Google TV Hackathon is on Forbes: Google Chats About Its First TV Hackathon

By DavidCao01 on April 30, 2012

The Google TV Hackathon was featured at Forbes:

The Mountain View Hackathon, Courtesy of Google

If there were any doubts left about whetherGoogle still had its eyes on the TV prize, the geeks will lead you to the truth. Last weekend in both Mountain View and London, developers were hacking new trails for Google, which hosted its first-ever codefest for TV.

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