45% of NYC BigApps’ finalists are BetaNYC member projects! (updated)
NYC BigApps 2014 finalists have been announced! We are so happy to see that of the final 20 projects, 9 of them are from BetaNYC’s community! That is 35% 45% of […]
Almost 20% of NYC BigApps 2014 projects were built by BetaNYC!
This is phenomenal! This year’s NYC BigApps 2014 has grown what we pioneered last year. Last year, we helped changed the focus of NYC BigApps from being a “startup” competition […]
Time to vote for NYC BigApps & celebrate at the Block Party
This Saturday is BigApps’ BlockParty. If you can attend, lets celebrate this milestone in the Nation’s largest civic technology app challenge! FYI, Chris and I will be judges. Also, it […]
2014.06.12 – NYC’s #CivicHacking Reportback
Photo by @ksFatima ** Recap of last night’s transit / transport hacknight ** Last night we had a great selection of projects. A majority of them have been posted as […]
NYC’s first ever #HackforChange week! A week dedicated to civic hacking.
These next two weeks are special! FIRST, we begin our hacknights in a new Manhattan location. SECOND, NEXT week is NYC’s first WEEK of civic hacking! Join us for a […]
On the release of NYPD’s Crash Data and NYC BigApps’ Vision Zero Challenge
“This is amazing, and more than what we were expecting – the geocoding and integration with the data portal are unexpected and *extremely* pleasant surprises.” “This dataset allows us to […]
NYC BigApps 2014 is now open!
NYC BigApps is back for 2014 with new rules and a new mission! Registration has now opened so visit NYCBigApps.com to learn more about the city’s largest civic tech event and sign up […]
A special message from NYC BigApps 2014! Register to be a mentor.
NYC BigApps launched in 2009 with a mission to open City data to the public. The competition is now the premier civic technology initiative of the City of New York. […]
A report back on NYC BigApps’ CityCamp & Demo Night
This past weekend, the New York City Metro Area hosted five National Day of Civic Hacking events! (Two in Manhattan, One in Brooklyn, One in Queens, and One in Newark, […]