Birthday Post App Wins At Facebook Developers World Hack In Austin
A group from tech agency R/GA traveled to the Facebook Developers World Hack competition in Austin, Texas, hoping to solve a simple problem: what to write on a friend's timeline on their birthday. Knowing that "Happy birthday!" is entirely passé, the two developers created an application that suggests a more creative post for a friend's special day. They ended up winning the best mobile application category at the Austin World Hack.
A group from tech agency R/GA traveled to the Facebook Developers World Hack competition in Austin, Texas, hoping to solve a simple problem: what to write on a friend’s timeline on their birthday. Knowing that “Happy birthday!” is entirely passé, the two developers created an application that suggests a more creative post for a friend’s special day. They ended up winning the best mobile application category at the Austin World Hack.
Facebook loves putting on hackathons — competitions where developers have a limited amount of time to come up with an innovative app within the site’s application-programming interface.
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