The Google Android Challenge Winners
Google announced the winners of the first phase of the Android Developer Challenge. Android is the mobile operating system and software library to-be pushed by Google and others. Here are some of the ideas whose creators received $275,000 (the $100,000 winners are available on Google’s page as well):
- Cab4me: Helps you to find a taxi.
- CompareEverywhere: A price comparison engine and review reader.
- Ecorio: Aims to track your carbon footprint.
- GoCart: Lets you scan a product barcode to then find out where to buy this near-by.
- Life360: This seems to be a social network for your neighborhood to post important alerts (like “dog ran away” or “house on fire”).
- Locale: This tool automatically changes your phone’s setting based on where you are. (Not novel, but perhaps useful.)
- PicSay: A picture editor which comes with color correction, distortion tools and more, as well as sharing features.
- Softrace: Compare with others around the world in physical activities like racing.
- TuneWiki: A self-proclaimed social media player, with synchronized lyrics, translation, music maps and more.
- Wertago: A social tool aiming to let you find the “hottest parties in town.”
A second phase of the contest is coming up. Google says it “will launch after the first handsets built on the platform become available”.
[Via Michael Leggett.]
[By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: The Google Android Challenge Winners | Comments]
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