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Now that the mini-challenges (Stages 1 & 2) are behind us, it’s time to get ready for some big time coding! With a deadline of February 28th, our focus now turns to the main competition. New participants and participants from Stages 1 and 2 as well as from the Africa competitions are welcome to join.

There is still plenty of time to join the Apps For Africa competitions. You have until January 31^st.

All you have to do is submit:

1. A fully functioning application
2. A video which demonstrates your application (*)

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of Technology For Good Apps Competition (Stage 2) of the Ericsson Application Awards.

We have received a number of really good contributions for Stage 2 of the competition.
With the evaluation process now complete, we are able to reveal the winners sooner than anticipated. Keep an eye out for the announcement on Monday, December 12^th.

Stage 2 of the competition is now closed. We have received a lot of innovative ideas. The evaluation process has already begun and we will be announcing the winning team on December 16.

This week we caught up with the guys at HipSnip, 2011 winners of the EAA in the company category. It sounds like things are really moving forward for them.

Stumped for an idea for an app for your submission? Here’s some inspiration:

Last week we released our Indoor Maps and Positioning platform on Ericsson Labs. The platform provides you with all the tools you need to create powerful indoor navigation applications.

Now that the Stage 1 winners have been announced and we’ve had a chance to catch our breath, it’s time to embark on the second stage of the competition. You have until December 5th.

We have been very impressed with the submissions for Stage 1 of the Ericsson Application Awards! It’s fantastic to see so many innovative ideas focused on Technology for Good. It has been a difficult task for the jury to identify the winners, but here they are:

Winning Teams
Winner: Partech Solutions, Kenya, and their Mare Mare service, a goods-for-goods service
1st runner up: CareFactor, Sweden, and their idea of reducing food waste

Due to the overwhelming number of really excellent submissions we have received for Stage 1, we will be delaying the announcement of the winners for a few days. This is to allow the jury members more time to go through the entries in order to carefully select the winners. The winners will be announced on Friday, October 21st.