connect small, local businesses with their local customer base via effective digital marketing. Locappy is available via multiple channels as well as the Locappy app. Ordnance Survey data can help the Locappy team to effectively define and cluster neighbourhoods across London, and eventually wider, so that customer and businesses can choose the areas relevant to them to advertise in or receive information on.

Judge Claudia Arney – Independent Non-Executive Director, TelecityGroup and Chair of The Public Data Group said, “It’s important that budding entrepreneurs and developers can access the fantastic array of data available to them, but it’s equally important that they can receive the support they need to make the most of that data and discover how it can best support their ideas and help bring them to fruition.”

London and Brighton-based Jakub Tomanik’s winning idea was Tindre – helping iBeacons to catch fire. Aimed at mobile app developers and iBeacon integrators/owners, it is a service that enhances situational and location awareness of mobile apps which work with Bluetooth beacons (iBeacons) and a platform for iBeacons owners to manage them and connect with developers. Tindre will use OS MasterMap dataset as a foundation for the backend solution.

Elizabeth Varley TechHub CEO and co-founder and judge on the day, said, “It is vital we bring together tech start-ups with large data organisations like Ordnance Survey, as they can offer so much to each other. TechHub works with corporate partners to help them tap into start-up innovation culture and emerging trends and work together with emerging companies to develop products of the future. TechHub provides technology start-ups with a place to work, meet, collaborate, network, learn and have fun.”

The three Developer Challenge winners have been awarded a year’s flex membership of TechHub. The fully tailored mentorship programme utilises both Ordnance Survey and TechHub, opening up a wealth of opportunities for the winners, including legal advice, sales and marketing support, product expertise and advice on future funding options. The winners will receive regular access to technical guidance, support and advice from Ordnance Survey on how to unlock the full potential of their wide range of datasets.

European Satellite Navigation Competition 2014 – Forward-Thinking Galileo Applications Wanted

Oberpfaffenhofen, 1 April 2014: Since 2004, the annual European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) has recognised products, services, and innovations designed to enhance everyday life with the help of satellite navigation. In addition to cash prizes, winners profit primarily from the assistance they receive in implementing their business models. They also benefit from working closely with partner regions and leading affiliated institutions around the world. Geared towards individuals and teams from universities and the broader fields of research and industry, the ESNC invites those interested to participate from 1 April to 30 June 2014 at www.galileo-masters.eu.

Now that it has evolved into a key 21st-century technology, satellite navigation represents an increasingly attractive growth market, as well. Estimates from the European GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Agency (GSA) indicate that this market will grow by an annual average of 11% in the coming years, reaching a volume of EUR 244 billion by the year 2020. In particular, innovative start-ups and SMEs stand to profit from this burgeoning field.
Today, our lives are already hard to imagine without satellite navigation. Related applications can be found in everything from conventional routing and location-based services to mobile apps that monitor sporting activities and high-precision localisation in air transport and agriculture. Following the European Space Agency’s successful tests of Galileo’s signals in early 2013, another leap in the commercial use of satellite navigation can be expected. The programme’s initial offerings – known as Galileo Early Services – are scheduled to be made available by the end of this year. In addition to the Open Service (OS) for navigation, positioning, and time measurement, these include highly precise and robust services for search and rescue (SAR) entities and government authorities (Public Regulated Services, or PRS).

"Europe’s entrepreneurs, SMEs, and industry can now seize the opportunity to create value-added applications for the downstream satellite positioning & navigation market, where several technologies are converging to make ‘ubiquitous positioning’ a compelling reality," emphasised Matthias Petschke, director of the European Commission’s satellite navigation programmes. "Since its launch in 2004, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) has proved to be a very successful initiative to boost entrepreneurship for the development of satellite navigation products, services and applications. I would like to encourage you all to grasp this chance, and to promote and realise your ideas."

ESNC 2014 features a prize pool valued at more than EUR 1 million and spread across more than 30 categories. Along with cash, winners will mainly receive support from the competition’s global network in realising the technical, economic, and legal aspects of their applications and business models. From the winners in all of the ESNC’s prize categories, a jury of international research and industry experts will choose an overall winner – the Galileo Master. This outstanding entrant will take home an additional EUR 20,000 and be invited to enter a six-month incubation programme in the region of their choice.
In this year’s competition, participants can choose from more than 20 regions in which they can obtain assistance in implementing their business ideas. They also have the option of submitting their idea for one of the ESNC’s special prizes to increase their chances of becoming the 2014 Galileo Master. This year’s special prizes are being sponsored by the European GNSS Agency (GSA), the European Space Agency (ESA), the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the European Patent Office (EPO), and the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) in association with the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). In addition, contestants can submit prototypes to the Living Lab Challenge or participate in the University Challenge (students and research assistants only).
The ESNC is organised and carried out by Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen.

International ESNC kick-off at the European Navigation Conference, 15 April 2014, Rotterdam
Scheduled to take place as part of the European Navigation Conference at 4:10 p.m. on 15 April, the international ESNC 2014 kick-off event will provide interested attendees with first-hand information about the prize categories and terms of participation from the competition’s organisers and special-prize sponsors. Entry to the event will be free of charge.
The European Navigation Conference 2014 will be held from 15 to 17 April at the Beurs World Trade Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Its focus topics are to include navigation, localisation, and time-measurement technologies, as well as related innovations and commercial applications. To find out more about the conference’s agenda and register, please visit: www.enc-gnss2014.com

Further information about the European Satellite Navigation Competition is available at www.galileo-masters.eu.
 

Develop your way to a trip to Florida and a zero gravity experience


How would you like to win a trip for 2 to Florida to experience zero gravity like a real-life astronaut? Looks like fun!

The Nokia Imagin8 Mission contest can take you there.  All you need are your programming skills and your imagin8tion!

To be eligible submit a new or updated Windows Phone 8 app created using the Nokia Imaging SDK 1.1 to one of these DVLUP challenges

Deadlines are coming up soon!

March 24: My Fake Holiday App
April 7: Comics with Friends
April 21: Mosaic my Memories
May 5: New App Submission – Any topic

Updated App Submission – Any topic
 
All valid apps will be rewarded. The top 3, most standout apps will win the contest prizes.

Details – Submit a new or updated Windows Phone 8 app created using the Nokia Imaging SDK 1.1 to one of these challenges. All the valid app submissions will be rewarded with DVLUP points and XP. Only the best 3, most imaginative, and stand out app submissions will win the Imagin8 Mission prizes. Check out all of the details here.

How to enter:

Submit a new or updated Windows Phone 8 app created using the Nokia Imaging SDK to one of these Challenges in DVLUP, our developer rewards program.

All the valid app submissions will be rewarded with DVLUP Points and Experience Points (XPs). Only the 3 best, most imaginative and stand-out app submissions will win the Imagin8 Mission prizes.

Prizes:

Winner:
  • An expenses paid trip for 2 people to experience zero gravity. We will take you to Cape Canaveral, Florida, where you will enjoy the experience on July 19, 2014.
  • 2 Nokia Lumia devices of the winner’s choice.
  • 10,000 Points and XPs in DVLUP.
  • Promos for the winning imaging app in Windows Phone Store, App Social and other Nokia and Nokia Developer channels.
2 Runners-up:
  • A Nokia Lumia 1520.
  • 5,000 Points and XPs in DVLUP.

 

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