MOBILE WEB DEVELOPER CHALLENGE - YANKEE GROUP AND NETBISCUITS AIM TO BOOST MOBILE INTERNET DIVERSITY
Released on: August 15, 2008, 3:50 am
Press Release Author: Swordfish PR
Industry: Internet & Online
Press Release Summary: Reston, VA - In conjunction with Yankee Group's upcoming Mobile Internet World conference, Netbiscuits, lead sponsor of the MIW Developers Summit, is inviting everyone to share their vision of the Mobile Internet and compete in the first Mobile Web Developer Challenge. Participants will submit their own Mobile Websites, portals, communities, games, download centers, video channels, shops, campaigns, or landing pages created with a free trial of the Netbiscuits platform. Submissions entered by 11:59 pm PT on October 15th will be judged by a panel of industry experts on design, fluidity, content and execution to win free access to professional development tools used by eBay, Yahoo!, and Nokia.
Press Release Body: The Netbiscuits development platform is a Web-based interface that allows quick and easy development of Mobile Websites and applications that work on every phone across all carriers, worldwide. Professional and budding developers can register for the contest and a free Netbiscuits trial account at http://www.netbiscuits.com/miw
"If you are a coder, just download Netbiscuits' plug-ins and snippets for your preferred IDE, connect your server to our API and write your Mobile Web apps line by line", says Lars Hartkopf, Netbiscuits' Head of Marketing, "If you are a designer, use the Netbiscuits drag & drop site builder to create next generation Mobile Web experiences, hosted by Netbiscuits. Either way the platform is easy to use and helps anyone to create rich media sites that are seamlessly optimized for all mobile handsets worldwide. Once registered, all applications and Websites developed will be automatically submitted into the contest."
A panel of judges representing industry experts from leading mobile companies such as Yahoo!, Ebay, Cisco, and Nokia Interactive will announce winners at Yankee Group's Mobile Internet World Developer Summit in Boston. Winners will be announced at 12:30 pm PT on Oct. 21st at Netbiscuits' booth #407. The 6 best Mobile Websites will win prizes worth more than $40,000: . 1st Prize: Netbiscuits Enterprise Edition, 6-month developer account, incl. 1m PI/month . 2nd and 3rd Prize: Netbiscuits Premium Edition, 6-month developer account, incl. 500k PI/month . 4th to 6th Prize: Netbiscuits Basic Edition, 6-month developer account, incl. 100k PI/month For official contest rules and additional information, please visit http://www.netbiscuits.com/miw
In addition to the contest, Netbiscuits will be hosting a series of Mobile Web development best practice workshops at the Mobile Internet World conference sharing valuable information for developers who want to learn more about Netbiscuits and how to create Mobile Web apps for virtually all mobile devices. During four workshop sessions heavy users of Netbiscuits including eBay, Nokia Interactive, and Cisco will demonstrate how they brought mobile portals and projects to life with the Netbiscuits platform. For the complete program, please visit the MIW Website at http://www.mobilenetx.com/?p=21
About Netbiscuits Netbiscuits operates the world's leading B2B web software platform for development, publishing and advertising in the Mobile Internet. Founded in 2000, the company with more than 80 employees in the USA, Germany, and Singapore serves the global Mobile Internet programs of premium brands such as Yahoo!, AOL, BILD, Spiegel, RTL, Konami, Sixt, and eBay. Globally Netbiscuits delivers more than 1 Billion mobile page impressions each month.
Following a unique approach, the Netbiscuits platform is available as a web-based software service. The platform provides all tools, interfaces and mobile enabling technologies online that are needed to create, publish, and monetize professional Mobile Web applications. Thereby Netbiscuits allows content & media publishers, marketing & advertising agencies, application developers, and service providers to achieve a faster path to profit from their Mobile Internet programs.
For more information please visit: www.netbiscuits.com.
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