Hi Students of Singapore!
We have a new challenge specifically targeting Singapore Students from now until 30th April 2014!
The “Better Together” contest is a local finals to the Windows and Windows Phone Challenge on www.imaginecup.com.
We will have awarding to the Top 5 valid entries from Singapore of Imagine Cup Windows and Windows Phone Challenge
1 x Lenovo Miix8-2 Tablet
1 x Nokia Lumia 1520 Developer Device
To participate in this competition, you would need to
Sign up on www.imaginecup.com and submit your necessary valid entries to Imagine Cup Windows and Windows Phone Challenge
Email us the below information to win8sg@microsoft.com
Screenshot to prove your completed entry on www.imaginecup.com for Windows and Windows Phone Challenge
The links to your windows 8 and windows phone store application
Disclaimer: Winning the “Better Together” local finals does not guarantee a winning entry in the worldwide imagine cup finals.
FAQ (email us at win8sg@microsoft.com if you have more questions)
Q. How is this different from the www.imaginecup.com competition?
A. You may think of this contest as an special Singapore round which you can participate in. The results of this contest does not in anyway affect the results on www.imaginecup.com and vice versa.
Q. I’m participating in another competition, can I submit entries for other competition for this?
A. If the rules and regulations of other competitions does not restrict you from doing so, you are allowed to submit your entries for this competition
Q. Can I submit applications which I’ve previously (before the announcement of Better Together) submitted to the store for this competition?
A. Yes.
Here are some great example of great applications on both Windows and Windows Phone. Your idea need not necessary be targeting Singapore audience 
SingAdventure
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/singadventure-lite/6bd04c65-ac44-4cad-9049-b2cd6bf1925a
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/singadventure/83f5229c-18d0-4163-96e6-ad055ba4999f
SG Radio
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/81dd2ed1-8b0a-4017-a6d8-cb7b28837c2a
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/sg-radio/f61d74a8-bc2c-441a-95d3-bbc3cfac7fe0
Channel News Asia
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-sg/app/929d202a-9586-4752-9cb3-a799a1339bc6
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-sg/store/app/channel-newsasia/b8f30716-aa1f-e011-854c-00237de2db9e
Today News App
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-sg/app/8a30c041-88bb-47c8-98ae-5b283f496eaa
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-sg/store/app/today/272482d3-da83-462c-bf75-083a610e89c0
Qoo10
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-sg/app/e1b9a24c-c915-49b4-a557-6d9c7a7c5e54
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-sg/store/app/qoo10-sg/95c9dad4-20ba-4538-a4ab-4fb76cb836fc
iChangi
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-sg/app/67b56dc7-e02e-433e-96b9-625cd6a1b68c
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-sg/store/app/ichangi/0c722081-7b86-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8
For more information, refer to the information below.
Terms and Conditions for the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Better Together Contest (the “Contest”)
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (THESE “TERMS AND CONDITIONS”) BEFORE ENTERING THE CONTEST. THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND MICROSOFT SINGAPORE (“MICROSOFT”) ESTABLISHING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOU ARE ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST. BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO ABIDE BY, THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
1. Organiser: The Contest is organised by Microsoft.
2. Eligibility:
a. General Eligibility Requirements
All residents, permanent residents, students permit holders of Singapore are eligible to participate in the Contest.
If you are below 21 years of age, you must obtain the appropriate permissions and releases from your parent or legal guardian in order to participate in the Contest.
You are at least 16 years of age as of 10 September 2013 and are actively enrolled as a student at an accredited educational institution that grants high-school or college/university (or equivalent) degrees at any time between 1 January 2013 and 31 July 2014;
b. Not eligible: The following are not eligible to participate in the Contest:
Employees of Microsoft and its related corporations and their immediate family members.
Employees of any party which is directly involved in organizing, promoting or conducting the Contest.
Employees of external auditors who are directly involved in the Contest.
2.2 Specific Eligibility Requirements
Contest Specifics:
What are the start dates and end dates?
This Competition starts at 00:01 Greenwich Mean Time (“GMT +8”) on 15 March 2014 and ends at 23:59 GMT on 30 April 2014 (“Entry Period”) and consists of a single round. Please note that these times use the 24-hour clock.
Can I enter?
You are eligible to enter if you meet the eligibility criteria detailed in the Imagine Cup Official Rules & Regulations and the General Eligibility Requirements stated in Section 2 Eligibility of this Terms and Condition. Because you must have published your Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Apps in the stores, at least one member of your team also must have access to the publishing process for those stores. For the current list of countries with access, please visit the Windows Store Apps Dev Center.
Students can get a free Store Developer account from DreamSpark enabling you to publish your apps through the stores.
How do I enter?
To enter, visit www.imaginecup.com and register as instructed. You may submit your project from your Team Profile page once you have signed up to compete in the Windows 8 & Windows Phone 8 Challenge.
