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"Developers are hot on working with Google platforms this year, as evidenced by the demand for tickets to Google I/O 2011. The tech giant's fourth annual developer conference sold out in 59 minutes when passes went on sale February 7.\nIf you're kicking yourself for waiting an hour or more to buy one of the $450 tickets, now's your chance to redeem yourself. We're giving away three free passes to the event, which will be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from May 10 to 11.\nThe conference will host highly-technical sessions focused on Google and open web technologies, including Android and Google Chrome. Google representatives from across these platforms will present 80 beginner, intermediate and advanced sessions. More than 100 new technologies will be showcased by developers.\nWant to be one of the expected 5,500 in attendance? Try your luck on Mashable.\nHow To Enter the Contest:\n\nTweet your favorite Google product with the hashtag #io2011 and a link to this post, OR\nSubmit your favorite Google product in the comments below and like this post on Facebook\n\nSubmit your answer by Wednesday, May 4, at 12 p.m. PT. Please use your real identity in the submission so that we may contact you via email, Twitter or Facebook to let you know you've won. Each winner will receive one ticket. Hotel and airfare are not included. This contest is limited to U.S. residents 18 and older.\n\n\nTry the Mashable Chrome Extension for Easy Browsing \u00BB\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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