Google's Firebase cleans up the mess Facebook left by killing Parse

Google is making a big play for developer mindshare at Google I/O this week, and it's all thanks to Facebook. In January, Facebook announced it would shut down its Parse service in a year, giving developers who rely on Parse for its various app-oriented backend services 12 months … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Android Instant Apps lets users easily try apps without installing them

Today at the I/O developer conference, Google has announced an innovative way for users to try out applications without having to install them. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Google is bringing custom tensor processing units to its public cloud

Google has begun to build its own custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip called tensor processing units (TPUs), Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said today at the Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View, California. The name is inspired by Google’ … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Doom speedruns have already gotten under 90 minutes

Doom speedrunner DraQu has set a new record for id Software's FPS reboot with a new run today ending in 89 minutes and 56.42 seconds.Granted they're playing on the game's easiest setting, I'm Too Young to Die, and it's an any per cent run - meaning they don't go out of their way … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Android TV and Google Cast coming to a bevy of new devices

Google has taken a break from all the crazy news at Google IO 2016 to let us know about a few new Android TV and Cast products coming down the line. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Android N gets enhanced VR functions with Daydream

One of the biggest new features of Google's next-generation Android N mobile software gives much more support for virtual reality. SEE ALSO: Live from the Google I/O keynoteGoogle announced on Wednesday at its Google I/O conference that its VR mode on Android N will be called Day … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Android N will run natively in cars

Google is setting up Android to take over cars.The upcoming Android N release will allow Android to run natively within cars, letting Google put much deeper hooks into the cars it runs on, the company announced Wednesday at its I/O developer conference. SEE ALSO: Android Auto put … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Google Classroom launches Coursework API for working with assignments, grades

At its Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View, California, today, Google is announcing a new tool for developers to use if they’d like their applications to integrate with Google Classroom, a cloud service for handling assignments, coursework, and grades. The new Course … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Google launches Slides API, more powerful Sheets API, embeddable charts

At its Google I/O developer conference, Google today is launching new tools that will make it easier for developers to have their apps do things with spreadsheets inside Google Sheets and presentations in Google Slides. Slides now has its own dedicated application programming int … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

For online lenders, it’s suddenly touch-and-go

A year ago, privately held online lenders like Prosper, SoFi, and Avant looked all but certain to go public at the same, if not higher, than the unicorn valuations than their venture investors have assigned them. The market they are chasing is enormous: The U.S. consumer lending … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Google extends Android Pay APIs to let you pay on mobile sites

Google is making its Android Pay mobile payment service more widely accessible. The company today not only extended its APIs, it also created new data feeds aimed at making it easier for developers to integrate payment processing into their apps. Spurring the updates is Google’s … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Google brings Android Pay to ATMs, Chrome and more apps

After announcing the expansion of Android Pay in the U.K. earlier today, Google also made a few additional announcements around its mobile payments service at its I/O developer conference today.Pali Bhat, Google’s senior director of product management for Android Pay, told me tha … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Poncho's playful weather app launches on Android

Somehow, Poncho is the only app genius enough to have a cartoon cat tell you about the weather. And now, fortunately, Android phone owners will be able to partake in that wonderful experience, too.Also: hair forecastsPoncho is launching a version of its app on Android today that' … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

You don't need an Android Auto-compatible car to use Android Auto anymore

At its I/O conference today, Google announced that Android Auto is going to be available to a lot more people this year. How? You're not going to need a car or third-party head unit that supports it anymore.An update to the Android Auto phone app coming later this year will enabl … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Google wants Android to take over your entire car

Google's ambitions for Android in the car go far beyond Android Auto, and it just laid those plans out at its I/O conference this afternoon.The company is demonstrating a Maserati Ghibli that has been completely retrofitted in partnership with Qualcomm to have a 15-inch, 4K cente … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Android Auto is getting wireless support and 'OK Google' commands

Android Auto will be getting a couple new features this year that are relatively minor, but promise to make the platform quite a bit more usable.First up is support for wireless connections. Currently, phones need to be plugged in via USB in order to use Android Auto; with this n … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Waze is coming to Android Auto

