The person who conceived the Philly Enterprise Hackathon says the contest is not a cheap way for its sponsors to contract for app development. The person who conceived the Philly Enterprise Hackathon ...

Thinking about organizing a hackathon to power up new innovations? Read these tips to make sure you host a fun, impactful event. Hackathons have taken the world by storm, happening all over the globe ...

Controversy has erupted surrounding Salesforce.com's $1 million hackathon, held at Dreamforce last week. Two developers who won the prize have been accused of breaking the rules of the contest.

Salesforce is responding to the controversy over its hackathon like an absent parent: by showering the runner-up team with cash prizes. Last week, the cloud computing firm came under attack from ...

Hackathons, those one- or two-day innovation sprints in which teams of like-minded, well-intentioned, super-excited people gather to develop solutions to a designated challenge, can often be less ...