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Facebook, Gates Foundation Team Up to Create Apps For Future College Students
Facebook hosted a hackathon in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Thursday, kicking off the foundation's College Knowledge Challenge. That's a $2.5 million investment fund to encourage developers to make apps that meliorate the college process.
Thursday's Hackathon, "HackEd," aimed to mesh the digital Facebook crowd with the Gates' altruistic mission in hopes of creating apps that are useful to students (and their parents) nearing college years. At the end of the hack, a panel of judges will announce winners and give out prizes.
Stacey Childress, deputy director for the foundation's College Ready Challenge, tells Mashable the app developers will focus on one or…
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