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Google No Longer Accepting Applications For #ifihadglass Contest

Google No Longer Accepting Applications For #ifihadglass Contest

By Chris Crum February 28, 2013

If you go to the Google Glass page for “How To Get One,” Google now informs you that the contest is over, and applications are now closed. “But the conversation is just getting started,” Google says. That’s true, as further …

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Treasury Dept. App Contest Taps Facebook, Googlers Treasury Dept. App Contest Taps Facebook, Googlers
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The U.S. Department of Treasury is sponsoring a mobile app contest, all in the hopes that some citizen ideas will “allow consumers to search for and access financial products on demand, manage their finances, and set and stick to financial …

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