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Join Walgreens, Facebook, Samsung, Evernote and more 

at the Sprint Developer Program Hackathon!

When: October 23-24, 2012

Where: San Jose Convention Center - 150 W. San Carlos St - San Jose, CA 95113

Cost: $20

How: Register at sprinthackathon.eventbrite.com

Learn More: Win Big With the Walgreens QuickPrints SDK at the Sprint Hackathon!

[About the event:]

Join the Sprint Developer Program and WIP on Tuesday, October 23 in San Jose for the official hackathon of the Sprint Open Solutions Conference. Sprint wants to see your best apps, and has stacks of cash and devices for prizes -- and the top app will get special recognition during Thursday evening's keynote from Sprint CEO Dan Hesse.

You'll get a chance to meet and get direct support from the Sprint Developer Program, as well as a host of great API and developer tool providers. All attendees will also get a code to register for FREE for the Sprint Open Solutions Conference ($350 value) when they attend the hackathon (these codes will be distributed onsite)!

Whatever your platform of choice or your area of expertise, you're welcome to join the fun (and if you don't have a team, we'll help you find one). 

[Walgreens & the Sprint Hackathon]

Walgreens will be featuring its QuickPrints SDK for iOS and Android at the Sprint Hackathon for developer attendees to utilize within their application hacks.  

Walgreens will feature multiple representatives on-hand at the event to discuss the QuickPrints SDK and Partner Program.  If you want to reach us at the event, feel free to send a tweet to @WalgreensAPI or email us at dev-events@walgreens.com.

Walgreens is excited to be a part of this event and look forward to seeing you there! The event is free to attend, and you can register at sprinthackathon.eventbrite.com.

The Walgreens Developer Program is pleased be the flagship sponsor for the first-ever Health 2.0 Chicago conference which will occur on Friday September 28 and Saturday 29.

Event Overview:

Chicago Health Tech and Health 2.0 is hosting the very first Health 2.0 Local conference focused on fostering the growth of the health tech ecosystem in Chicago and the greater Midwest.  Health 2.0 is bringing together the entrepreneurial and innovator community with the goal of sharing lessons learned and identifying opportunities for growth and innovation.  Health 2.0 believes that connecting health technology stakeholders, such as entrepreneurs, startups, providers, payers, investors and government policy makers in a vibrant environment for sharing are integral for this growth.

Event Times:

Fri, Sept 28, Day 1 - Main Conference at Spertus:  8:30 am – 6:00 pm / After Party at 1871 in Merchandise Mart : 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Sat, Sept 29, Day 2 - Code-a-thons/Make-a-thons and Innovator Fuse at 1871 in Merchandise Mart : 8:30am – 5:30 pm

Who should attend?

  ·        Anyone who wants the pulse on health technology in Chicago and the greater Midwest.

  ·        Entrepreneurs in health technology

  ·        Established healthcare stakeholders interested in collaborating with startups

  ·        Healthcare professionals with entrepreneurial interests

  ·        Technology innovators looking for opportunities in health and healthcare

  ·        Investors

To learn more information about this great event, please visit http://www.health2con.com/chicago/conferences/2012fall.  If you'd like to register for Health 2.0 event, you can do so at http://www.health2con.com/chicago/?ee=1.  You can also follow the event on Twitter via #H20Chi.

Attention all iOS Developers:

The Walgreens Developer Program team has just released version 1.1 of our QuickPrints for iOS SDK.

After the final version of iOS6 was released to developers on Wednesday September 12, we encountered an issue in our testing relating to how the final version of iOS6 leveraged the new armV7S framework. 

We have worked quickly to resolve that issue and are happy to report an updated version of our SDK is now available for iOS developers.

We don’t believe a SDK update will be required for all partner applications (depends on how/if you leveraged the armV frameworks, but wanted to let all of developers know either way.

Version 1.1 of the iOS SDK (and updated set of sample application source code) can now be downloaded on our iOS SDK documentation page.

Link - /api/quickprints/apimethod/quickprints-sdk-ios 

Walgreens is proud to introduce Whot! Shot as a new partner for the QuickPrints Developer Program. 

Whot! Shot allows you to capture, post, and print your iPhone/iPod Touch photos and discover mobile games in between picture takes.  All you have to do is choose your pictures from your picture roll or take them on the spot.  It's instant and incredibly easy. You can post picture images to Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter.  You can also send your pictures via email as an attachment or print them to a local Walgreens store.

According to Ime Etim, Co-Founder & COO of nKanika Inc., "Walgreens is my absolute favorite drugstore chain.  If I'm not going there to pick up photos, I'm there to rent Redbox movies, buy groceries, pick up medications for my elderly parents, or check out the latest tabloid gossip on the newsstand.  The word "whot" is old english for "hot".  I enjoy taking photos, posting photos, blogging and discovering new mobile games.  Whot! Shot came about as a way for me to bridge my passions."

Download the Whot! Shot app today via the Apple App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Walgreens is proud to introduce Kicksend as one of our launch partners for the QuickPrints SDK. 

Kicksend lets everyday people share and print big batches of photos with people they love. Kicksend's apps on iPhone, Android, desktop and web empower people to stay in touch with the people they care about through unique user experiences. Learn more at kicksend.com.

According to Pradeep Elankumaran, Kicksend Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, "Holding freshly printed photos of people and moments we care about is always a wonderful feeling. With Kicksend's QuickPrints integration, anyone can easily share, print and cherish memories from their iPhone for years to come."

Download the free Kicksend app today via the Apple App Store and Google Play marketplace.

Partner Updates:

• On September 5, 2012, Kicksend became the first partner to integrate QuickPrints within an Android application.  You can download their Android app today in the Google Play marketplace.
• Kicksend has also integrated QuickPrints into their Windows 8 PC/Tablet and Web applications.