Google I/O Developer Event -the key updates so far

A snap shot of the new developments from Google’s Developer conference.

900 million android activations and 48 billion app installs so far.

Google Play Services to integrate gaming services across all platforms including iOS and the web using your Google+ sign in. This will be used for real-time multiplayer, leaderboards, cloud saves and achievements.

Google Cloud Messaging part of Google Play Services. This will include persistent connections, which push out messages quickly, upstream messaging for sending data from your app to developers servers and synced notifications across devices. This means that if you dismiss an alert on your phone, it will similarly hit the get killed on your tablet. Neat.

New Maps and Location API’s for geofencing capabilities and low power location services.

Google introduces Android Studio an IDE to make building apps easier.

Google Play All Access. This is its answer to Spotify. All Access will come in both free (ad-supported) and paid flavors. A subscription costs $9.99 a month in the US, and all users will get a 30-day free trial. The service is live today only in the US at the moment. If you sign up before June 30th, you’ll get $2 off the monthly fee.

Google Play store gets redesign and a separate section for tablet apps. Finally.

Unbelievably Google announced a stock android Samsung Galaxy S4 unlocked, unlocked boot loader. But $649. Ouch. It does have LTE , 16gb and a memory card. But no Samsung tweaks.

Google releases Check Out. A one button approach to shopping.

Google launches Play for Education. This is a portal for apps and books.

More updates as they arrive later.

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