This week, November 7th through the 10th, Microsoft hosted educators all over the world in Washington, D.C. for the annual Partners in Learning Global Forum event. Educators got the opportunity to network, attend keynote speeches from educational leaders and present their own innovative projects that leverage technology in the classroom. ...

The Software Design competition is the premier category for student teams at the Imagine Cup. Leveraging a plethora of technology including Microsoft’s programming stacks, custom hardware, and in some cases ingenious hacks of off-the-shelf components, these teams focus on some lofty goals. Instead of aiming their sights at some new business ...

The Software Design competition is the premier category for student teams at the Imagine Cup. Leveraging a plethora of technology including Microsoft’s programming stacks, custom hardware, and in some cases ingenious hacks of off-the-shelf components, these teams focus on some lofty goals. Instead of aiming their sights at some new business ...

Mobile game development is arguably one of the sectors achieving the highest growth today. With the explosive adoption of smart phones and app stores, independent developers and game studios are flocking to the various mobile phone platforms to carve out a slice of the action. This is reflected at the Imagine ...

The road to the Imagine Cup world finals isn’t easy. There are regional events and national competitions you must win to advance and represent your country in a given category. But before that, you need to have an idea. And not just any idea — an idea that can change ...

The ninth annual Imagine Cup by Microsoft kicked off yesterday in New York City. Students and their teams from all of the world are here in a competition that is affectionately called the “Nerd Olympics.” As I found out last year covering the event in Poland, that term of endearment ...

Want to have a say in what world-changing projects get recognized at this year’s Imagine Cup? Voting has been open for a couple weeks and there are some great ideas from teams all of the world working to solve some of the world’s toughest challenges. Each team is made up of ...

The worldwide finalists for this year’s Imagine Cup in New York City have been announced. 124 teams from 73 countries all of the world will convene in New York City to compete head to head in what can be best described as a kind of technology Olympics. Covering categories such as ...

I continue to be inspired by the solutions that entrants in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup come up with to help improve our lives and solve global challenges. Whether tackling problems head on in the software design category or through education and awareness through game design, teams learn how to design solutions, ...

Programming can be overwhelming for all but the most determined kids. I learned BASIC at an early age in attempt to create my own games. My cousin, after learning that Wolfenstein 3D was written in C++, picked up the Borland compiler and a book on game programming. He didn’t get ...