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All The News From Google I/O 2014

Jun 25, 8:48PM

IMG_0020 Google I/O is in full swing and the company just dropped a cluster bomb of news at its annual keynote. During the two and a half hour event, Google announced major changes to Android, announced Android TV, revealed key Android Wear details and it was even interrupted twice by protesters. All of the action can be found right here. Read More



RelateIQ Snags Ex-Twitter VP Of Search

Jun 25, 8:41PM

8481608368_67cb039e60_o Another one of Twitter’s birds has flown the coop.  Ruslan Belkin, the former vice president of search and content engineering at Twitter has left the company to take a job at relationship management software developer, RelateIQ.  Belkin, who will officially join the team as Vice President of Engineering on August 4, previously worked as Twitter’s Senior Director of… Read More



Google Fit Warms Up

Jun 25, 8:30PM

Screen Shot 2014-06-25 at 12.53.29 PM Google Fit has risen as part of an prodigious, two-and-a-half-hour-long I/O keynote that included everything but the kitchen sink (and Google Glass and Google+). Today during its annual developer conference, Google announced a platform preview of Google Fit, a set of APIs that will allow developers to sync data across wearables and devices. Read More



The Elephants In The Google I/O Room: Glass And Plus

Jun 25, 8:29PM

iOatzrlHBEWdXlpwhgxTdgxOE4hk3Wp7NUkCoLSXXA4 Google’s two-and-a-half-hour keynote address at its I/O conference today was filled with developer news. A new design language for Android, cross-platform concessions, watch apps, a health platform and much more was shown off. But even a stretch of presentations that had one attendee asleep in his chair apparently wasn’t enough runway to allow a mention of two troubled Google… Read More



Google I/O Attendees Gifted Brand-New Android Wear Smartwatches

Jun 25, 6:52PM

IMG_0273 Get ready to be jealous, Google fans. Google I/O attendees will walk away from this week’s annual developer conference with some brand-new Android Wear-powered smartwatches. They’ll be able to choose between one of the new Android Wear watches introduced earlier today, including the Samsung Gear Live or LG G3 Android Wear. In addition, they’ll also receive the forthcoming… Read More



Google Play For Education Goes Beyond Tablets, Now Available For Chromebooks, Too

Jun 25, 6:45PM

Education - Android Apps on Google Play Last November, Google launched Google Play for Education, a portal for teachers and schools to more easily buy Android apps, books and educational YouTube video, and distribute them to their students. At the time, the program was solely focused on tablets, but starting today, the team also launched support for Chromebooks. With the revamped Google Play for Education, teachers can now give… Read More



Google Acquires Mobile Testing Platform Appurify, Will Keep It Open On iOS And Android

Jun 25, 6:37PM

Appurify Goole just announced at I/O that it has acquired Appurify, a startup that lets developers automate testing and optimization of their mobile apps and websites. Appurify will stay open as freemium cross-platform service but get a big boost in distribution as it becomes integrated into the Google developer tool stack. Appurify’s big value add is helping developers handle fragmentation.… Read More



Getting More Women Into Tech Is Going To Be Awkward

Jun 25, 6:35PM

awkward Big tech companies are pushing hard to get the word out about their efforts to be more inclusive for women, people of color, and other minority groups. We recently covered Google’s latest efforts to get women involved in tech, including sending “at least one person each” to upcoming tech conferences via a new scholarship program and committing $50 million over three years to… Read More



Google's Redesigned Drive Focuses On Speed, Office Compatibility And Security

Jun 25, 6:30PM

IMG_0204 Google today gave its Drive online storage service a major redesign today and with it, it is also bringing a number of new features to its Docs, Sheets and Slides productivity apps on mobile and the desktop. Read More



Google's Cloud Platform Gets New Tools For Monitoring And Debugging Apps

Jun 25, 6:30PM

IMG_0235 A few months ago, Google acquired the up-and-coming cloud monitoring service Stackdriver with the intent to integrate it into its own cloud tools. It didn’t take the company all that long to make use of Stackdriver’s expertise, because it launched its first product based on the company’s technology at its I/O developer conference today. Read More



