Announcing The TC Disrupt NY Hackathon API Workshop Schedule, Prizes & More

We?re now just a few days away from the Disrupt NY Hackathon this weekend, and we?ve got some exciting news to share. As well as scoring a free ticket to the main TechCrunch Disrupt NY conference, this weekend?s hackers will share in almost $50,000 worth of prizes. A few tickets are still available. Coders should register here?and designers should register here. Below you’ll find all the information on the prizes as well as the schedule for our hands on API workshops. The API sponsors are providing some of their top talent to give coders a crash course in their product. API Workshop Schedule One of the best things about the Disrupt Hackathons is that we attract the best developers at the best tech companies to share their insights, answer questions and help short circuit the process of building killer apps with powerful APIs. Here?s the line-up for our API workshops: 2:00pm – Facebook 2:30pm – Box 3:00pm – Evernote 3:30pm – Foursquare 4:00pm – Amazon Web Services 4:30pm – New York Times 5:00pm – Microsoft BizSpark New API Workshop Microsoft BizSpark will be presenting an in-depth review of developing for the Windows 8 operating system as well as Windows Phone app development basics. Hackathon Prizes Appery.io With the limited time available during hackathons, speed is even more important than ever. That?s why the team from Appery.io is going to be at Disrupt with $5,000 in cash plus promotion and free product for the best apps built using their browser-based development environment for iOS, Android, Windows Mobile and the mobile web. With pre-built API plugins – including those of some of our other prize sponsors – you could end up being a winner multiple times over – and get your app from concept to demo in 24 hours – with Appery.io. To find out more ahead of time, check out appery.io/tc13. AT&T Want to hack your way to a better world? AT&T is here to help. In NYC the AT&T Developer Program, AT&T Foundation and the Environmental Defense Fund are issuing a challenge to developers participating in TechCrunch Disrupt to build app that helps drive water consumption awareness for buildings. For the most creative as well as comprehensive app, AT&T will be offering a $5k grand prize, followed by a $2k ‘most creative’ prize. The challenge is straight forward: build an app that estimates building water consumption. On a high level,

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