Please note that to compete in this contest, you must have published both your Windows and Windows Phone Apps in the stores and you must show the impact your apps have had for your community partner. You must also send the store URL of your Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 applications to win8sg@microsoft.com
Rules regarding the size of your team, your associates, the role of the team mentor, academic institution and national residency requirements, and other information can be found in the “Teams, Associates, and Mentors” section of the Imagine Cup Official Rules & Regulations.
What do I submit?
You must submit the following materials to www.imaginecup.com Windows and Windows Phone Challenge page to compete in this contest:
Project Proposal is a Microsoft Word or PDF document no longer than ten pages, or a PowerPoint presentation no longer than twenty slides, which explains your project: What your project does; who your community partner is; and the real-world impact your project has had for your partner.
Store Links to Your Apps demonstrating you have published your Windows 8 app and Windows Phone 8 app in the stores. Only one app of each type will be accepted and you must submit one of each to compete.
Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Apps usable by the judges.
You must submit the following materials to win8sg@microsoft.com for the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 better Together Contest
Store URL of your Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 applications to win8sg@microsoft.com
3. How prizewinners will be selected:
3.1 The winner entries will be judge on these criteria
Criteria
Description
Weighting
Concept
Does the project have a clear target market or audienceDoes the project address a clear need, problem, or opportunity and is the solution clearly explained?Is the project’s purpose and basic functionality easily understood?
35%
Impact
Does the project have a real community partner such as a local business, artist, event, or charity?Assess the user ratings and reviews. Does the project clearly have real users who like the apps?Does the business model used seem appropriate to the app? Are the downloads/sales comparable to other apps of this type?
35%
UX/UI
Are both apps well presented in the Windows and Windows Phone stores? Do they have good descriptions, screenshots, and so on?Is the project easy to use?Does the project have a professional degree of production in terms of user interface, visuals, and audio?Does the project perform well and respond crisply to input?Does the project make effective and appropriate use of the major features of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8?Were there significant platform features or even platforms the project could have benefitted from but failed to utilize?
30%
3.2 Microsoft reserves the right to select another prizewinner if the original prizewinner is subsequently disqualified from the Contest.
4. Prizes:
The top 5 entries will win the following prizes
1 x Lenovo Miix8-2 Tablet
1 x Nokia Lumia 1520 Developer Device
5. How prizewinners will be notified:
All prizewinners will be notified via email and post.
Any prize which remains unclaimed 2 months after the prize winners have been announced will be donated to charity
6. Claiming a prize:
Winners would have to collection their prize in person at
Microsoft Singapore
One Marina Boulevard
#22-01
Singapore 018989
Proxy or collection on behalf for prizewinners is not allowed.
7. Entry forms:
a. Microsoft is not responsible for printing or typographical errors in any Contest-related materials or for registrations, entry forms or submissions that are incomplete, lost or misdirected, fail to enter into the processing system, or are processed, reported, or transmitted late or incorrectly or are lost for any reason including electronic, computer, telephone, paper transfer, mail system, human or other error; including inability to access any website associated with the Contest. Proof of online submission shall not constitute proof of receipt by Microsoft.
b. If any information provided on an entry form is found to be misleading or inaccurate, that entry shall be deemed invalid.
8. Goods as prizes: Where the prizes under the Contest are items/goods, these shall be subject to availability and may not be substituted for cash. Microsoft reserves the right to offer an alternative prize of equivalent monetary value, without prior notice. If prizes involve manufactured items, these shall be subject to the manufacturer’s terms and conditions for warranty, service and maintenance, and Microsoft does not accept any responsibility for them. In particular, prizes are provided by Microsoft “AS IS” without warranties of any kind, including warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, non-infringement of intellectual property, or fitness for any particular purpose.
9. Taxes, etc.: Taxes and other levies imposed by any relevant applicable government or tax authority, as well as other costs including insurance and incidental costs, that may be levied or incurred on the prizes shall be fully borne by the prize winner.
10. Your submission’s fitness for publication: By entering the Contest, you expressly agree that you’re your application submitted to the windows phone store and windows 8 store (“Submission”) does not contain any image or content that is unlawful, libelous, slanderous, defamatory or invasive of another person’s right of privacy or right of publicity, or that Microsoft may reasonably deem harmful, vulgar, obscene, derogatory, pornographic, abusive, harassing, threatening, hateful, objectionable with respect to race, religion, creed, national origin or gender, or otherwise unfit for publication. Microsoft shall not be liable in any way for any Submission. Microsoft shall have no obligation to monitor your Submission, but may do so at its discretion. If, Microsoft, in its sole and absolute discretion, considers your Submission inappropriate or unsuitable for publication, Microsoft may remove your Submission from the Contest.
11. Representations and warranties relating to your Submission(s): You represent and warrant to Microsoft that (i) you are the sole and exclusive owner of your Submission(s), or you have all right and authority to grant the rights in your Submission(s) to Microsoft, its affiliates and/or its agents and contractors; (ii) if your Submission(s) contains a photograph or a video, you have obtained any and all releases necessary from all persons depicted in the photograph or video, including, without limitation, releases in the context of rights of privacy and rights of publicity; and (iii) if a person depicted in the photograph or video is under the age of 21 years, you have obtained all appropriate permissions and releases from the parent or legal guardian of the person in question, to submit the Submission(s) for the Contest.