Considering that Google owns Waze, it might seem a little odd that the popular crowdsourced mapping service wasn't already on Android Auto. But soon, it will be: Google announced at I/O today that Waze will be coming to the company's in-car infotainment platform.Google says that … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Android Instant Apps lets you run apps without installing

Android Instant Apps is a game-changer for the mobile web. Announced at I/O today, Instant Apps lets developers take advantage of modules that allow mobile Web users to use an application without actually installing it. When clicking a link, Google Play runs the app instantly by … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Android developers get new beta testing, analytics and pre-launch tools in Google Play

Google is launching a major update to its Play developer services today that should make life a little bit easier for Android developers. With 65 billion app installs in 2015, Google obviously knows a little bit about what its developers want; with this update, the company is foc … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Google updates Firebase with analytics and messaging to be a ‘unified app platform’

At Google I/O, the company announced some major changes to Firebase, which now has analytics for developers that it says is “like Google analytics for apps.” Google says Firebase will now be able to do crash reporting by finding bugs and issues in apps. It looks at user behavior … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

With over 65 billion app installs in 2015, Google gives developers new Play store features

At its I/O 2016 developer conference today, Google rolled out new Google Play store features for developers. Ellie Powers, Google Play’s lead product manager, showed off improvements to how beta programs work, benchmarks, a new pre-launch report, and a slew of minor improvements. … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Android Instant Apps lets you use apps without downloading them

At it's I/O developer conference today, Google showed off a new feature for Android called Instant Apps. With deep links, Android users will be able to try out apps from a link without having to download anything from the Play Store. The company showed off a video experience from … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Google Cardboard platform picks up steam with 50M app downloads to date

The amount of Google Cardboard app downloads has doubled in just the past four months. Today, onstage at I/O, Google’s head of VR, Clay Bavor, announced that the company had seen downloads on the Google Cardboard platform from the Google Play store grow to 50 million from just 25 … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Huge 'Assassin's Creed Identity' iOS Update and Android Version Now Available

After its well-received global launch back in February, we learned a couple of weeks ago that Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Identity [$4.99] would be receiving a huge paid expansion adding in a new chapter to the single-player campaign, new items and weapons, and more. Today that up … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Daydream VR reference unit showcased at Google I/O

Google Daydream comes part and parcel with a new kind of headset, which will bring Google VR users a new degree of immersion. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Google Daydream platform is Cardboard’s much more advanced successor

At I/O 2016 Google has announced Daydream, a smartphone-powered VR platform that is a massive step up from Daydream, complete with a VR version of the Playstore and more. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Android Wear 2.0 launched: standalone apps, supercharged watch faces, and more

Google wants to inject more energy into the Android Wear ecosystem, by adding new features and reworking a number of key experiences. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Google I/O: Android Instant Apps spart euch das Installieren

Mit Android Instant Apps müssen Apps nicht mehr installiert werden. Instant Apps starten einfach durch einen Klick auf einen Weblink. Die relevanten App-Daten werden direkt auf das Gerät gestreamt. Wer die App trotzdem haben will, kann si... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Google releases an updated, faster version of Android Studio

Google is updating its Android Studio developer environment with a whole slew of upgrades under the hood that’ll make it faster. The company unveiled the new tool at its Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View. Making the developer experience easier is critical to compan … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Google takes a new approach to native apps with Instant Apps for Android

Mobile apps often provide a better user experience than browser-based web apps, but you first have to find them, download them, and then try not to forget you installed them. Now, Google wants us to rethink what mobile apps are and how we interact with them. Instant Apps, a new A … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Google unveils Android Instant Apps that launch immediately, no installation required

Google today unveiled Android Instant Apps, a new project the company is experimenting with that offers users a subset of an existing app. The pitch is simple: Instant apps just launch, no installation required. Tapping a URL can open an Instant Android app even if the user doesn … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Android Wear 2.0 detaches smartwatches from needing a phone

It's been pretty quiet on Google's Android Wear smartwatch front, but the silence has finally been broken.Google announced Android Wear 2.0 at its annual I/O developer conference on Wednesday and it's chock full of new features. Most importantly, Android Wear no longer must be te … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Android N is coming to HTC 10, One A9, M9

Google's latest Android N OS will be launching later this year but we already know that the HTC 10, HTC One A9 and HTC One M9 will be getting the update! | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

