Hackathon, an event at the social network’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, will now be host by Microsoft and Facebook as a team. It will aim to integrate the login with Facebook and other tools into the apps of Windows based Phone.
Hackathon will run from 6 p.m. PT Jan. 17 to noon Jan. 18, and participants will benefit from one-on-one time with engineers from both companies, as well as guest speakers.
Chief Evangelist Steve Guggenheimer and the Vice President of Developer platform said in the blog post that they aims to focus on many things as-
- Delivering unique consumer experiences
- Providing developers with scale; world class tools
- Policy — evolving macro-topics to improve tech and economy