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24-Hour Mobile App Creation Challenge Is On

17 Sep 2014, bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 (Bernama) -- Huddled in groups of three or four people, nearly 200 participants of the Malaysia Developers' Day (MYDD) 2014 put on their thinking caps to come up with the best mobile apps that would win the heart of judges tomorrow.

And there is a sense of urgency in that undertaking as they have to do it in 24 hours, by 2 pm tomorrow.

At stake is bragging rights as well as prizes totalling more than US$15,000 (US$1 = RM3.20), including 12 scholarships for online software training to empower the next generation of innovators in the region.

With the theme 'Building a Digital Ecosystem', the contestants are competing in three categories, namely, Best App for Community Involvement, Best App for Smart City and Best App for Commercialisation.

And right from the word 'Go', their creative juices flowed as they became more and more animated in their discussions, as with the group from the University of Nottingham Malaysia in Semenyih, Selangor.

The students - Malaysians Ahmad Firdani Azim and Ahmad Allauddeen Mostafa and Indian national Sharshad Kara Kuni - are keen on developing a mobile app to help the underprivileged.

"We want to create an app named 'Drop a Buck' to let the public and the needy use it for charity purposes. It will allow the needy to highlight their woes online so that others may come and help them out," Ahmad Firdani said.

The winning team of each category will get to present the apps at the KL Converge Gala Dinner on Friday and stands a chance to win the US$10,000 grand prize.

Jointly organised by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission and AT&T of the United States for the second consecutive year, the challenge is to develop a fully functional mobile app starting from scratch.

In his remarks at the start of the competition, US ambassador to Malaysia Joseph Y. Yun noted that mobile app developers had a huge influence on people's daily lives.

"They have a huge influence on how we all work and play besides raking in (financial) benefits from their creations," the envoy said.

AT&T Internal External and Regulatory Affairs executive director Jake E. Jennings said the competition got more interesting this year with the participation of international app developers.

"The competition is not only about creating an app, it's also about learning new experience, engaging with developers, sharing knowledge and time management," he told Bernama.

Teams were required to identify an issue and find the solutions by creating an app, he said of the competition.

Judges will evaluate their work based on three criteria, namely originality, technical aspects and presentation skills.
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