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Google I/O 2014 registration dates pushed back by a week — now open April 15-18

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by on April 8, 2014 at 6:44 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google

Google was scheduled to open the ‘lottery’ for tickets to its upcoming Google I/O event in the early hours of today – April 8 — but it has pushed the dates back to make things “even easier” for those wanting to attend. (Recap: Google changed things this year — attendees register their interest, a lucky few are chosen to get tickets.) This last minute date change is almost certainly down to an issue somewhere, rather than simplification — as Android Police points out. Either way, now you’ll be able to register your interest between April 15-18, after which the attendees will be…

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Korea’s SparkLabs is launching a hardware-focused accelerator program later this year

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by on April 8, 2014 at 6:16 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Korea

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Korea-based accelerator program and investment company SparkLabs is widening its stable further after revealing plans to run its first program dedicated to hardware startups. SparkLabs, which last year launched a $30 million fund to support seed stage companies worldwide, says its new program — dubbed Internet of ‘Things’ — will open its doors in Seoul in Winter 2014. The initiative will target a companies across a range of different sectors that are “improving how we live and work everywhere” — including the energy, education, transport, health, food verticals. “SparkLabs is creating the first dedicated Internet of Things accelerator in Korea to offer…

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