Apple is taking a new approach to giving out tickets for its next Worldwide Developers Conference.
For the next WWDC, which will begin on June 2 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, you’ll have to sign up for a lottery to score a ticket, Apple announced today.
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The five-day event will include more than 100 sessions on developing for iOS and Mac OSX. Tickets are $1,599 apiece, and Apple also offers 200 student scholarships to the event.
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Developers can sign up for the lottery at the WWDC site from today until April 7.
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