12. Promotional activities: You agree to have your name, publisher name and application name(s) and other details to be used for promotional purposes at Microsoft’s sole discretion. If you are a prizewinner, except where prohibited by law, you consent to the use of your name, photo and/or likeness, biographical information, winning entry, Submissions(s) and statements attributed to you (if true) for advertising and promotional purposes without any compensation or notice you.
13. Microsoft’s rights in your Submission:
a. Microsoft will not return any of your Submissions, and your Submissions become the property of Microsoft.
b. You grant to Microsoft and/or its affiliates a non-exclusive, fully transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty free, fully paid-up right and license:
• to adapt, edit, modify, publish, promote, reproduce, distribute, publicly display your Submission and make derivative works based on it in any and all media, including any compilation, as Microsoft and/or its affiliates see fit for any reason,
• to identify you as the author of the Submission, and
• to authorize others to do any of the things described above without any obligation to notify or compensate you.
c. Without limiting the generality of the provisions above, Microsoft and/or any of its affiliates shall have an exclusive right to publish and use any winning Submission(s) in print and/or electronic form for advertising and promotion of Microsoft’s products, for exhibition, and for both commercial and non-commercial products and publications, including without limitation, using, downloading, adapting, reformatting, editing and/or resizing the winning Submission(s) as may be necessary and to authorize others to do any of the above without any obligation to notify or compensate the prizewinner(s).
14. Limitation of liability; Indemnity: To the maximum extent permitted by law, Microsoft and its parent company, affiliates, related corporations, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees and agents accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any damage, loss, death or personal injury that may occur as a consequence of your participation in the Contest. You undertake to indemnify and keep Microsoft and its parent company, affiliates, related corporations, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees and agents harmless and indemnified against any loss, damage, claims, costs and expenses which may be incurred or suffered by any or each of them due to your breach of any of these Terms and Conditions and/or arising from your participation in the Contest.
15. Microsoft’s decision final and binding. In the event of any dispute arising from the Contest or relating to the interpretation of these Terms and Conditions, the decision of Microsoft on all matters pertaining to the Contest shall be final and binding on all parties. No correspondence will be entertained.
16. Privacy. The information submitted by you during the registration process or otherwise when participating in the Contest may include your email address, ID number and other personal information (“Personal Information”). Except as provided elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions, your Personal Information will only be used by Microsoft in accordance with applicable data protection laws and regulations and Microsoft’s privacy policy referred to below, for the purposes of administering your participation in the Contest. For more details on Microsoft’s privacy policy, please see: http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx.
17. No warranties.
a. Microsoft and any agents or contractors (if any) that it may use in the execution and management of the Contest do not warrant or represent (either directly or indirectly):
(a) that participation in and/or access to the whole or any part of the Contest, Contest materials, content, information and/or functions contained in them will be provided on an uninterrupted, timely, secure and error-free basis; or
(b) that no computer viruses shall be transmitted or that no damage shall occur to your computer system as a result of any online activity of the Contest (if any).
b. Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the Internet is done at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data resulting from such download.
c. Microsoft does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use, validity, accuracy, or reliability of, or the results of the use of, or otherwise in respect of the materials on the Contest site or any sites linked to the Contest site.
18. No use of unlicensed software. You declare and warrant to Microsoft that in participating in the Contest, you shall not use any unauthorised or unlicensed software. If you are found doing so, you shall be disqualified from the Contest.
19. Microsoft’s IP rights not affected. Nothing in the Contest shall affect any intellectual property rights of Microsoft in any product or service which may be the subject matter of the Contest.
20. No cheating tolerated. You acknowledge and agree that no form of cheating will be tolerated. If you are found cheating, as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Microsoft, you will immediately be disqualified from the Contest. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, using multiple identification numbers, tampering with, hacking of the Contest site (if any), participating in the Contest without meeting the eligibility requirements, using any automated software or device to gain an advantage during the Contest, use of the Contest beyond the defined rules of the Contest, attempting to disable or overwhelm any of Microsoft’s websites or the Contest site (if any), attempting to disrupt any portion of the Contest, including but not limited to, allowing somebody else to use your Personal Information, or tampering with the entry process. ANY ATTEMPT BY A PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY OF MICROSOFT’S WEBSITES OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS; AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, MICROSOFT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
21. No waiver. Microsoft’s failure to enforce any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of that or of any other provision.
22. Modification of these Terms and Conditions, etc.: Microsoft may modify these Terms and Conditions and/or withdraw or terminate the Contest at any stage without any liability towards anyone.
23. Laws: The Contest shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Singapore. The Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law, and is subject to all applicable laws.
24. No third party rights. A person who is not a party to this agreement shall not have any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act (Cap. 53B) to enforce any of its terms. For the purposes of this paragraph, “person” shall mean a human being or a corporate entity (whether or not having a separate legal personality), as the case may be.