Posted by Comments Last month we told you about Snaptic and HopeLab “Move Your App” Developer’s Challenge to encourage Android developers to create apps for physical activities. The winners have been announced and most of the apps are in the Android Market to download. Here are the winners and brief app description: 1st Place Pickup Sports, Peter Ma of Los Angeles, CA. Pickup Sports is for you to find pick up games in your local areas, basketball 3 on 3, football 5 on 5. With this app, your sport activities can never be easier. Now you’ll never have to worry about going to park not finding anybody to play with. As a detective with a doctorate in takin’ names, you pride yourself in finding clues, solving them, and closing cases. Doctor, can you solve the puzzle behind the murder mystery at Sunnytown University? 3rd Place , Atlanta GA. Developer: Conroy Whitney Wagz is a virtual dog Read More

Jamie Oliver's 2010 TED Prize wish was for people to get behind a movement to combat obesity. "My wish is for you to help a strong sustainable movement to educate every child about food, to inspire families to cook again, and to empower people everywhere to fight obesity," he said. Partially as an effort to realize Oliver's wish, Snaptic, in partnership with HopeLab and TED, launched the Move Your App competition, which challenged developers to create an Android app that would "inspire and track physical movement." A total of 246 developers from twelve countries and three continents registered for the Move Your App challenge. The Huffington Post is pleased to unveil the ten finalists. These apps, created by developers from places as diverse as Cambodia and Turkey, LA and Seattle, enable people to use their Android phones to get fit. The ten apps range from an augmented reality game featuring interactive Read More