Android Masters 2016 Finals

Android Masters, our collegiate inter-school Android app development challenge open to all universities and colleges across the Philippines, is now on its second year.

We received a total of 193 app entries from 45 schools across the Philippines. We have selected five finalists each per category (games and productivity/utility) who will be presenting their apps on November 19, 2016 at Natividad Fajardo Auditorium in De La Salle University Manila.

The five finalists in the Game Category are:

Top 5 (Game Category)

The five finalists in the Productivity/Utility Category are:

Top 5 (Productivity/Utility Category)

If you are interested to watch the presentations and support your school/team/apps, register now athttp://androidmasters.gdgph.org.

Firebase Dev Summit Live Viewing Party

The Firebase Dev Summit is a full day event for app developers that will focus on how to use Firebase with your apps.

GDG Philippines is hosting a live viewing party on November 7, 2016 from 03:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Venue is at Mozilla Community Space Manila, Makati City. If you are interested to join, register now at http://www.gdgph.org/firebase-live-viewing.

GDG DevFest Philippines 2016

GDG DevFest Philippines 2016 will be on October 2, 2016 at Samsung Hall, SM Aura Premier, Taguig City. GDG DevFests are large, community-run events that can offer speaker sessions across multiple product areas, all-day hack-a-thons, code labs, and more. GDG DevFest Philippines 2016 will bring you the latest Google technologies with the world experts, hands-on activities that will challenge your skills, and fun and exciting games!

Visit the event website at http://devfest.gdgph.org to check the speakers, mentors, and schedule.

GDG Campus Roadshow: UE-Caloocan

GDG Philippines, in cooperation with UE-Caloocan's League of Information Technology Students, conducted a GDG Campus Roadshow at Multimedia Room 3A, Tan Yan Keee Building on August 5, 2016.

Juvar Abrera, GDG Philippines Creative Manager, introduced GDG Philippines to the attendees. Jomar Tigcal, GDG Philippines Community Manager, shares about various Google Developer Technologies that the students can use. Afterwards, there was a short break.

Photo from UE LITS

Jomar then talked about Android apps development basics and encouraged the audience to join Android Masters

Photo from UE LITS

If you are a student and would like to invite GDG Philippines in your school, fill up our event request form at http://eventrequest.gdgph.org You are also welcome to attend any of our events! Add GDG Philippines in your Google+ circles for updates about our next events.

Android Masters 2016

Ignite the Maker in You!

Registration is now officially open for the most awaited Android Masters 2016. Android Masters is a collegiate inter-school Android app development challenge. It is open to all universities and colleges across the Philippines. The main objective of the program is to encourage students to develop their creative app ideas and publish it to Google Play Store.

If you are interested to join Android Masters, you can check more details at our website at http://androidmasters.gdgph.org/

Progressive Web App Dev Summit 2016 Live Viewing Party

Google and the Chrome team will be hosting the Progressive Web App Dev Summit 2016 in Amsterdam on June 20th and 21st. The summit will be two days of talks, codelabs and access to the Chrome engineers to discuss the future of the web.

GDG Philippines will be organizing a live viewing party on June 20, 2016 (3:00 PM to 8:00 PM) at Globe Corporate Showroom, Valero Telepark, Makati City.

Registration is free but slots are limited. Signup now at https://goo.gl/plv7Lk if you would like to join us.

Google I/O 2016 Extended Roadshow

Google I/O is Google's annual developer conference, where they share the latest products and technologies. We're bringing the I/O experience to different cities Google I/O Extended Roadshow, a series of talks and workshops to help professional and student developers deep dive in the new technologies announced during Google I/O 2016.

The schedule for the I/O 2016 Extended Roadshow is:
June 25 - Subic
July 2 - Manila
July 9 - Dasmariñas, Cavite
July 10- Silang, Cavite
July 16 - Laguna
July 23 - Bulacan
July 29 - Palawan

We're still finalizing the agenda, registration, and other details. Please add GDG Philippines in your Google+ circles and check http://ioextended.gdgph.org for updates about the event.

Google I/O 2016 Manila Live-Viewing Party

Google I/O is Google's annual developer conference, where they share the latest products and technologies. Google I/O 2016 will be held in Mountain View on May 18-20. If you are not attending in person, you can get the I/O experience by watching I/O Live at the website or by attending Google I/O Extended events being organized by Google Developer Groups and other communities worldwide.

GDG Philippines is organizing I/O Extended Manila Live-Viewing Party which will be held at Globe Corporate Showroom, Valero Telepark, No. 111 Valero Street, Makati City. (Map: http://bit.ly/Map-ValeroTelepark) on May 18-19 (08:00 PM of May 18 to 05:00 AM of May 19).

Take the awesome opportunity to connect with other local talented developers and watch the keynote and other sessions live. We'll also have a short program before the keynote (more details to be announced soon). If you are interested to join this event, fill up the form here or below:

Add GDG Philippines in your Google+ circles for updates about this event and our other events.

GCP NEXT Extended 2016 Manila

GCP NEXT is the largest gathering of the Google Cloud Platform community to explore the latest developments in cloud technology. GCP NEXT 2016 was held in San Francisco, California on March 23-24. GDG Philippines is organizing a GCP NEXT Extended event this April 14.

Program

There will be the Keynote and talks in the morning. In the afternoon, there will be hands-on codelabs. Please bring your own machines for the hands-on.

Venue

The venue for the event is at iACADEMY in Makati City.

Add GDG Philippines in your Google+ circles for updates about this event and our other events.

GCP NEXT Extended

GCP NEXT is the largest gathering of the Google Cloud Platform community to explore the latest developments in cloud technology. GCP NEXT 2016 was held in San Francisco, California on March 23-24.

GDG Philippines is organizing a GCP NEXT Extended event this April. Stay tuned in for more details!

Update:Registration is now open!

Women Techmakers Manila 2016

GDG Philippines is organizing Women Techmakers Manila 2016 at Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium, De La Salle University Manila on March 19, 2016. The goal of the event is to empower women to pursue their dreams and build tools that will change the world. There will be invited talks from different women speakers who are excelling in STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, technopreneurs, code labs, and breakout sessions.

Stay tuned in for updates. Add GDG Philippines in your Google+ circles and check the events website at http://womentechmakers.gdgph.org for registration and other details.

Android For Beginners Study Jams

Google Developers Groups Study Jams is a free series of global, community-run, in-person study groups. Last year's Study Jams focused on the Android Fundamentals Udacity Course. Check out the video summary below:

The second Study Jams series is presented in partnership with Udacity and will follow their Android Beginners curriculum. If you are interested in the Android for Beginners Study Jams, join the live Hangout on Air on February 5 (7-8:30 AM, Philippine Time).

This year, GDG Philippines will be partnering with schools/collleges/universities for the Study Jams. If you are a teacher/professor/instructor and you are interested for a Study Jams in your school, please send us an email at gdgphilippines@gmail.com (with the Subject "Study Jams"). If you are already a developer and you are interested in the Study Jams:

• Signup at https://www.udacity.com/account/affiliate/GoogleStudyJams, enroll in the Android for Beginners Course, and start with the lessons
• Join the global Google Developers Study Jams Google+ Community and GDG Philippines Study Jams Google+ Community and post your questions there.
• Create your final project and prepare to present it to us. We'll be announcing details on project presentation/awarding. It's better if you will be able to publish it on Google Play Store.

What will participants in the Study Jams get? Aside from mentoring from facilitators, they will also get completion certificates, schwags, discounts to the Android Nanodegree, and more if they will be able to present their final projects.