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Google Stock Price Closes At 52-Week High Of $915 On First Day Of Google I/O As Apple Takes Another Drop
May 16, 12:35AM
Google’s stock price came close to its 52-week high on the first day of Google I/O today, hitting $915 per share at close. In comparison, Apple today dropped 15 points to close at $428 per share, 277 points off its 52-week high. This morning, Google stock jumped to $909 per share from its opening price of $895 when Co-Founder Larry Page hit the stage at around 11:45. It is now trading at $916.50 in after-hours trading. One analyst I talked to attributed the increase to Google’s announcement of its “all access” streaming service and the rotation out of hardware makers such as Apple and HP. The difference between Google and Apple’s share price is a barometer of the tech landscape. Google is a data company. Apple is more about design, creating beautiful devices. The difference is evident here at Google I/O. Google has built its infrastructure to manage more data than arguably any company in the world. It uses ths data to provide services that it highlighted today in its keynote. This includes its Google Translate APIs and the next generation of its Google Maps. The iPhone will always be elegant. As my colleague Josh Constine points out, the beauty of a device is just not as important, as the entire world becomes a fabric of data objects.Hands On And Walkthrough With The New, Much More Beautiful Google Maps
May 15, 11:55PM
Google took the lid off of its new version of Maps at I/O 2013 today, which is a dramatic redesign of the long-standing navigation and place-finding software across all platforms. We got a chance to go hands-on with the new Maps, which is still a beta product, with access only given out to a few select users so far. In the video above, you check it out in action as a Google rep gives us a walkthrough.Watch Robots Fight With Lightsabers At Google I/O [TCTV]
May 15, 11:53PM
Meet the PR2 personal robot from Willow Garage. The human-sized bot can learn to fold clothes and do other activities via voice commands, and it can even get into sword fights. Watch as I challenge the PR2 to a lightsabre duel today at Google I/O, and learn how Willow Garage could help anyone run their own experiments with robots.See The New Google+ Photos Experience In Action, Making Your Pics Better
May 15, 11:43PM
Google+ is getting a big update for its photos experience, which is rolling out to users now. Initial impressions show a work flow that makes it easier to tweak pictures quickly and even automatically, without requiring that you learn a huge amount about Photoshop or other editing software.After Being Hit With A Cease And Desist, Car-Sharing Startup RelayRides Suspends Rentals In New York
May 15, 11:33PM
It's becoming increasingly commonplace for startups in the so-called "sharing economy" to take heat from regulators who seek to hold them to the same business standards as incumbent businesses. The latest company to come under fire from regulators is peer-to-peer car-sharing startup RelayRides, which received a cease-and-desist notice from New York State's Department of Financial Services (DFS).TC Makers: 3D Printing Wizards At Shapeways Show Us Their Brand New Queens Factory
May 15, 11:30PM
It's rare to see a company that is so established yet so cutting edge as Shapeways. The company, founded in 2007 as a spin-off of Royal Philips Electronics, began as a one-off 3D printing service that offered basic plastic items for sale online. Over the years, however, the company has branched off into some amazing materials - steel, ceramic, and even sandstone - and they've already been able to support full color printing in 3D.The App Store's 50B Downloads Vs. Google Play's 48B: Android Closes The Gap
May 15, 11:10PM
Apple had a bit of a head start when it came to mobile software sales, since it launched its App Store earlier than the Android Market (which would later become what we call Google Play today). But the gap was more pronounced in terms of downloads when they kicked off, but lately the gap has been closing, and today both Play and the App Store announced very close milestones.Google Makes Email More Interactive With Customizable Gmail Action Buttons
May 15, 11:01PM
Google today announced a small but cool update to Gmail. For emails where the developer has enabled this feature, Google will now show action buttons next to emails in your inbox that let you take actions without even opening the message. The cool thing about this, however, is that it's open to developers, who can now use the schema.org markup language to add their own actions to Gmail messages.Twitter Archiving Service TweetBackup Hits The Deadpool As Owner Backupify Focuses More On Enterprise
May 15, 10:30PM
Time for a back-up plan for your Twitter back-up plan. Backupify -- the cloud-based backup, search and restore provider for online services -- is shutting down its TweetBackup service for Twitter users. The company has posted a note about the closure on its site, as well as -- yes -- on its Twitter account, noting that new signups are stopping as of today, and that existing users will have 30 days, until June 28, to keep logging into their accounts and back up their data.Death By A Thousand Cuts? Google Wallet's Plan To Take On PayPal Leverages Chrome, Android, Google+, Gmail & More
