In just 24 hours 18 “hackers” from Nelson Mandela Bay devised the framework for a user-friendly app to promote and support tourism in the Metro. They were participating in the second “hackathon” to be hosted by the Propella Business Incubator in Humerail. Propella, in partnership with Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism, invited programmers to come together to develop a new app based on the NMBT website that can be used by the community in due course, which will provide a one-stop link to what … [Read more...] about Take it Back to the Beach
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Hackathon to boost tourism
Some of Port Elizabeth's brightest programmers will be joining forces at the Propella Business Incubator in a 24-hour "hackathon" during which they will develop a new interactive tourism app for the metro. Fuelled by bottomless cups of coffee, pizza, chips and cold drink they will develop from scratch a site which provides visitors and locals alike with a "Take it Back to the Beach" app which provides a one-stop link to what there is to see and do on the Port Elizabeth beach-front, according … [Read more...] about Hackathon to boost tourism
