Google TV Hackathon announced

[garyopa]

The first one



Google is announcing the first-ever Google TV Hackathon Weekend for Android geeks and hackers.

Yes, you heard it right. Google announced a weekend full of hacking and cracking on their own devices focusing on Google TV for geeks rejoice. Starting date: April 21st

There will be two events running in parallel, one in Mountain View (CA, USA) and the other in London for the Europeans. Tickets are being sold for $20.

Google TV Hackathon Weekend: TV-Loving Android Geeks Unite

Android developers, the biggest screen in the house is ready to be hacked.

We’ve teamed up with the Silicon Valley Android Developers Group (SVAndroid) and with the London Android Group (Londroid) to host weekend events hacking, playing with, and creating new experiences on Google TV. Welcome to the first ever Google TV Hackathon Weekend!

SVAndroid @ Google, Mountain View, CA

Come on down to Google TV’s headquarters in Mountain View, CA. Our expert judges will include Blake Krikorian, co-founder and former CEO of Sling Media; Mark Mangiola, Venture Partner at Canaan Partners; and Drew Olanoff, West Coast Editor of The Next Web.

Tickets are $20 and must be purchased by April 17. Join us for the event by registering here.

On Friday, April 20, we’ll kick off with a happy hour where team ideas will be announced. Saturday, April 21 is devoted to building, with breaks for demo sessions, Q&As, and a hangout with Google TV developers. On the Sunday, April 22, the teams will present ideas to judges for the chance to win tickets to Google I/O and other cool prizes.

Londroid @ Google Campus, London, UK

The London event will run in parallel with the Mountain View event, bringing in Android devs from all over Europe. You’ll have the chance to explore and create the future of television in Campus London, the brand spanking new workspace that Google has created for London start-ups.

We will kick things off bright and early on Saturday, April 21, with introductions and background information on developing for Google TV. Teams will power on through Saturday night so that we can do a round of presentations and prizes at lunchtime on Sunday. Join us for the event by registering here.

More info and ticket sale in the links below.

NEWS SOURCE #1: http://googletv.blogspot.ca/2012/04/...tv-loving.html
NEWS SOURCE #2: http://www.svandroid.org/events/5114...&action=detail

Our thanks to 'Kaos2K' for news item!

[billysastard]

now this is the right attitude to hacking although i dare say that they wont be too happy if the hacks allow "free" content or ad blocking.

[msanchez]

now this is the right attitude to hacking although i dare say that they wont be too happy if the hacks allow "free" content or ad blocking.

Personally I think that ALL apps should have a paid version, cause truthfully if I gotta suffer through ads I rather just pay up $.99 - $5 or whatever. Besides, it's not like either of those is not possible now, whoever buys an android app does it cause they want to; not sure if videos are the same, but I doubt that if the android community wants to get their free videos they can't.

[billysastard]

Personally I think that ALL apps should have a paid version, cause truthfully if I gotta suffer through ads I rather just pay up $.99 - $5 or whatever. Besides, it's not like either of those is not possible now, whoever buys an android app does it cause they want to; not sure if videos are the same, but I doubt that if the android community wants to get their free videos they can't.

no, i meant "free" not free like the "free" games on my ps3