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Winners Gallery

First Prize

Market Meter

Second Prize

Third Prize

Popular Choice Award

Internal Thomson Reuters First Prize

Internal Thomson Reuters Second Prize

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Timeline

  • Submission Period

    Apr 20
    12:00PM
    EDT

    To

    Jul 9
    05:00PM
    EDT
  • Judging

    Jul 26
    12:00PM
    EDT

    To

    Aug 29
    12:00PM
    EDT
  • Public Voting

    Jul 26
    12:00PM
    EDT

    To

    Aug 29
    12:00PM
    EDT
  • Winners Announced

    Aug 29
    12:00PM
    EDT

Prizes

First Prize

$15,000
iPad™ 16GB with WiFi (Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) $499)
Shown on Thomson Reuters Jumbotron in NYC

Second Prize

$5,000
Shown on Thomson Reuters Jumbotron in NYC

Third Prize

$2,500
Shown on Thomson Reuters Jumbotron in NYC

Popular Choice Award

$2,500
iPad™ 16GB with WiFi (ARV $499)
Shown on Thomson Reuters Jumbotron in NYC

Internal Thomson Reuters First Prize

$1,500
iPad™ 16GB with WiFi (ARV $499)
Shown on Thomson Reuters Jumbotron in NYC
Lunch with a Senior Thomson Reuters Executive

Internal Thomson Reuters Second Prize

$750
Shown on Thomson Reuters Jumbotron in NYC

About the Challenge

Thomson Reuters has long been an industry leader in providing timely, accurate information to financial professionals. Those professionals are increasingly turning to mobile devices as important interfaces for information. We are challenging developers internationally to build the most useful, high-quality, and visually appealing applications, offering $25,000 in cash and prizes. In order to be considered for prizes, all submitted software applications must use at least one content set from the Thomson Reuters Knowledge Direct API. Applications must be installable on the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, or Android Operating systems. Note: Developers maintain all intellectual property ownership for their submissions.

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Judges

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Tom Glocer

CEO, Thomson Reuters

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James Powell

CTO, Thomson Reuters

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Eric Frank

President of Investment & Advisory, Thomson Reuters

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Vivek Nasta

Global Head of Mobility, Markets, Thomson Reuters

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Roger Ehrenberg

Managing Partner, IA Venture Partners

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Stephen Sparkes

CIO, Morgan Stanley Investment Banking

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Rikki Tahta

Founder and Chairman, Covestor

Judging Criteria

Usefulness to a financial professional
Quality of the implementation
Ease of use and visual appeal

How to Enter

When you have produced an original, working, mobile application that meets all contest requirements, you may submit it as a contest entry. Simply fill out the submission form found on Submit Application; be sure your entry includes all required information; and read and accept the Official Rules.

Between April 20th 2010 at noon EST and July 9th 2010 at 5 PM EST, interested entrants must register here (registration is free). We will automatically send an email to the address you entered in the registration form. You must respond to this email as requested in the body of the message, after which you will be fully registered. To receive the electronic credentials required to access an API Key, view the simple instructions on our Resources page.