Google Gadget Awards
If you’re a student with an email address ending in .edu, the Google Gadget Awards is your chance to win a Google programming competition – even if you’re not a programming ninja. If you’ve ever taken a web design class, you can probably create a gadget in a few minutes – no need to download anything or even own hosting space. Once you’ve submitted your gadget, people can add it to their Google homepage with a few mouse clicks.
Gagets are plugins for Google Desktop or code that run work on web pages. Apply by November 1st.
Google asks students for gadgets
October 11th, 2006 at 12:52 pm
[...] While reading the exponent today, I came across an article about the Google Gadget Awards. It is a competition for college students to come up with new gadgets. Gadgets were defined as a variety of programs that are added to Web sites to improve functionality. There are eight awards given at the competition including the gadget most likely to help you get a date. This competition is supposed to be fun and it helps students get excited about the skills they have and lets them receive feedback from others. [...]
June 28th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Google is funding developers to work on creating gadgets through Google Gadget Ventures. Great idea…