There isn't a month that goes by where, in a city somewhere, a hackathon is taking place sponsored by a consultancy, organisation or educational institution. A hackathon is an event which has become ...

Hackathons are a staple of tech culture. They’re synonymous with digital innovation and a playground for exploring possibilities. The premise of a hackathon is to pull eager engineers, product ...

Companies are always looking for an edge, and searching for ways to encourage their employees to innovate. One way to do that is by running an internal hackathon around a theme and having employees ...

Many well-known tech companies, including Facebook, Google and Microsoft, are known to hold regular internal hackathon events. (Facebook’s “like” button and chat feature were both born from hackathons ...

Emrick Donadei said participating in a hackathon gave him hands-on experience and expanded his network at Google.

At Simulmedia, we have introduced Friday hackathons giving everyone the opportunity to present their ideas to improve our TV audience-targeting products. The rules are simple. Everyone submits their ...

When Moshe Tamssot walked out of a Chicago hackathon in August 2010, he had a new business and a new business partner. Most hackathon attendees go just to have fun, of course, and that’s been enough ...

The first few hackathons were organised in the US in the late 1990s; the event format later flourished in the 2000s along with the rise of the nerd culture that made billionaires of a number of ...

Companies large and small have already embraced the hackathon as a way to foster collaboration and innovation, and now the NBA has announced that it’s jumping on board. Scheduled to take place next ...