Google Launches Cloud Dataflow, A Managed Data Processing Service

Jun 25, 6:30PM

IMG_0236 Google expanded its Cloud Platform today with a new managed service called Cloud Dataflow that creates data pipelines that can ingest, transform and analyze data. Developers can use the service to work with streaming real-time data and by uploading batches of data to the system. For now, the service is in private beta and it’s unclear how Google will price Dataflow once it is launched to… Read More



Google Launches Drive For Work With Unlimited Storage For $10/Month

Jun 25, 6:30PM

IMG_9918 At its I/O developer conference today, Google didn’t just launch a completely revamped version of Drive. It also launched Drive for Work, a new version of Drive and Google apps for businesses that comes with a number of extra security features. The one feature most users will notice first, however, is that Drive for Work doesn’t have any storage limitations. Read More



Amazon Is Quietly Launching A Local Takeout Service To Rival GrubHub, Seamless And DeliveryHero

Jun 25, 6:27PM

2877212845_fdcab14d15_b Amazon has been tipped to launch a local services marketplace this year to rival the likes of Thumbtack, Angie’s List and Yelp. Now one part of that effort looks like it’s about to go live: the company is now rolling out a food takeout service, “a direct competitor to GrubHub, Seamless and DeliveryHero,” in the words of someone who worked on the service at Amazon.… Read More



Update: A Second Protestor Has Interrupted Google I/O

Jun 25, 6:26PM

img_02211-1 Another protestor stood up in the middle of Google I/O at San Francisco’s Moscone Center and yelled, “You all work for a totalitarian company that builds robots that kill people!” The protestor was not wearing a badge. Read More



French Soccer Fans Can Yo The National Team

Jun 25, 6:24PM

YO ÉQUIPE DE FRANCE The jury is still out on if Yo is the future of electronic communication or just a conversation-starting fad, but that isn’t stopping brands getting in on the one-syllable action, as they are wont to do. Read More



Chromecast Update Introduces An AirPlay-Like Android Mirroring Feature, Photo Backdrops And More

Jun 25, 6:08PM

IMG_0175 Chromecast, Google’s popular $35 dongle that plugs into your TV’s HDMI port, letting you stream video and music to your television, received a number of updates today, Google announced this morning at its I/O developer conference. The most notable updates include support for mirroring your Android device’s screen to your TV, a new, interactive background display feature… Read More



Google Will Soon Bring Android Apps To Chrome OS

Jun 25, 6:03PM

IMG_0198 This wasn’t a huge surprise because we’ve heard quite a few rumors about this in the past, but Google today announced that Android apps are coming to Chrome OS. They will essentially run in an Android emulator on the Chrome OS desktop and will be available in the launcher. Read More



Google I/O Protester Stopped The Conference Claiming To Be Jack Halprin Eviction Victim

Jun 25, 5:46PM

img_00731-1 A protestor claiming to be one of the eviction victims of Google lawyer Jack Halprin broke into Google I/O this morning. The alleged victim held up a sign and yelled, “Google is evicting me from my house… Jack Halprin is a millionaire… He is evicting me and my family from my house.” Read More



Boingo Deal Could Bring 30 Minutes Of Free Wi-Fi At New York Metropolitan Airports

Jun 25, 5:44PM

shutterstock_176713304 If you travel frequently in the New York-metropolitan area, you’ll be happy to hear that the Port Authority is expected to approve a new deal with Boingo Wireless today, which would offer free Wi-Fi for up to 30 minutes. Read More



Google Announces Android Auto, Promises Enabled Cars By The End Of 2014

Jun 25, 5:34PM

Screen Shot 2014-06-25 at 10.19.17 AM Today in its sprawling keynote at its I/O event, Google announced Android Auto. The version of Android will be “completely voice enabled” according to the company, and will help users navigate, communicate and listen to music in their cars. The system will be “contextually aware,” Google says, and will allow for hands-free access, an important feature of an experience… Read More




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