hackathon 2020 Archives | Microsoft Garage http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/tag/hackathon-2020/ Fri, 23 Jul 2021 21:29:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 A new digital assistant for your browser with Stay Current, a Microsoft Garage project http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2021/07/a-new-digital-assistant-for-your-browser-with-stay-current-a-microsoft-garage-project/ Thu, 22 Jul 2021 15:06:36 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=garage-en-us/?p=9147 We view the browser as a “window to the world”. As we browse online, we have access to all kinds of resources and information. There are some tasks we do every day that are monotonous and can very much be automated. With Stay Current, our mission is to transfer the power to automate to the people with relatively little effort—users....

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]]> Making Smart Cities: The power of hackathons brings together Rogers, UBC students, City of Kelowna, and Microsoft to advance 5G smart city applications http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2021/05/making-smart-cities-the-power-of-hackathons/ Mon, 17 May 2021 15:02:47 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=garage-en-us/?p=9078 The convergence of industry, public service, enterprise, and academia occurred in January 2020 when Rogers reached out to Microsoft to discuss a potential collaboration with UBC that would showcase the capability of 5G networks when paired with Azure Edge Compute technology. The plan was to get a group of the most creative computer science and electrical engineering students from UBC....

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