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Ribbit Checkpoint 2 Winners Announced - Still $95,000 up for Grabs!

The Ribbit Team is excited to announce the winners of Checkpoint 2 of the Killer App Challenge!

wkozi and dr_zeus have both won $1000 first prizes for their apps, and amiune, areyoukovi, ValD and velorien have all won $250 Second Prizes. Congratulations!

Checkpoint 3 is coming in 10 days and there’s $5000 on the line, then we head into the final stretch when we’ll be awarding five $15,000 Best in Category prizes plus the $15,000 Best in Show Grand Prize. One TopCoder member is going to win $30,000!

If you haven’t yet submitted, it’s not too late. While the front runners here certainly have a head start, any flash/flex Killer App submitted before the Checkpoint 3 deadline will be eligible to win. And in fact, we’ll be giving away a sweet Ribbit T-Shirt to anyone who submits before February 23rd.

 
 

$1000 First Prize Winners

Killer App: “Yeaah Widget”
by: wkozi

Description: Yeaah is acronym for ‘Yet Another virtuAl pHone application’. Place a widget on your Facebook profile and enjoy it. Widget allows contact with you without giving any of your data (phone number, email address). You alone decide how other users can contact with you.
 
 
 
 
Killer App: “InSite Voice Support”
by: dr_zeus
Description: Contacting any large company’s customer service department should be easier. We already have to visit the company’s website to find the right phone number. Wouldn’t it be great if we could make the call directly in the browser and right on the same webpage? Even better, what if it were free? 
 
 
 

$250 Second Prize Winners

 
 
Killer App: “SocialPhone”
by: amiune
Description: A simple facebook app that allows you to talk with your facebook contacts all over the world wherever they are with just a click. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Killer App: “Ultimate Local”
by: areyoukovi
Description: Looking for your favorite restaurant or finding a local watering hole shouldn’t add to your busy day. Ultimate local will help everyone from the consummate explorer to the geographically-challenged find local businesses quicker and more easily.
 
 
 
 
Killer App: “Customer Support Widget”
by: ValD
Description: A website widget that allows users to leave their support requests and check status of their requests. Sales/support can call back those users in an organized manner. This widget challenges the traditional concept of the “Contact Us” page, and is a compact solution that includes both support request and support calling functionality.
 
 
 
 
Killer App: “Call Scheduler”
by: velorien
Description: A lightweight desktop application useful for scheduling calls. It can be minimized into system tray and it will pop out whenever a scheduled call is due, prompting the user to take action. While a call is in action, it allows the user to see what other scheduled calls are near, in a configurable timeframe, so that he may plan accordingly. 
 
 
 

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