Neowin News Feed for: Imagine cup

Helping reduce the chaos post-disaster, Imagine Cup drives social responsibility

Brad Sams — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:14:23 +0100

When a team set out to create an application to track invasive species, they quickly realized that their platform could be used in many other scenarios, and expanded the project to target disasters. Read more...

Doctor Who's Matt Smith to host Microsoft Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals

John Callaham — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:50:30 +0100

Microsoft has announced actor Matt Smith, the 11th and current lead in the hit BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who, will be the host for the Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals in St. Petersburg, Russia in July. Read more...

The power of the ecosystem: baby monitoring in the 21st century

Brad Sams — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:52:51 +0100

With connected services rapidly becoming more mainstream, pulling content and information from nearly anywhere is fast become a reality and now, even your child's bedroom can be cloud connected. Read more...

2013 Microsoft Imagine Cup U.S. finalists announced

John Callaham — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:54:16 +0100

Microsoft has announced the 10 student teams that will compete in the U.S. finals for the company's 2013 Imagine Cup competition, which will be held on May 13th in Silicon Valley. Read more...

Microsoft sponsors first International Women's Hackathon

John Callaham — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:42:58 +0000

Microsoft is one of the sponsors of the International Women's Hackathon that's being held this weekend. It's the first all female hackathon with a number of schools participating in the event. Read more...

Microsoft expands Imagine Cup to include a focus on women

John Callaham — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:30:46 +0000

Microsoft has announced an expansion of its Imagine Cup student competition to include two more categories that put the focus on themes specific to women Read more...

Microsoft extends deadline for Imagine Cup challenge quizzes

Anthony Tosie — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Microsoft is extending the deadline for the challenge quiz requirement of its Imagine Cup competition a month to give student teams from across the globe time to celebrate holidays. Read more...

Microsoft's Imagine Cup 2013 kicks off, $300,000 up for grabs

Brad Sams — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:04:36 +0100

Microsoft has officially kicked off Imagine Cup 2013 and if you are interested in participating, make the jump to learn more about see what's changed from previous competitions. Read more...

Microsoft announces Imagine Cup winners, hands out 175k in cash

Brad Sams — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:22:54 +0100

Microsoft has just announced the Imagine Cup winners and the team Ukraine has taken the top prize at this years competition and Microsoft also announced that next year the competition is in Russia. Read more...

Microsoft's Imagine Cup by the numbers, awesomeness

Brad Sams — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:16:35 +0100

Microsoft's Imagine Cup is a global competition that fosters innovation and creative thinking to solve some of the most complex challenges that we face everyday. Read more...

Ukrainian students create gloves for translating sign language

Paul Ferson — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:26:19 +0100

Students taking part in Microsoft's Imagine Cup have created technology to convert sign language into speech, which could completely change how we communicate with those using sign language. Read more...

Image content recognition, crowd-sourcing and kiwis

Brad Sams — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:14:51 +0100

Helping the blind with image content recognition just got a new twist with a team from New Zealand bringing a fresh twist on the helping the blind by crowd sourcing support to make daily tasks easier. Read more...

Interview: Nokia's Richard Kerris on Windows Phone 8, Verizon and so much more

Brad Sams — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Nokia finds itself in a tough market but with bold plans, quality products, and an excellent OS, Nokia is poised to make a big return to the mobile segment and re-take the market once again. Read more...

Blindness and Windows Phone, a match made in Poland

Brad Sams — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:09:26 +0100

Having a visual impairment limits your use of smartphones but a team from Poland is looking to overcome this obstacle with a new application that blends vibration and braille to open new doors. Read more...

Interview: Microsoft's Dan'l Lewin on Microsoft's big launch, startups and more

Brad Sams — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 07:15:54 +0100

Neowin had a chance to sit down with Dan'l Lewin, Corporate Vice President of Strategic and Emerging Business Development for Microsoft and he shared insight in to the company's new endeavors. Read more...

Charting a course forward against Multiple Sclerosis with Windows Phone and Azure

Brad Sams — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:56:01 +0100

Multiple Sclerosis is a disease that affects a wide range of individuals all around the world and a team from Ireland is working to help document and fight this disease with Windows Phone and Azure. Read more...

Leading the blind, one Kinect at a time

Brad Sams — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 06:57:50 +0100

Imagine a world where you can't see the text on this screen, then think about trying to venture out of your house. With the power of Kinect, the blind will soon have a new companion to travel about. Read more...

Nokia gives Lumia 800s to all Imagine Cup participants

Brad Sams — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:37:26 +0100

Microsoft and Nokia have a very close relationship so it should come as no surprise to Nokia hand out its Lumia 800 handset to all the Imagine Cup participants in Sydney, Australia. Read more...

Microsoft: "Making money is important for developers"

Brad Sams — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:09:29 +0100

Developers are the lifeblood of our modern ecosystems and to fuel those applications, developers needs to make money as that is the lifeblood to foster future innovation. Read more...

Microsoft comes to Sydney, Imagine Cup takes over

Brad Sams — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:07:35 +0100

Microsoft is about to kick-off its premier student competition in Sydney, Australia. Neowin has come along for the ride and the show is about to begin as Microsoft takes over Darling Harbor. Read more...