Hello, and welcome to our liveblog of AT&T's Developer Summit, taking place here in sunny Vegas! Stay with us as CEO Ralph de la Vega walks us through the latest happenings surrounding the carrier and, hopefully, announces a new device or two!
Live event tracker
| 12:46 | And the winner is... Kathy and her team with M - the app that turns nearby people into ATMs!  |
| 12:45 | Ralph de la Vega is on stage. Winners of the 2014 Developer Summit API challenge will be announced |
| 12:42 | Pilot Angel is designed to monitor mental state of aircraft pilots in real time.  |
| 12:40 | Next up is Simon Signs - an app for practicing sign language. Works with Galaxy Gear smartwatch |
| 12:37 | SafeNecklace is a wearable device allowing teachers to keep track of kids during field trips.  |
| 12:36 | It is time for more apps! Three more Hackathon finalists are on stage |
| 12:34 | Jeff Bradley is now back on stage |
| 12:31 | Surprise! Asus Padfone X exclusively for AT&T has been announced!  |
| 12:27 | Ralph is now on stage  |
| 12:17 | AT&T's partnering with Ericsson, iHeartRadio, VoiceBox, and more to work on AT&T Drive  |
| 12:14 | AT&T Drive Studio is what just might pave the way for connected cars  |
| 12:11 | Fancy, but would it be safe?  |
| 12:09 | AT&T Drive has just been announced - a platform for connected cars  |
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| 12:07 | "We view the car as a smartphone on wheels" |
| 12:06 | He's promoting the potential and opportunities that connected cars bring to developers  |
| 12:01 | Glenn Lurie, President of Emerging Enterprises & Partnerships at AT&T, is on stage |
| 11:59 | An app that lets you interact with posters and win awards? Why not!  |
| 11:57 | And here's an app that directs emergency personnel or volunteers to a person in need of help who is inside a building  |
| 11:54 | This app turns "people around you into ATMs". Basically, it lets you borrow money from people around you  |
| 11:52 | Three of the finalists from AT&T's hackathon are on stage |
| 11:48 | AT&T is handling the data for this smart smoke detector  |
| 11:48 | Wow, this gizmo will actually call you if it detects a fire |
| 11:46 | This smoke detector by birdi can also rate air quality! Neat! |
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| 11:44 | Andy Geisse with AT&T is on stage introducing the carrier's machine-to-machine communications platform |
| 11:32 | A new service - AT&T Sponsored Date has just been announced. |
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| 11:31 | John Donovan of AT&T is on stage to let us know how things are going with AT&T's network. |
| 11:28 | We just got a nice demo of the text to speech API, which has gotten a bit of an update recently, making it sound more realistic. |
| 11:19 | They are now rolling a video to demo some of the great (and not so great) ideas that have come to fruition thanks to the Hackaton. |
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| 11:18 | By the looks of it, AT&T's hackaton is getting quite popular with developers, so much that they had to host it in a bigger place this year. |
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| 11:16 | CMO David Christopher is now with us to talk about APIs and AT&T apps. |
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| 11:12 | The CEO is now shifting the focus to the 'connected car' - an area where he believes AT&T is well ahead of any other carrier out there. |
| 11:10 | We would take those words with just a bit of doubt, if we were you. |
| 11:10 | Ralph is taking his time to talk up AT&T's newest plans, such as AT&T Next, saying that those bring great value to its customers. |
| 11:07 | Oooh, it looks like there will be some talk around wearables. Nice! |
| 11:07 | Here's the agenda of who'll be speaking during the conference.  |
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| 11:05 | President and CEO of AT&T Mobility, Ralph de la Vega is on stage! |
| 11:01 | Hey guys, AT&T's Developer Summit is about to kick off, so stay with us to see what the carrier is up to these days! |
