‘Hacking’ is creative problem solving, commonly through emerging technology and often at short fast-moving, caffeine-assisted events. The Hackathon for Wildlife aimed to develop innovative approaches ...

Companies hold code hackathons to help build team spirit, learn new skills and even create valuable products. If the company has offices around the globe, some careful scheduling can create an ...

You might think that getting hacked is always a bad thing, but that’s not how the people who make games view it. And Disney Interactive’s Star Wars: Commander team are inviting everyone on the team to ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Will Mari on Mar 24, 2014 at 9:45 am ...

Knowing where your food comes from and connecting to art and activist communities were the themes that emerged at a civic-minded hackathon held at Goucher College April 17-19. Coding for Community ...

It seems that almost every major feature on Facebook started as a hackathon project. Hackathons are all-night coding sessions where engineers get amped up on caffeine, brainstorm ideas, and build ...

If you can write computer code -- and think you're good at it -- there's no end of opportunities to prove your mastery in a fast-paced hackathon. Pick a project. Race the clock. See if you can create ...

The twice-annual weekend coding event has already built a reputation for being an early leader among other similar events organized by undergraduates. Boris Treskunov, a Penn sophomore, puts the ...

Ever wonder just how many Cokes a Vanderbilt University tuition is worth? Well, there's an app for that. Or, at least there could be. This weekend, nearly 450 college students from across the country ...

NASA’s Space Apps Challenge recently became the world’s largest open hackathon, with over 8,000 participants spanning 44 countries. Meanwhile, many of the features many of us use every day -- ...