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As promised in a Bloomberg Businessweek interview, Google today showcased the next version of Android during its I/O keynote. The new interface sports what Google calls “material design,” a new aesthetic that will be adopted for all of its offerings on mobile, desktop and other hardware platforms. The interface looks flatter than before, with blocks of color and minimal outlines for its preferred fonts. Everything has been redesigned with simplicity in mind. The navigation bar at the bottom of Android, for instance, now has three simple shapes – a triangle, circle and square – to denote basic system functions. Animations…

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