Inspired By Apps for Democracy, 'Apps4Russia' Prepares to Launch
BY Becky Kazansky | Friday, June 24 2011
Yesterday, a group of Russian bloggers, developers, and transparency proponents let slip the news of a new open data app competition they've organized, Apps4Russia. The official announcement is slated for Tuesday, June ... Read More
The Petering Out of Apps Contests
BY Nancy Scola | Tuesday, May 17 2011
Looking at civic apps that haven't gone much of anywhere, Government Technology's Andy Opsahl asks what the future holds for "Apps for X" contests that were, until recently, all the rage. He interviews some of ... Read More
A Mobile App Store for America's Not-Quite-Mobile Army
BY Nancy Scola | Thursday, April 28 2011
Wired's Spencer Ackerman takes a peek inside the U.S. Army's very own app store, to be released soon if it get get internal approval: Called Army Marketplace, it’ll start off featuring the few dozen applications that ... Read More
iCow, and Other Apps for East Africa
BY Nancy Scola | Monday, October 4 2010
Remember "Apps 4 Africa," the contest being put on in East Africa by the U.S. State Department aimed at stimulating local developers to build apps that in some way improve the quality of life in Africa? The ... Read More
State Dept. Calls for Apps for E. Africa, By E. Africans
BY Nancy Scola | Thursday, July 1 2010
The U.S. State Department and local entrepreneurs announced the launch of an Apps 4 Africa contest in Nairobi earlier today. Read More
Military Plans Internal "Apps for Army" Contest
BY Nancy Scola | Friday, September 11 2009