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TokBox @ the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon

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This past weekend (September 8-9), TechCrunch held the 2012 Disrupt Hackathon at The Concourse at San Francisco Design Center.  It was an amazing event, featuring over 150 projects on Saturday and Sunday.

Hackathon

TokBox was one of 17 sponsors for the Hackathon, where 151 teams spent 24 hours through Saturday and Sunday working on projects with as many APIs as they could.  Many prizes were on the line – from iPhone 5s to MacBook Airs to cold hard cash and a chance to present at the Startup Battlefield during the week, everyone was out in full force.  TokBox had 5 members building projects and networking with hackers and had a great time.  At final count during the presentations, they were 9 teams that built using the OpenTok API (including 2 in-house apps).  Some of the cool ones included:

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TokBox disrupts the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference

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After getting some much-needed rest, there was much fun to be had at the actual Disrupt conference, featuring big names like Kevin Rose, Mark Zuckerberg, Jessica Alba, Michael Arrington and more!  Not only did we get enough shirts and shwag to represent a different startup for every day of the month, but we met some really cool partners, featured on the battlefield, and they were:

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