Google announced a major upgrade to its Hangouts real-time communication service, rolling out a new stand-alone Hangouts app for the web, Android and iOS that will be available later Wednesday. The app was introduced by Vic Gundotra, senior VP of engineering, at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. He ...
Google I/O 2013: Android Has Had 900 Million Activations, 48 Billion App Installs
on 5.15.13
What would a Google liveblog be without some updates on Android activations? Well, in case you're curious, the newest figure is 900 million -- a big jump from the 400 million activations reported last year. What's more, Google says there have been 48 billion app installations to date, including 2.8 billion in the last month ...
Google I/O 2013: Google Play Games Services Offers Cloud Saves, Leaderboards, More
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Google has unveiled Google Play games services on Wednesday, a new family of APIs built specifically for game developers. The platform will support cloud saves, thereby allowing users to save their progress or game state and pick it up on a separate device, as well as achievements and leaderboards using Google+. The ...
Google I/O 2013: Google Launches “Play Music All Access,” a Music Streaming Service
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On Wednesday at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, Google announced a new music streaming service called Google Play Music All Access. The service will compete with other entries to the market like Spotify, Rdio and Pandora. Google Play Music All Access will run $9.99 in the US, with a 30-day free trial and it ...
Google I/O 2013: Unlocked Galaxy SIV With Stock Android Available on June 26
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Google is offering a version of the Samsung Galaxy S4, arguably one of the top current Android devices, with Jelly Bean 4.2 unlocked on Google Play beginning June 26, the company revealed at I/O . The news is big because it’s the first non-Nexus device to get blessed with this opportunity, and Google says it will be ...
Google I/O 2013: Google Play Store Gets Huge Overhaul
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Google's Chris Yerga just announced some nice updates for the Google Play store. For starters, the web view of Google Play will now match up with the recently-redesigned Android app, with some convenient left-side navigation buttons to jump between music, apps, books and so forth. There's also a new "designed for tablets" ...
Google I/O 2013: Play for Education Improves Discovery for Educational Apps
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Google's making it easy for educators and their students to discover and recommend applications and books with Play for Education. Announced onstage at this year's I/O by Chris Yerga, Google's Android Engineering Director, the new Play storefront organizes content by education type, age and various other criteria to make ...
Google I/O 2013: Google+ Gets Smarter, Adds Auto Highlight, Auto Awesome
on 5.15.13
Google announced a number of features for your photos during its I/O developer conference on Wednesday, including an Auto Backup tool with 15 GBs of free storage for full-size photos; an Auto Highlight feature which selects the best photos out of hundreds; Auto Enhance, which Google called “an easy button to make your ...
Google I/O 2013: Google Now Gets Voice Reminders, Better Search Features, More
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As part of the updates to Google Search being introduced at I/O, Google Now is also getting a nice update with some new cards. Probably the most useful is a new voice reminders tool — you can tell your Android device to remind you to do something, and it'll bring up a quick dialog to let you set a specific time and then ...
Google I/O 2013: Google Maps Gets Overhauled, Personalized
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On Wednesday at Google I/O, Google unveiled a new version of the desktop version of Google Maps. The Maps update brings a host of interface improvements, unification of its imagery and services, plus more personalized results. The new version of Google Maps is heavily customized for every user, with knowledge about a user ...
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