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Google AdMob Student App Challenge

Overview

Are you a student who loves to code or have a great idea for a mobile app? Maybe you’re building one right now. Or perhaps you’ve been putting it off in the hope that one day there’ll be an amazing app-building contest run by Google. One where you’ll be able to test your ingenuity and coding skills against other students from around the world. Yup, that day has arrived.

The AdMob Student App Challenge is a mobile app contest open exclusively to students. The goal is to build a great app, and learn to make money from it with AdMob, while competing with other students globally.

AdMob is a platform for app developers to help them make money from apps and advertise them too, and it’s owned by Google.

Win Prizes

We’ve got some awesome Google-sized prizes, such as a week-long trip to San Francisco including a visit to Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, the opportunity to get your app featured on the Google Play Store and other cool things.

Get Started

So how does it work? Have a read through these steps and you’ll learn all you need to know to take part. The AdMob Student App Challenge is an exciting opportunity for you to combine both your technical and business skills to build a successful mobile app strategy. The clock is ticking so when you’re ready, register here.

Don’t forget to follow us on the AdMob Google+ page for the latest updates and announcements.

Register Now

AdMob Student App Challenge

Do you have a wacky idea for an app? 

Do you love coding?

Do you want your app to be featured on the Play Store?

Do you want to be flown to the Google HQ? and win amazing prizes!

Well,the time has come for you to think out-of-the-box, ponder over an interesting idea, one which has never been implemented before as you'll be pitted against other students from all over the world. So hone your coding skills, put in your best foot forward and come up with the most innovative app idea ever.

The AdMob Student App Challenge launched early last week, and while registration will remain open until March 31, it will be important for all teams to be aware of some key deadlines and events. See below for timeline of events, which is you can find on the AdMob Student App Challenge website as well.

• Student registration window: through 31 March 2014
• Competition window: through 15 April 2014
• Deadline for submitting app for judge’s review: 31 March 2014
• Deadline for submitting business report: 15 April 2014
• Finalists Announcements: 15 May 2014
• Global Winner Announcement: 28 May 2014

To stay up to date on any and all Challenge-related announcements, be sure to follow AdMob on Google +.

Best of Luck! and

Register Now!

Finally...The Google Swag Has Arrived!

Without much ado. Let me get straight to the point. Gaurav ( BMSIT,GSA for those of you who don't know who he is :P) recently received a huge package. After tearing it apart, this is what we found!

Google swag! Woo-hoo!

Now lets have an impromptu contest. Its simple!

Name the items(Google merchandise) you can see (and the ones that are obscured). You can guess the rest of the swag apart from the ones directly staring at your face! Two lucky people get a head start for the next Google event! Don't forget to add in your name, semester and branch!

G+ and Photography Event

Are you interested in knowing more about Google+?

Do you want to know how g+ is better than other social media?

Do you like clicking weird photographs?

Do you want to redefine craziness? 

Though our college doesn't have much extracurricular activities,albeit a handful of them. The college Google student club is finally putting up an event on the 25th of September,2013 at 1:30 pm in the main block seminar hall. Its basically going to be a fun information session which talks about Google+. A brief introduction about it will be shown through an interactive presentation and also emphasis will be given on the various user-friendly features laden in it.

After the brief info session we'll be having a photography event. Yes, you heard it right! A photography event. We know that people especially college students love clicking and posing for pics.Well, here's your chance.Before I continue let me be clear that this is open to everybody. You don't need to be a pro or an amateur. You just need to click pictures. As simple as that! A series of tasks which involves taking photos in different poses is given during the event and the same has to be submitted to us before the stipulated time. Also beware, the teams posting indecent,obscene pictures will be eliminated on spot 

Aah...finally coming to the the most important part of it. The winners get to take home Google swag! How cool is that? Google merchandise like t-shirts, pouches etc will be distributed shortly.

Bring out the craziness and madness within you. Be as creative and weird as possible.

Looking forward  for an event filled with fun and frolic

-The GSC Team, BMSIT  

Have a break, Have a KitKat

On September 3rd, 2013 Google without much fanfare announced the latest version of its Android operating system. Android has a rich heritage of naming its operating systems with desserts (or confectionery products) and has been alphabetically followed ever since its inception. 

Here is the brief and accurate information on the different code names of Android. Read more about the Android story here

·         Android milestone builds (with Astro Boy and Bender floating around in here somewhere)

·         Android 1.0 (No codename)

·         Android 1.1 - Petit Four

·         Android 1.5 - Cupcake

·         Android 1.6 - Donut

·         Android 2.0 - Éclair

·         Android 2.1 - Éclair

·         Android 2.2 - Froyo

·         Android 2.3 - Gingerbread

·         Android 3.0 - Honeycomb

·         Android 4.0 - Ice Cream Sandwich

·         Android 4.1 - Jelly Bean

·         Android 4.3 - Jelly Bean

The latest one to be added is the world famous ubiquitous chocolate bars which is produced by Nestle known as KitKat. Rumor has it that Google and Nestle went on non-monetary agreement to strike a deal and everything was done and dusted within a time span of one hour!

But there is a significant promotional element: 50 million KitKat bars in 19 countries including India will have prominent Android branding and offer buyers the chance to win a Nexus 7 tablet and Google Play gift cards. All those wrappers started production two months ago in secret so they would be ready for the promotion.  

The whole tech world was taken by storm as everybody expected the new OS to be Key lime Pie, but then other sources say that due to the insufficient popularity of KLP, another popular product was decided. Internal sources also say that the programmers at the Goggle headquarters used to take KitKat breaks at midnight which adds more credibility to the name chosen.

In fact Key Lime Pie was a decoy code name for the next Android OS. It was a deliberate attempt and strategically planned to confuse people. The naming of the new OS was such a clandestine and hush-hush affair that even the Google employees actually fell for it.   

According to the Verge, it says "adding to the air of intrigue, Nestle is commemorating the partnership with 500 specially-produced KitKats in the shape of the Android logo that the company claims took "weeks" to create in "a secret location in Europe."

We also have a video where KitKat mocks Apple with a 4.4 parody video

Meanwhile back in India, some IIT grads are making a compelling case for Android head honcho, Mr. Sunder Pichai to name the next Android OS as ladoo or lassi. Well it might sound amusing but then you never know,the world might take a liking towards Indian sweets.There are also rumor mills churning around that Google might strike a deal with Haldiram’s to come up with something similar to what Nestle is doing but I guess that will never see the light of the day anytime soon.

Sources: The Verge, Techradar 

Welcome to the GSC,BMSIT

Hi, guys...

A warm welcome to the official blog of the Google student club of BMSIT.

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Basically its a credible source of information about everything related to technology