May 15, 9:16PM
Flying under the radar amid a flurry of announcements from today's Google I/O developer conference is the bigger news of how Google is stepping up its efforts to compete with online payment giants, such as PayPal. It plans to do so with a revamped checkout process for the web, mobile web, within mobile applications running on Android, and more. It's a proposed death to PayPal by a thousand cuts, leveraging everything from Chrome to Android and even Gmail. What Google hasn't quite worked out yet is how all this will tie together in the long run, but you can see the plan beginning to form.Indoor Mapping Startup Meridian Adds Notification Zones To Their Strategy
May 15, 9:04PM
Indoor mapping software startup Meridian, continues to evolve their product strategy with a recent update to their offering. Called Zones, the company's newest update to their indoor mapping platform — and indoor is the key word here — allows geo-fence style app push notifications to be scheduled, by drawing polygons on location maps.Google Maps API Gets A Visual Refresh, Available For Opt-In Today, Coming To Most Sites In August
May 15, 8:48PM
At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced a new Maps API for mobile developers, updates to Maps for Android and iOS and a completely refreshed Google Maps experience on the desktop. After the main keynote, however, Google also announced a major visual refresh for sites that use its Google Maps API.Google Folds Wallet Support Into Gmail So You Can Send Money As Attachments
May 15, 8:46PM
Phew. Google just spent the last three hours or so showing off new developer tools, APIs, service overhauls, and the occasional gadget, but not everything the search giant rolled out today got a turn under the spotlights at the Moscone Center. Case in point: according to a post on the official Google Commerce blog, Google Wallet support has been baked into Gmail, so users will soon be able to send each other money by simply shooting each other emails.Larry Page Wants Earth To Have A Mad Scientist Island
May 15, 8:45PM
Larry Page thinks we are, as a population, too negative. Especially the tech community. The solution? Amongst other things, Larry wishes the world had some sort of Burning Man-esque place for crazy builders to just be crazy. A place with less societal pressure, and without antiquated laws makin' things sticky.Google Cloud Platform Opens To General Availability With 3 Million Applications, New Pricing And PHP
May 15, 8:34PM
Google announced today at I/O that it made Google Cloud Platform generally available, marking a milestone for the cloud community and the real arrival of a giant to contend with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its pay-as-you-go pricing.YouTube Sends Cease-And-Desist Letter To Microsoft Over Windows Phone App
May 15, 8:26PM
Well, that was fast: Just about a week ago, Microsoft released a YouTube app for its Windows Phone 8 platform. And today, YouTube is telling Microsoft remove it, saying that the app violates its terms of serviceZivix Announces Wireless iOS Connectivity For The Jamstik MIDI Guitar
May 15, 7:46PM
When we first met the team from Zivix their wild MIDI guitar, the Jamstik, promised a unique music-making experience thanks to a tether that connected it to a computer or iOS device. In the few short months since CES, however, they're now preparing to announce that Jamstik works nearly flawlessly over Wi-Fi with iPhones and iPads, thereby reducing the need for a physically tethered device.YouTube Expands Live Access To All Partners In Good Standing With 1,000 Subscribers Or More
May 15, 7:45PM
YouTube's live offering took a big step forward today, with the announcement that access to the feature will soon be available to a large number of its partners. While YouTube Live was previously only available to a handful of handpicked channels and partners, the feature will now be rolled out to any YouTube channel in good standing with more than 1,000 subscribers. The opening up of YouTube Live to more creators comes two years after it first announced the feature. But it also is being rolled out after YouTube has had some serious stress testing on the product, including live streaming of the 2012 Olympics and the big Red Bull dude-jumping-from-space thing.Stained Glass Labs Launches As A Wearable Computing Startup Incubator
May 15, 6:48PM
Wearable computing looks more and more like the inevitable future, so today Stained Glass Labs launches to help entrepreneurs develop apps and businesses around Google Glass and similar devices. The incubator and accelerator will offer mentorship, office space, and one day maybe funding as well.Google CEO Larry Page Shares His Philosophy At I/O: "We Should Be Building Great Things That Don't Exist"
May 15, 6:45PM
Today, a day after discussing his voice issues, Google CEO Larry Page took the stage at the I/O keynote. He skipped last year's conference and a few earnings calls due to those same voice problems, which he has noted are improving. Page even did something a little new for I/O -- taking questions at the end of his talk.If at any time you'd like to stop receiving these messages, just send an email to feeds_feedburner_com_techcrunch+unsubscribe-hmdtechnology=gmail.com@mail.feed2email.net.
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