iPhone App Wins Top Honors at Microsoft Sponsored Event

John Cook:

Interestingly, 14 of the 15 teams at the event built their products on the Microsoft platform — driven in part by the prize money offered by the BizSpark program. But at the end of the day, it was a mobile app on a competing platform that won the most votes in Microsoft’s backyard.

“Awkward,” whispered Startup Weekend organizer Clint Nelsen into the microphone upon announcing the top voter getter.

★ Monday, 31 August 2009