AOL and TopCoder Announce AOL Video Mashup Competition
AOL and TopCoder, Inc., a leader in online programming competition,
skills assessment and competitive software development, today announced
a call for entries in the AOL Video Mashup Competition. Developers
submit original concepts for Web applications based on new AOL Video
Search APIs that enable users to mashup and integrate AOL’s
powerful video search technology directly into their Web sites and
online communities.
Developers are asked to design a graphical user interface or submit a
written explanation in order to clearly convey their mashup concept
using AOL Video Search APIs. All submissions are due by January 5, 2007.
Finalists will be selected on January 22, 2007. AOL will choose the
winner from the finalists who participate in the Review and Revision
phase, in which AOL works with each designer finalist to refine their
idea. The winner will be announced on February 8, 2007 and will receive
a grand prize of $12,000. For contest details and rules, visit: http://studio.topcoder.com/.
AOL Video Search APIs, which are available in both REST and AJAX, enable
third-party developers to build innovative video search-driven
applications that access AOL’s extensive index
containing millions of videos from across the Web. The AOL Video Search
APIs enable users to mashup and integrate the following functionality
directly into their Web sites:
-- Advanced keyword searching as well as video browsing by category,
channel, tag or user
-- Advanced sorting and filtering capabilities for video search results
-- Rich support for user ratings, tagging, favorites, etc.
-- Integrated support for easy user sharing on social networking sites,
blogs, etc.
-- Full RSS support to enable easy syndication of video search results
-- Easy self-service online sign-up
AOL provides a range of resources for developers to build customized
third-party applications, plug-ins and mashups based on its leading
products and services. For more information about available open APIs,
tools and documentation for services such as Open AIM®,
AIM® Pages, AIM®
Phoneline, AOL® Video Search, MapQuest®,
Winamp® and others, please visit http://dev.aol.com/.
About AOL
AOL is a global Web services company that operates some of the most
popular Web destinations, offers a comprehensive suite of free software
and services, runs the country's largest Internet access business, and
provides a full set of advertising solutions. A majority-owned
subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. AOL LLC is based in Dulles, Virginia. AOL
and its subsidiaries also have operations in Europe, Canada and Asia.
Learn more at AOL.com.
About TopCoder, Inc.
TopCoder is the recognized leader in identifying, evaluating and
mobilizing effective software development resources. Through its
proprietary programming competitions and rating system, TopCoder
recognizes and promotes the abilities of the best programmers around the
world. TopCoder Software harnesses the talent of these developers to
design, develop and deploy software through its revolutionary
competitive development methodology. TopCoder's methodology emphasizes
thorough specification and design, distributed development using
reusable components, and a rigorous quality assurance review process and
results in higher quality, lower cost software solutions than
traditional software development methodologies. For more information
about sponsoring TopCoder Events, recruiting TopCoder members and
utilizing TopCoder Software, visit http://www.topcoder.com/.
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