Fedex will be presenting to ACM on Feb 7th at 5:15.  They have several internships and jobs open and are particularly interested in CS students.  Do not miss this opportunity to prepare yourself for an onsite interview (Feb 16).

FedEx provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. They offer integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world’s most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 275,000 employees and contractors to remain absolutely, positively focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities.

http://blogs.msdn.com/tarawalker

Also, link to the Windows Phone Twitter App Demo code:

http://bit.ly/w9jox2

Students can win money and prizes by submitting Windows Phone apps.  See below for details.

Windows Phone Student Contests

Register at http://microsoftatunivofalwinphoneapplab.eventbrite.com/

You will learn how to get started on that next great app for the Phone using Silverlight and XNA.   

This is your chance to design and implement that cool new app you’ve been dreaming about, or put the finishing touches on your masterpiece, so bring your idea for a Mobile App and get ready to code.   

As you are designing, writing & testing your apps onsite, there will be guidanceMicrosoft professionals to help you get things right.

Use your newly developed skills to compete in the

Windows Phone App Dev Contest – Big Apps On Campus

and win big prizes like a trip to SXSW and/or $15,000.

Students will need to bring laptops running Windows or a Mac running dual boot Windows partition (no VM)

January 24th: 5:30 pm – 9:00pm

University of Alabama

Food & Prizes will be provided

The first meeting of the semester will be on Jan 17 (Tuesday) at 5:15 in SEC3437.

Microsoft will be host a Windows phone app building workshop on Jan 24 (Tuesday) at 5:15 in SEC3437.  Students that upload three apps to the Microsoft Marketplace will receive a free Windows phone.  Sign up details will be posted shortly.