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Google announces the winners of Android Developer Challenge 2
by Jay Hathaway Dec 1st 2009 at 7:00AM
The Android Developer Challenge is a Google initiative that throws a bunch of money toward the development community to encourage the creation of great Android apps. The prizes are no small potatoes, either. In the just-completed ADC2, $100,000 prizes went to the winners in each of ten designated categories, with $50,000 for second and $25,000 for third. There was also an additional $150,000, $50,000 and $25,000 for the top three overall apps. The big winner was SweetDreams, which forwards your calls to voicemail at night and disables inessential functions like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to save battery while you're sleeping. Second and third went to a multiplayer drawing game called What the Doodle!? and a really useful-sounding phone tracking and backup app called WaveSecure. The top arcade game was Speed Forge 3D, where you pilot a heavily-armed mining vehicle.
To check out all 30 winners, head over to Google's results page.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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cheewee said 9:43PM on 12-14-2009
Hi all,
As a giveback to Android users who supported and made tenCube's ADC win possible, we are offering a free lifetime account for Android WaveSecure users.
Just download WaveSecure from Android Market before 31st Jan 2010 to enjoy this free service for as long as you use that Android device.
It's our way of saying thank you. Do help to spread the word to other Android users so they can benefit from it, too!
Don't forget to join us on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/wavesecure for the latest updates.
Thanks,
cheewee
Team WaveSecure
http://www.wavesecure.com
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