Microsoft employees and interns will come together to learn, share, and create during One Week, July 24–28, 2017. We’re already gearing up for the main event—our global Hackathon. Plus, Expo, Give ...

A 24-hour hackathon sponsored by several university groups happened over the weekend of Jan. 18 inside the Erb Memorial Union’s Redwood Auditorium. The event had over 100 participants and 22 projects ...

Hackathon prize money keeps rising each year as organizations learn to take advantage of their value. Runner-up cash prizes are now in the thousands, and grand-prize payouts are as high as $1 million.

Hackathons are events that bring together computer programmers and engineers to collaborate on developing software, hardware, or other technological solutions within a limited time frame — usually ...

As the gospel of Silicon Valley-style disruption spreads to every sector in the economy, so too have the industry’s favorite competitive ritual, hackathons. The contests, where small teams of “hackers ...

One of America’s oldest toy companies, Hasbro, recently gathered 150 developers and created 45 products in just a few days that traditionally could have cost billions of dollars and possibly years of ...

Over the years, I have led or participated in nearly a dozen hackathons and have seen firsthand the benefits they deliver for companies and customers. The concept of an organized "hackathon" actually ...