Registration Opens For Google I/O 2013

Two months ahead of the event itself, Google has opened up registration for its annual Google I/O developer conference, requiring those that want to attend the three-day event to sign up using their Google+ account. Starting at $300 for academics and $900 for general attendance, tickets aren't cheap, but attendees are almost certain to walk away with a huge haul of devices, if last year is anything to go by.

I/O will commence on May 15 through to May 17 at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco. It's set to feature Google's latest Android and Chrome OS updates, as well as the company's other hardware and software developments. We also hope to see more on Project Glass, following Google's SXSW briefing earlier this week.

                                                                      “TICKETS SOLD OUT IN 20 MINUTES LAST YEAR”

Last year, Google unveiled the Nexus 7, the Nexus Q streamer, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and a memorable live demonstration of Project Glass by Sergey Brin. Tickets for the event sold out in record time (in around 20 minutes) last year, so be sure to have signed into your Google+ account — a necessary part of the registration process — before attempting to purchase your ticket. [TheVerge]

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This Tweak Creates Tap to Snap Instagram Shortcut in the Notification Center

For anyone that likes to use Instagram, you should check out this new jailbreak widget for Notification Center called InstaSnap by iOS developer Ravirajm. The widget is basically a shortcut designed to automatically launch the Instagram application and load up the camera interface so you can shoot the photograph you want to at just the right time. Then, you'll be able to add all the goofy filters you want to and share it to the Interwebz.

InstaSnap comes from the same developer that brought us TorchNC, a widget that we showed you earlier this week that adds a flashlight toggle widget to Notification Center. You can see that like TorchNC, InstaSnap takes after the iOS 6 share widget design. The icon used resembles Instagram and the only text in the widget is "Tap to Snap."

InstaSnap can be easily enabled or disabled at any time by simply dragging the widget in and out of the Notification Center widget group from the Notifications preferences pane in the Settings application. If it doesn't show up immediately after installing the widget from Cydia, please try respringing or rebooting your iOS device and look again:

InstaSnap does require Instagram to be installed on your iOS device to work properly, so you will need to be an Instagram user to take advantage of the widget, otherwise you will get a warning message telling you to install Instagram.

The widget looks great, works great, and if you’re an Instagram user you should check it out! It's available for free right now on the ModMyi repository. [ModMyi]

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