TechCrunch Hackathon 2011 Winners

2nd Honorable Mention, Venture Crapital
1st Honorable Mention, JoystiCC
On the 4th place, Dispatch IO
On the 3rd place, Doach - The Dating Coach
On the 2nd place, Docracy
On the 1st place, Gilt-ii

Other mentions:
Whodata wins best data/API award from Palantir!

Xoom vs. Galaxy vs. iPad2

I've recently wrote a comparison article on the Motorola Xoom vs. the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. I'm currently seeking to buy a tablet device and was aiming only at Android tablets. The conclusion on that article was, that both reviewed devices were almost identical, in terms of design, hardware/software and price tags. (Very uncompetitive in my opinion) So I'll do a follow up to that article , throwing Apple's iPad in the game. Let us see what conclusions we can draw up after that. I should also state at this point that I generally don't like Apple and their products due to bad personal experience. I'll try my best for a un-biased comparison/review.

Games for Cats!

Who said that tablets are only for humans? Friskies developed 3 games that are intended to be used by our feline friends.

All games are developed using HTML5 and CSS3, this way you can use a URL and an HTML5/CSS3 enabled browser to let your cats play the games. Of course you would want to open these up in your iPad or Android tablet and let your cats use the touchscreen rather than your mouse...or worse, your 27" inch IPS monitor that doesn't support touchscreen features. :p

The colors, movement, and game-play have been researched and tested for maximum feline fun. See the Games for Cats in action in the video below:

Free PC maintenance tools

I'll start this list of tools with a small and very useful tool to clean up useless files from your Windows PC.

CCleaner (free)
Link: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

It is a free utility, 3Mb in size, and with it you can clean unnecessary files from your Windows computer. It also features a Registry cleaning tool. You can also integrate it with your Recycle Bin for easy access.

Defraggler (free)
Link: http://www.piriform.com/defraggler

This utility comes from the same developer and is a simple defragment tool for your Windows computer. It is fast and better than the one that comes with Windoze.

SpyBot S&D (free)
Link: http://www.safer-networking.org/gr/mirrors/index.html

Finally a free Anti-spam utility to shield you from malicious websites. It protects your pc from malware with a huge list of blocked addresses that this program injects into your Windows Hosts file.

I use these three utilities almost daily, except defraggler which I use once per week. SpyBot SD issues updates regularly and with it you can surf the web with a clear mind.

Ofcourse you should accompany SpyBot with a real-time antivirus and a firewall to ensure maximum protection against attacks and viruses.

If you have a suggestion for this list please leave a comment and I'll include it with the rest!

A Developer's guide to the App Galaxy!

Google launched a very beautiful website for mobile applications developers, to help them brand and promote their application in the ever increasing galaxy of applications. Ass you "maneuver" this guide, you will get the basics app promotion, monetization and measurement.

Inside the guide you will also find success stories from well known developers like, Rovio or The Weather Channe.

The guide is featured in four other languages besides English. You will find, a French, a German, a Japanese and a Korean version of the guide.

The Guide to the AppGalaxy