HackMTL Prizes, Prizes, Prizes!

 

 

 

Besides bragging rights and the Code Warrior title belt, there are tons of other awesome prizes and incentives to be won.

(OK,  we don’t have an actual Nintendo belt, but you could make one…)

 

The Official Hack Prizes up for grabs are:

  • First place $1,000
  • Second place $750
  • Third place $500
Un-official HackMTL#2 prize A:
  • Open Data $300
  • Apple gift cards
  • For the best use of MTL-based open data set (as chosen by MTLOuvert/OpenNorth)
  • Must use STM, STL, Ville de Montreal 0r Communauto
Un-official HackMTL#2 prize B:
  • OneAPI $100
  • Amazon gift certificate
  • For the best use of OneAPI  (as chosen by YellowAPI for GSMA)
  • Must use http://oneapi-gw.gsma.com/
  • Powerful access to network APIs from Bell, Telus & Rogers (access to network location, billing, etc.)

 

There are also some great API specific prizes, as chosen by that company’s representative,  in no specific order:

YellowAPI – jawbone jambox http://jawbone.com/speakers/jambox/overview

Cossette  - Best Local Social integration for a national brand - 2 days of white water rafting and 2 nights of camping

Primus –  PrimusCloud Server account with 4GB’s of RAM and 200GB’s of Disk free for 6 months

Communauto – Communauto pass for heavily discounted car rentals in Montreal (specifics TBD)

Shopify – $500 gift card

Rdio – 6 months all you can eat, or hear, music subscription to Rdio service (for entire team)

CakeMail - 3 months free of API services for up to 25K emails/month

Atomic Reach – TBD (but last time they gave 2 tix to CN tower Edge Walk, very cool)

SendGrid - Sphero, an amazing plastic ball you drive with iOS or Android device. Check out the Sphero website.

ContextIO – TBD

TinEye – TBD

Freshbooks – TBD

Wajam – TBD


6 Jun 2012, 3:36pm
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