#GoogleIO Happens June 25-26 in SF

#GoogleIO Happens June 25-26 in SF. Sundar Pichai announced the dates for Google I/O 2014 last month. The 7th annual Google I/O brings together developers to talk about what's next. The event will broadcast live from Moscone West. Developers can join us in person in San Francisco or remotely, via a live stream and through I/O Extended community events around the world. Since 2009, Android has been a major theme at the event.

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2013 Announcements and introductions:

• Google Play Music All Access (subscription streaming)

• Google Play Games

• Updated Google Play Services

• Google Play for Education

• Android Studio development environment

• Samsung Galaxy S4 with stock Android to be sold from Google Play

• Google+ redesign with emphasis on photo management and sharing

• Google Hangouts, updated instant messaging platform

• Redesigned Google Maps desktop and Android app

• Updated Google Search app for Android

• Android surpasses 900 million activations worldwide

• Google App Engine now supports PHP

• Google TV updated to Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean

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Android’s mobile platform is tremendously influenced by Google’s ecosystem. There are a lot of fine lines with the open source platform which integrate deeply with Google. The risk is even too high for manufacturers to change. Google will further leverage its Google apps through its own brands. As a result, manufacturers will be unable to use Android OS in its entirety due to the apps being close source by Google.

Google I/O is an annual developer-focused conference held by Google in San Francisco, California. Google I/O features highly technical, in-depth sessions focused on building web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open web technologies such as Android, Chrome, Chrome OS, Google APIs, Google Web Toolkit, App Engine, and more. Google I/O was started in 2008. The "I" and "O" stand for input/output, and "Innovation in the Open". The format of the event is similar to that of the Google Developer Day.

Stay tuned for ongoing updates from the team posted at Google+!