For the first time at TADHack we had a sponsor outside the telecoms industry, Carrefour, a French multinational retailer. They are the second largest hypermarket chain in the world, with 1600 hypermarkets. They operate in 30 countries, in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. Carrefour means “crossroads” and “public square” in French. Given TADHack is … Continue reading Carrefour at TADHack Global
TADHack-mini Uruguay took place on the 10th and 11th May (Tuesday and Wednesday) at the Universidad ORT Uruguay (Campus Centro) in the vibrant city of Montevideo. We are grateful for Universidad ORT Uruguay’s cooperation in making this event possible. As at every TADHack around the world the enthusiasm, creativity, and skills are world class. Because … Continue reading TADHack-mini Uruguay 2016 Summary
This year’s TADHack edition was particularly meaningful to me as it marked a few great milestones. First of all, exactly a year ago I was participating in my first hackathon – being TADHack mini London 2015. Secondly, I discovered University College London at TADHack that year and it gave me the idea to apply for … Continue reading Sacha Nacar on TADHack-mini London
TADHack-mini London was larger that last year with 88 people through the door, 18 hacks, with more diversity of people involved, and many more hacks winning that required little coding. For example, using webhooks between Cisco Spark and IBM Bluemix. This is an important trend; the tools and platforms continue to democratize telecoms so more … Continue reading TADHack London Part 2
TADHack-mini London was larger that last year with 88 people through the door, with 18 hacks, with more diversity of people involved, and many more hacks winning that required little coding. This is an important trend; the tools and platforms continue to democratize telecoms so more and more people can use it their applications, services … Continue reading Quick Summary of TADHack-mini London 2016 and the Winners
In a previous weblog post we listed all the hacks generated so far through TADHack-mini and TADHack Global since 2014. With a brief description and link to the YouTube video. This weblog examines some of the TADHack stats in all those hacks. Of the over 200 hacks created 40 (20%) are currently either commercial or in … Continue reading TADHack Stats
The ProbatioNerds are a team of six IIT (Illinois Institute of Technology) graduate students. Caterina heard about the TADHack and convinced her roommates Adnan and Sergio to join; with the guys next door Javier, Ernesto, and their friend Marion. They always joked they waste too much time, that they will be placed on academic probation, … Continue reading ProbatioNerds at TADHack Chicago
I am a product management and product marketing consultant that’s been focused on WebRTC for the past couple of years. I am not a professional developer. This is how I won $1000 as an amateur at the TADHack. My background I did go to school for Electrical Engineering and did some coding there (mostly assembly … Continue reading How a Marketing Guy Won TADHack with ThirdEye
We try here to capture most of the weblogs written about TADHack Global 2015 13-14 June, its amazing how many there are! If we’re missing your’s please let us know in the comments and we’ll add them to the list. Weblogs from the winners Thomas Howe with KISST Kevin Prince with Backpacker Telecom PlayMyBand … Continue reading Weblog of TADHack Weblogs
My Customer Service Hack by Neil Flynn (@_neilf) Over the weekend of June 13-14, I attended TADHack 2015 Dublin, held at the NDRC in Dublin, Ireland. For my hack I developed a Customer Service Application that allows customers to communicate with a Customer Service agent via instant message and at the end of the conversation log … Continue reading Neil Flynn on TADHack Dublin