Congratulations to the winners of the first hackNY hackathon!
- Grand prize – Foursquare Candidates by Hrishikesh Bakshi (Rutgers University) and Ian Jennings (Rutgers University)
- First place – Dropioke by Ryan Bubinski (Columbia University), Matt Ward (Columbia University), and Akiva Bamberger (Columbia University)
- Second place – Beatmon by Raymond Ko and Alex Laties
- Third place – Dropik by Dan Hoizner (CUNY College of Staten Island) and Eric Demaso (CUNY College of Staten Island)
- People’s Choice Award – Aviary Tennis by Max Stoller (NYU) and Tal Safran (NYU)
- Best Android App – Android for Chartbeat by Vincent Xue
The companies that participated were fantastic! They included:
Foursquare, Flat World Knowledge, Etsy, Drop.io, NYTimes, Snooth, VoteReports, Learbat, Knewton, Hot Potato, Hunch, nrelate, 10gen, Chartbeat and Aviary.





