Hackathons—where people from different backgrounds come together to work on a project for a few intense, caffeine-fueled days—are already well-established practices in some corners of the business ...

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Hackathons are events that bring together computer programmers and engineers to collaborate on developing software, hardware, or other technological solutions within a limited time frame — usually ...

‘Hacking’ is creative problem solving, commonly through emerging technology and often at short fast-moving, caffeine-assisted events. The Hackathon for Wildlife aimed to develop innovative approaches ...

There have been stirrings in the world of innovation in the software development community. A new law was created one year ago, affording new opportunities for rapid, competitive software prototyping.

Technology corporations around the world are increasingly using hackathons to harness the collaborative power of team-based competitions to help develop new products, but many don’t take into account ...

Joy knows no bounds when you come home with a job offer after spending nearly 36 hours hacking away with friends, food, caffeinated drinks and sleeping bags. Just ask Mukund Desai, one of the winners ...

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Attending your first hackathon can be daunting. You overhear the team next to you talk about how they’ve won 10 hackathons, or another individual boast about how they’ve been coding since age 8. You ...