The Open-Sourced App category in App2Fame rocked!! We received 16 entries from developers with their codes shared. Remember, this category was aimed to encourage developers to write codes and open source it for the benefit of all. Also, only txtWeb apps were consideredfor the contest. Developers open-sourced their app using popular open-source coderepository sites such as GitHub, Code.Goo

After a month’s hiatus, we are back with our regular feature of ‘Must-Try Apps’. And what do we have for you? An app that warns you of the number of ‘challans’ you have had on your vehicle, a Facebook chat app, an app for shopping (!!!) and an app for tech news. Here’s a quick orientation - @echallan: o Echallan will get the information about t

It’s been a busy September here at txtWeb. Take a look at all the contest that are currently running – apps contest, two cricket contests and one for the campus ambassadors. Didn’t we say that we have something for everybody here? Take a look - App2Fame 2012: With the apps submission for App2Fame 2012 closing on 8th September, the frenzy of apps promotions is cu

Cricket.Cricket. And some more cricket!!txtWeb has brought to you an amazing ‘game of cricket’ – and no, you do not have to go out in the rains to play this game…. Hit a BOUNDARY with @four!! @four is an SMS-based game. Give correct answers to 5 questions daily and you stand a chance to win exciting prizes. · Simply

Play T20 with txtWeb!!! txtWeb brings for you a Never-Before ‘T20 tournament’ - C’APP’TAIN Your T20 Squad!!! Now along-with the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka, where in the next 20 odd days we will see as many as 12 countries from across the world vying for the Cup, you too can build your T20 cricket team, C’app’tain it and WIN BIG BUCKS!!! Scor

txtWeb’s missionaries, our Campus Ambassadors from across the length and breadth of the country, have made significant inroads in taking txtWeb’s apps and the dynamic platform to new users every day. In order to recognise the efforts put in by our CAs (Campus Ambassadors) and further facilitate the popularity of our apps, we have brought for them amonth-long contest with an o

The last 52 days have been a big roller-coaster ride – old developers, ‘new joinees’, questions, webinar... Phew!!! Yes! App2Fame 2012 closed its gate on September 8th 2012. SUBMISSIONS CLOSED Let’s go through a few interesting statistics that emerged from the contest that ran from July 19th to September 8th 2012. Total registrations for the contest - 6174

As we approach the deadline for App2Fame, there have been a deluge of questions that we received from our developers regarding the contest. To ensure that all our developers are clear about the contest and about app submissions, we reproduce few frequently asked questions along with their answers for your reference. I have open-sourced my app. How do I make the app eligible for the "Open

App submission for App2Fame closes tomorrow i.e. September 8th, 2012. Excited to know how your apps are performing during the competition? Website Updates: Leaderboard Release-: Who are the top developers in the community? Which apps received maximum usage? To answer all these pertinent questions, we have released the Leaderboard to help you keep a tab on all the performances during thi

I am going to list a few steps which would help you create a GitHub repo and perform basic tasks using this : Gitis an open sourced version control system, and "it's responsible for all the stuff that' GitHub related and happens locally on your computer". Download and install thelatest version of Git Setup git on your machine Set your username and email as follows, using a terminal