<p>The number of apps submitted to the BlackBerry 10 App World store grew by 15,000 over the weekend, following an online community 'port-a-thon' designed to encourage developers to make their apps compatible with the upcoming BlackBerry 10 platform.</p><p>The event, which overran slightly, began on Friday and was scheduled to run for 36 hours.</p><p>"Well there you have it. 37.5 hours in, we hit 15,000 apps for this port-a-thon. Feel like I've run a marathon. Thanks to all the devs," Alec Saunders, vice president of developer relations for Research In Motion (RIM), wrote on Twitter on Saturday.</p><p>RIM is keen to entice developers to build for its new platform as it knows a healthy app ecosystem will be crucial to the success of the new handsets and OS.</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blackberry-10-port-a-thon-adds-15000-submissions-to-app-world-7000009815/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2013/01/15/rim-blackberry-10-apps/">RIM Adds 15000 BlackBerry 10 Apps in a Weekend</a> (Mashable)</p><p><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/2013/01/expect-an-app-heavy-blackberry.html">Expect an app-heavy BlackBerry</a> (Triangle Business Journal (blog))</p><p><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/rim-attracts-15000-apps-blackberry-10-in-two-days-210837">RIM attracts 15000 apps for BlackBerry 10 in two days</a> (InfoWorld (blog))</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dqZPvDGZFU3pzIMInZ94ZgLpOtj9M&ned=us">295 additional articles.</a></p>