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Everything Google announced at Google I/O 2014 in one handy list

Jun25
by on June 25, 2014 at 7:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider, Roundups

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For those who didn’t get the chance to tune in to Google I/O 2014 today, here’s a quick recap of everything the company announced. Google began the announcement the same way it does every year – by talking about Android’s growth over the past year. Senior Vice President at Google Sundar Pichai said Android now has more than 1 billion active users per month. Android One Google kicked things off with the announcement of the Android One program to provide guidelines for a unified Android experience for those creating smartphones for the developing market. This allows Google to dictate the minimum hardware…

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Google launches a new Gmail API as it outgrows IMAP

Jun25
by on June 25, 2014 at 6:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google

As part of its I/O developer conference, Google today announced the launch of a new API for its Gmail service. Eric DeFriez, Google’s technical lead for the API, noted in a blog post that the IMAP standard has worked well for connecting Gmail to email clients, but it isn’t designed for “all of the cool things” that developers want to do with the product. The new API offers granular permissions, such as send-only. It also allows developers to keep track of changes to the inbox. Google also touts significant speed improvements with the API. Find all of our Google I/O…

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Google announces Google Fit Platform Preview for developers

Jun25
by on June 25, 2014 at 6:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Google today announced Google Fit, an open platform designed to help people keep track of their fitness goals. It’s a single set of APIs that will allow developers to dig into rival apps and combine data for deeper and smarter insights. Google Fit should result in more comprehensive apps that give users a rounded picture of their health and fitness levels. “So if a user grants permission, apps can have access to a user’s entire fitness stream to give better recommendations through this additional context,” one Google employee said. Users will be able to choose who their fitness data is…

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Victorious lets YouTube stars create their own apps for free to manage their business and fans

Jun25
by on June 25, 2014 at 6:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches, youtube

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YouTube has established itself as the world’s top video site, and it has produced a lot of content creators who build on their fame and eventually become digital celebrities. Now a mobile app platform called Victorious aims to help these creators manage their businesses by powering individual creator apps. This means that each digital star gets to publish their own mobile apps with Victorious’ technology, which fans can then download from the App Store or Google Play to interact directly with. Creators can simply request an invitation on Victorious’ site. The apps that content creators can publish with Victorious are…

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Victorious lets YouTube stars create their own apps for free to manage their business and fans

Jun25
by on June 25, 2014 at 6:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches, youtube

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YouTube has established itself as the world’s top video site, and it has produced a lot of content creators who build on their fame and eventually become digital celebrities. Now a mobile app platform called Victorious aims to help these creators manage their businesses by powering individual creator apps. This means that each digital star gets to publish their own mobile apps with Victorious’ technology, which fans can then download from the App Store or Google Play to interact directly with. Creators can simply request an invitation on Victorious’ site. The apps that content creators can publish with Victorious are…

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