RCA and Xiaomi working on Android TV-enabled devices

Google today introduced the latest generation of Android TV partnerships. The connected television platform will be integrated into Sony’s and Sharp’s next product lines, specifically the 2016 Bravia and Sharp Net Player, continuing a long relationship between the companies. In a … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Google announces Android Wear 2.0 with standalone app support and tiny keyboard

Google today announced Android Wear 2.0, the biggest update to its wearable operating system since its release back in September 2014. The biggest change with the software, which releases this fall, is apps can be run standalone without the need for a phone nearby. In fact, Googl … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Nasdaq Explores How Blockchain Could Fuel Solar Energy Market

During a demonstration today, Nasdaq unveiled a service that lets solar power generators sell certificates using its Linq blockchain service. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Samsung, HTC, Huawei, LG will build Android Daydream VR phones

Daydream, Google's new VR platform set to succeed Cardboard, will run with the next generation of Android smartphones running Android N. Google announced at I/O today that the new VR headset and software will work out of the box on new smartphones from a select group of manufactu … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Google announces Universal App Campaigns for iOS and 2 billion app installs via ads, just like Facebook

While Google’s Performance Summit 2016 is next week, the company has some developer-specific ads news to share at I/O 2016. Universal App Campaigns for iOS are now available in beta and will roll out to all developers “in the near future.” Additionally, Google has made it easier … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Watch a video of Google's new video chat app Duo

Google wanted its very own version of FaceTime, so the company built a video chat app called Duo. Announced today onstage at the I/O developer conference, Duo is a dead-simple and blazing fast way to start video chats. The app opens into a selfie-cam video preview of yourself wit … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Google launches Android Studio 2.2 preview with Layout Editor, Firebase plugin, and APK Analyzer

At its I/O 2016 developer conference, Google today launched Android Studio 2.2 preview, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE). You can download the new version for Windows, Mac, and Linux now directly from the Canary page. If you are already using And … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Android N getting a beta-quality release later today

Today at its annual I/O developer conference, Google's David Burke announced that the first "beta-quality" version of the Android N developer preview will be available later today. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Google I/O: Android Wear 2.0

Bei Android Wear soll sich mit Wear 2.0 so einiges ändern. Die Apps haben nicht mehr den typischen Hintergrund sondern sind endlich an das Design der App angepasst, Notifikationen sind jetzt Karten, die automatisch, wenn man die Uhr ansieht, h... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Google turns Firebase into its unified platform for mobile developers

Google offers a plethora of cloud services that mobile developers can use to power their apps. With Firebase, which it acquired in 2014, it already offered developers a dedicated platform and SDK for building mobile apps; today it is greatly expanding this service by launching a … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Google expands Firebase with analytics, remote config, crash reporting, and dynamic links

At its I/O 2016 developer conference today, Google announced an expansion of Firebase, its service for helping developers build apps for Android, iOS, and the Web. At the same time, the company also simplified Firebase’s pricing in an effort to woo more developers. Google acquire … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Google announces Android Wear 2.0, including a legit keyboard and better complications

At its IO conference today, Google announced Android Wear 2.0, the biggest update to its wearables platform yet. First up, any watchface will now be able to show information “from any app.” Basically, it’s Google’s take on the Apple Watch’s complications. Google is also including … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Robin Wright used Claire Underwood's popularity to fight for equal pay

As part of a conversation with the president of the Rockefeller Foundation in New York yesterday afternoon, House of Cards star Robin Wright acknowledged that she'd used her character's popularity as leverage when negotiating for equal pay for future episodes of the show. Wright … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

This is Google’s new VR headset reference design, hardware to start arriving in the fall

In what’s become the Google I/O defining moment, the company kicked off the 2012 event with a series of skydivers, bikers, and climbers to debut the hot newness that was Project Glass (hindsight, etc.). Two years later, Google went all Oprah on everyone and sent I/O attendees hom … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

You can watch IMAX movies in Android's Daydream VR

Here's something that could make Google's newly announced Daydream VR pretty epic in scope: IMAX experiences are going to start coming to the platform.While unveiling Daydream, Android's new virtual reality initiative, Google announced that it would include content from IMAX. It' … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago