NIT announces mobile app competition for students
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - In the framework of Global e-Government Forum, which will be held in October 7-8 in Astana, "National Information Technologies" will name the winners of the competition on mobile applications' development, the press service of the organization reports.
It bears to remind that the competition with the use of open data of www.data.gov.kz portal was announced on September 12 of the current year for students of colleges and universities.
Participants were tasked to develop a mobile application for mobile platforms iOS (version 6 +) or Android (version 4 +) using public data posted on the portal www.data.gov.kz through the API. Designs to be submitted until October 1, 2014. Originality of the idea, social significance, function and prospects for commercialization will be taken into account when assessing the developments. The prize fund: 1st place - MacBook Air; 2nd place - Apple iPad Air; 3rd place - Apple iPad mini. Open data portal was launched in 2013 as part of the initiative "Open government" in order to involve citizens in the administration of the state. With the help of the portal the public can easily find, download and use the data sets, as well as conduct comprehensive analyzes and studies. For more information visit www.data.gov.kz .