{"id":10453,"date":"2013-05-16T16:54:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T11:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=10453"},"modified":"2013-05-16T22:06:54","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T16:36:54","slug":"the-best-of-google-io-2013-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/the-best-of-google-io-2013-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 7 announcements from Google I\/O 2013 event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s annual developer conference &#8211; the Google I\/O took place in Moscone Center in San Francisco. Over 6,000 developers, 460 I\/O Extended sites in 90 countries, and millions of people all over the world tuned in via livestream.<\/p>\n<h3>Here\u2019s a quick look at some of the announcements Google made at I\/O 2013<\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Google+ Redesign<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vF5RovO5R8w\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nGoogle redesigned its social network to make it smarter and more intuitive. 41 new features were added including the menus that slide in and out, along with a share-box that moves from left to center, and posts (cards) that flip. The update also includes a multi-column layout for pictures and related hashtags. The Knowledge Graph feature allows people to click through automatically discovered related photos. Google has also made <strong>Hangouts as a standalone app.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Google Search <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Voice search and natural language understanding are coming to desktops via Chrome. You can use voice search by saying <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Okay, Google&#8221;<\/span><\/em> and then asking a question. The Google results page will speak back to you.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Google Maps<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Google said that it rebuilt its Maps from &#8220;the ground up&#8221;. Google Earth and \u2018Street View\u2019 have been added to the Google Maps. Now you can re-route directions based on traffic conditions seen on the Map and view side by side how long each route takes to select the quickest and shortest one. 3D and social search has also been included.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Google Edition of Samsung Galaxy S4<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Google has announced the <strong>&#8220;Google Edition&#8221; of the <a title=\"Samsung Galaxy S4 launched globally\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/samsung-galaxy-s4-price-in-india-and-specs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone<\/a><\/strong> at the Google I\/O event. The user interface of the new Samsung Galaxy s4 is the same as the interface Google sells on its Nexus devices.\u00a0 &#8220;What you&#8217;re seeing here is real. It&#8217;s Google&#8217;s take on Android&#8221; said Hugo Barra, Android&#8217;s VP.\u00a0 The most appealing feature is that its bootloader is unlocked. The device will be available in US starting June 26 on Google Play for <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">$649<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Samsung Galaxy S4 Best online deals for May 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/samsung-galaxy-s4-best-online-deals-for-may\/\" target=\"_blank\">Find the Best deals for Samsung Galaxy S4 here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-10463\" title=\"samsung-gs4-unlocked1\" src=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/files\/2013\/05\/samsung-gs4-unlocked1-768x304.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/05\/samsung-gs4-unlocked1-768x304.jpg 768w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/05\/samsung-gs4-unlocked1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Google Play Music All Access <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s a web and mobile interfaces that streams millions of songs. The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">All Access service<\/span> will be available for $9.99 a month in US. Google also offers a free trial month and sign-ups before June 30th to get it for $7.99.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Google Cloud Messaging<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Google Cloud Messaging service that allows you to send data from your server to your users&#8217; Android-powered device just got a big revamp. It is lot faster and users can upstream messages to send data in both directions, from servers to apps and then from apps to servers. Google is also launching a new API that syncs notifications across various devices.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Android Studio <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em>Android Studio<\/em> is a brand new development environment for Android. The new feature will allow the android developers to make the process of app development faster and easier. Developers will now be able to edit layouts and compare how they&#8217;ll appear across different devices and in different languages. It will become a single hub by which Android developers can build new apps, and refresh old applications.<\/p>\n<p>Many new features and services were introduced at this year\u2019s Google I\/O Event, including new Gaming APIs, Google Play for Education and more Location-Based Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s annual developer conference &#8211; the Google I\/O took place in Moscone Center in San Francisco. Over 6,000 developers, 460 I\/O Extended sites in 90 countries, and millions of people all over the world tuned in via livestream. Here\u2019s a quick look at some of the announcements Google made at I\/O 2013 Google+ Redesign Google [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":10492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,5],"tags":[188,460],"class_list":["post-10453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-google","category-technology","tag-android","tag-google"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}