About the StreetApps 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.
Important Dates
Submission Period Begins:
12:00pm EST April 20, 2010
Submission Period Ends:
5:00pm EDT July 9, 2010
Judging Panel and Public Voting Period Begins:
12:00pm EDT July 26, 2010
Judging Panel and Public Voting Period Ends:
12:00pm EDT August 29, 2010
Winner Demonstrations and Recognition Ceremony
On or about September 21, 2010
How to Enter
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.
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.
Judging
With the exception of the “Popular Choice Award”, all entries will be judged first by an internal panel selected by Thomson Reuters. The submissions chosen by this internal panel as finalists will then be judged by an expert panel including:
- Tom Glocer (CEO, Thomson Reuters)
- James Powell (CTO, Thomson Reuters)
- Eric Frank (President of Investment & Advisory, Thomson Reuters)
- Vivek Nasta (Global Head of Mobility, Markets, Thomson Reuters)
- Roger Ehrenberg (Managing Partner, IA Venture Partners)
- Stephen Sparkes (CIO, Morgan Stanley Investment Banking)
- Rikki Tahta (Founder and Chairman, Covestor)
The “Popular Choice” award winner will be determined by
public voting.
Thomson Reuters employees and their families are eligible to enter the contest in the “Internal Thomson Reuters” category, from which a first and second prize winner will be chosen. The judging process for this category will be similar to that used for the main prize category.
The judging criteria are:
- Usefulness to a financial professional
- Quality of the implementation
- Ease of use and visual appeal
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
All winners will receive an invitation to the award ceremony in New York City either in person or via web conference, to be determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion.
Abbreviated Rules
Anyone interested in competing in this contest must read the complete Official Rules. (These abbreviated rules are only a summary. There is additional important criteria you must know regarding eligibility and submission requirements.)
- For those that are not competing for the Internal Thomson Reuters Award, the Thomson Reuters StreetApps Challenge is open to U.S. residents of the 50 States (including the District of Columbia), Canada (excluding Quebec), United Kingdom, India, Hong Kong and Australia, who are considered legal adults in their respective nations. Contestants competing for the Internal Thomson Reuters Award may be from residence in any jurisdiction, where legal, provided they meet all of the requirements in the Official Rules. Both individuals and teams may enter the contest, so long as all team members meet the above qualification. Corporations or organizations that are domiciled in the (50) United States (including the District of Columbia), Canada (excluding Quebec), United Kingdom, India, Hong Kong and Australia, and incorporated at the time of entry are eligible to compete as well.
- Developers may submit their original software applications beginning at 12:00 PM EST on April 20th, 2010; all submissions must be received by 5:00 PM EST on July 9th, 2010.
- All submissions must use the Thomson Reuters API, may employ other, external data sources, and must operate on a qualified mobile device for the Blackberry, Android, iPhone, and iPad platforms. If judges cannot directly access an application, a video demonstrating its functionality — which is required for all submissions — is an acceptable substitute. Submissions may not be altered from the time of entry to the end of the judging period.
- Software developers will maintain Intellectual Property ownership of their Submissions.
- After an initial screening process to ensure that each submission exhibits basic functionality and is free of viruses, etc., submissions will be posted on streetappschallenge.com on a rolling basis. Visitors must register in order to receive updates on the challenge, and to vote in the Popular Choice award.
