Microsoft Imagine Cup:India,the winners in Windows azure challenge

Microsoft announces the winners of the Imagine cup.Imagine cup is a competition of student technologist ,developers and the creators of the innovative projects and ultimately they bring the their ideas to the market.
Imagine cup winners are categorized in the three major competition-innovation ,games and world citizenship and they get eight special awards from the imagine cup sponsors.
India got a first prize in windows azure challenge which was  by the team Y-Nots of the three people -Abdul Rahman ,Nawaz Dhandala ,Anshal Anand,they made a project of local social networking app” zoik it!!

zoik it!! its a app for the users who love to trek,who are in the same city and having a free time. It can send  a notification to all your local friends who are interested to hike and to meet up.zoik will help you to connect the people at real physical location easy and fast!
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WINNERS OF THE IMAGINE CUP:
Windows Azure Challenge
• First Place, $10,000 Prize:  India, Project: Zoik It!
• Second Place, $5,000 Prize: Ukraine, Project: onQuests
• Third Place, $3,000 Prize:  China, Project: Get & Put
Innovation
• First Place, $50,000 prize:, United Kingdom, Project: SoundSYNK
• Second Place, $10,000 prize: Slovenia, Project: DORA
• Third Place, $5,000 prize:  Thailand, Project: SkyPACS
Games
• First Place, $50,000 prize:  Austria, Project: Schein
• Second Place, $10,000 prize:  Indonesia, Project: Save the Hamsters
• Third Place, $5,000 prize:  France, Project: Seed
World Citizenship
• First Place, $50,000 prize:  Portugal, Project: For a Better World
• Second Place, $10,000 prize:  Taiwan, Project: Omni-Hearing Solution
• Third Place, $5,000 prize:  Australia, Project: Foodbank Local
Windows Phone Challenge
• First Place, $10,000 Prize: Singapore, Project: Speak Reminder
• Second Place, $5,000 Prize:  Poland, Project: Modern Drug Test
• Third Place, $3,000 Prize: , Poland, Project: Cope
Windows 8 Apps Challenge
• First Place, $10,000 Prize:  Italy, Project: Ulixes
• Second Place, $5,000 Prize:  Germany, Project: Wordsapp
• Third Place, $3,000 Prize: Thailand, Project: Vocable World

Microsoft imagine cup is the world technology program and competition for the students to learn ,build with the best tools and good platform and services for the students.this is the 11th year of the imagine cup ,which was celebrated and held in the St.Petersberg,Russia,July 8-11.
Microsoft is working on it over the past 10 years and more than 1.65 million students from more than 190 countries have participated on the microsoft imagine cup.Imagine cup is to connect with the whip-smart creatives from all over the world to share the ideas.
Microsoft’s imagine cup is to break the tough problems the world today facing and it may turn your ideas into the buisness.Imagine cup gives u the new technological skills and makes your future bright.