Hangout on 10/4: Google Cloud Developer Challenge - An Overview of Accessibility

As you may know, accessibility is a key part of the criteria for a winning application in the Google Cloud Platform Developer Challenge.

On October 4, you will have an opportunity to join a Hangout on the topic of accessibility.

You can register for the Hangout and learn more details here:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ch9942ju8cuubha0pgpep7o16bg

You can read all about the criteria and other requirements on the challenge website, but here is a quick summary of what the judges will be looking for:

• Effective use of Google App Engine (Compulsory)
  • All submissions must have an appspot.com domain
• Originality of concept
• Relevance to region (SSA, LATAM, India, SEA, MENA)
• Polish and appeal
• Accessibility
• Usability on multiple screen sizes
• Indispensability: Is the application compelling and/or essential?
• Amount of user interactions on their app (comments, +1s, FB Likes, etc...)
• Google+ Sign-In / Integration (Not compulsory: Bonus points)
• Creative use of YouTube and Google Maps APIs (Not compulsory: Bonus points)
• Use of other Google platforms/APIs (Not compulsory: Bonus points)