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Like many other King of Code finalists, iPhone developer Ricky Robinett got an early start. In middle school, he built a basic side-scroller application using Visual Basic. Now, over a decade later, he’s still programming and thinking much bigger.
The best athletes are the ones who train regularly. Robinett’s experience suggests that the same can be … Continue Reading
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Mobile developer Brian Hamachek got a pretty early start.
At age 7, he discovered Visual Basic in Microsoft Excel. At age 13, he was studying computer science at Stanford University. By the time he turned 20, he was an expert at the Microsoft technology stack — ASP.NET, C#, MS-SQL — as well as standard languages like … Continue Reading
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Daniel Shein is the quintessential mobile developer. Breaking into the space as early as 2005, his creations run the gamut from simple games to augmented reality applications to life-hacking mobile tools.
After cutting his teeth on e-commerce websites — programming in PHP, Perl and Javascript for various companies — he got into phone development with J2ME. … Continue Reading
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It all started with a snake.
In 2010, independent game designer Adrien Duermaël set out to make a simple mobile game that would take advantage of smartphone accelerometers and that anyone could play. The result was Doodle Grub, a game where you direct a snake to eat apples and avoid enemies just by tilting your … Continue Reading
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In today’s connected world, small business owners can’t be restricted to their homes or offices. They need to be able to make decisions and react to news on the fly. That’s the conviction behind Cube, a suite of mobile applications spearheaded by developer Sérgio Silva.
His motto: “Your business anytime, anywhere.”
Designed for doctors, lawyers, … Continue Reading
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Imagine you’re driving home late at night. It’s very late and you’re exhausted. No one else knows where you are and the roads are dark. Suddenly a deer runs across your path and you swerve, crashing into the trunk of a tree and knocking yourself unconscious.
Under usual circumstances, you might not be discovered or … Continue Reading
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Every time the field of mobile photo applications starts looking a little crowded, a new entrant appears to push things forward. One such app, worth a serious look, is ProCamera, developed by Germany-based Jens Daemgen.
Daemgen has been developing iPhone applications since the launch of the Apple App Store, and he is well-known within the … Continue Reading
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Richard Vanner of U.K.-based development firm The Game Creators is playing both sides of the fence. His team doesn’t just make games — with several hugely successful iOS titles under its belt — it has been building tools for other game makers for over a decade.
Games iDare and iDork put Vanner et al. on … Continue Reading
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Just 18 years old and fresh out of high school, David Magnotti is already making a name for himself as a mobile developer. The founder of Noble Ox Technology, Magnotti has published four applications for Windows Phone and Android that have already racked up thousands of downloads.
In Magnotti’s case experience has little to do … Continue Reading
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Game developer P.J. Snavely got his start at age 9 hacking into published games on his Commodore 64. Today, he has 15 games of his own under his belt, including a No. 1 title in the iPhone Kids category.
After graduating with a degree in computer engineering from the University of South Carolina, Snavely cut … Continue Reading
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Rolandes Razma wants people to meet each other in new, interesting ways — and he’s leveraging mobile application technology to make it happen. As CEO of UD7 — the development shop behind dating app LatteDate and messaging app Floonr, among others — he’s one of the top social application innovators for the Apple AppStore. And … Continue Reading
The King of Code contest is sponsored by Windows Phone and is open to developers on any mobile platform.
Meet Antonio Revaliente, VentureBeat’s first King of Code finalist. Leading the team that builds successful mobile invoicing application iFacturas for Windows Phone 7 and the iPhone, Revaliente has proved himself to be a young titan in the global financial app scene.
iFacturas offers mobile billing in Norway and Spain and is quickly becoming an essential … Continue Reading
VentureBeat Staff
VentureBeat has officially launched its King of Code Contest. In partnership with Microsoft’s Windows Phone, we will be crowning the best mobile developers in the business.
Are you a mobile application developer looking to get the word out? If so, this is the opportunity for you. Winners of the King of Code Contest will be publicized on VentureBeat on a weekly basis, attracting attention to their mobile apps or startups — in addition to receiving … Continue Reading
Dean Takahashi
Every week, VentureBeat editors are crowning the very best mobile developers as “King of Code” via an exclusive editorial profile on VentureBeat.com. We’re looking for innovative developers who are really pushing the envelope in the mobile space. Enter here for a chance to win an exclusive profile on VentureBeat.com, a $1,000 AMEX Gift Card, an Xbox & Kinect Package, and/or a Windows Phone 7 Device. The King of Code contest is sponsored by Windows Phone… Continue Reading
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