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Google's New Android Plan: World Domination TIME - Harry McCracken - 12 May, 2011 Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP The ballroom on the third floor of San Francisco's Moscone West convention center doesn't look like special. But in recent years this nondescript hall has become the epicenter of major ...
Why gadget makers wield a 'kill switch' CNN - Mark Milian - 12 May, 2011 Phones from Google, left, and Apple have "kill switches" built into them that allow the companies to remotely delete software. (CNN) -- When you buy a video game from Best Buy, you don't give the retailer the right to barge into ...
New Google Android game 2nd Base features female characters that are eerily ... NEWS.com.au - 12 May, 2011 By staff writers AN Australian internet entrepreneur has denied a sexy politician character in his Google Android game application is based on Julia Gillard. Described as "cheeky and playful'', the 2nd Base application is a Google Android game ...
New Google Android game 2nd Base features female characters that are eerily ... Herald Sun - 12 May, 2011 By staff writers CONTROVERSY: Two screenshots from the Google Android game app 2nd Base, which was rejected by Apple. The app has been developed by Shanghai-based Australian Andrew Collins. Source: The Courier-Mail AN Australian internet entrepreneur ...
	The 404 818: Where we get more competition through lotion signal (podcast) CNET (blog) - Justin Yu - 12 May, 2011 Yesterday's Google I/O event announcements give us plenty of Android-related topics to discuss today. As if you needed another reason to fear Google, the company is asking you to invite them into your home with Project Tungsten, ...
Google's Platform Extends its Reach With Android@Home Wired News - Mike Isaac - 12 May, 2011 The accessory developer kit handed out to developers at Google's I/O conference. Photo: Mike Isaac/Wired.com SAN FRANCISCO �" The first Android smartphone came in 2008. Then in 2010, the platform appeared on tablets. ...
Google Envisions Automated Home with Android@Home PCWorld - Brennon Slattery - 12 May, 2011 Google used its I/O conference to introduce Android@Home, a software framework for Android that allows programmers to interact with various connected appliances such as light bulbs, thermostats, ...
	Google suffers curse of diversity with Android The Guardian - 12 May, 2011 Sales of smartphones running Android have now overtaken those of iPhones. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images One of Apple's great advantages in the phone and tablet markets is the lack of choices it provides to customers. ...
Google I/O Day One: A Complete Rundown PCWorld - Daniel Ionescu - ‎May 11, 2011‎ Google is putting on a show for developers at this year's I/O conference and the first day was a bumper one. It was all about Android, including software updates for smartphones and tablets, new movie and ...
Android figures from Google I/O: 400000 Android devices activated every day The Independent - ‎May 11, 2011‎ In little more than two and a half years, Google's Android mobile operating system has grown from running on just one Google-designed device in the US to become the world's leading smartphone platform. During Google's annual developer conference, ...
Google wants to control your home CNN - David Goldman - ‎May 11, 2011‎ SAN FRANCISCO (CNNMoney) -- First Google dominated the Web with search. Then it ruled mobile devices with Android. Now Google wants to control everything inside your home. ...
	Google to make lightbulbs and dishwashers Telegraph.co.uk - Matt Warman - ‎May 10, 2011‎ Not content with dominating the internet, Google is to set its sights on integrating with users' whole homes too. 'Project Tungsten' will see Google integrate wireless technology into household appliances, including light bulbs, thermostats and ...
Android Challenges Apple With New Devices, Software and Services Huffington Post (blog) - ‎May 10, 2011‎ San Francisco -- Day one of the annual Google I/O developer's was all things Android. The day began with a recap of Android's growth in the two and a half years it's been on the market. Google says that there are now 100 million activated Android ...
Bits: Turn Your Android Phone Into a Remote Control for Your Home New York Times (blog) - Claire Cain Miller - ‎May 10, 2011‎ Google wants people to use its Android software to operate a lot more than just phones and tablets. And at Google I/O, the company's conference for developers in San Francisco this week, the company showed off a future where ...
With Android@Home Google wants your house to be as smart as your phone Los Angeles Times - ‎May 10, 2011‎ Google kicked off its annual two-day conference for software developers by launching headline-grabbing movie and music services. But it also announced a more futuristic project at Google I/O called Android@Home. The idea: To make your home as smart as ...
	Google's Android moving into homes AFP - ‎May 10, 2011‎ SAN FRANCISCO �" Google wants Android to move into people's homes with the open-source software powering everything from smart light bulbs to sound systems. More than 5000 software savants at Google's annual developers conference in San Francisco on ...
On fragmentation, Google still comes up short against Apple ZDNet (blog) - Peter Cohen - ‎May 10, 2011‎ Google is trying to put fragmentation behind it by unifying smartphone and tablet operating systems and guaranteeing future compatibility for some devices. But on balance, Google's efforts still come up short ...
	Android@Home lets you control lights, appliances USA Today - Ben Parr - ‎May 10, 2011‎ Google has just unveiled the Android@Home framework, a set of protocols for controlling light switches, alarm clocks and other home appliances through any Android device. The search giant's ambitious plan intends to turn the home ...
What is Android@Home? The Future of Android PC Magazine - Mark Hachman - ‎May 10, 2011‎ The future of the Google Android operating system lies in a technology called Android@Home, a system for tying together home devices via Google-authored protocols and APIs. Google announced the platform in a keynote address on Monday at ...
Android @ Home makes your home smart, not just your phone ZDNet (blog) - Gloria Sin - ‎May 10, 2011‎ Google launches Android @ Home to turn your tablet into an universal remote to wirelessly control all your appliances, and unveils the Google Tungsten and Android-compatible LED light bulb. ...
	Android meets LED bulbs in Google smart-home push CNET - Martin LaMonica - ‎May 10, 2011‎ By the end of this year, people will be able to buy an LED light bulb controllable from an Android device, part of Google's move into home automation. At the Google I/O conference today, Google demonstrated how Android devices, ...
Google's Android@Home Will Be Remote Control For Appliances Huffington Post - ‎May 10, 2011‎ Google announced a number of upcoming features for the Android platform during Tuesday's I/O developers' conference. One exciting project, Android@Home, will bring the platform beyond the confines of mobile devices. Android@Home will allow Android ...
	Google wants Android to be the device hub CNET - Stephen Shankland - ‎May 10, 2011‎ SAN FRANCISCO--Google announced a collection of efforts to put its Android devices at the center of a host of electronically connected devices--everything from home lighting and irrigation systems to game controllers and keyboards. ...
	Google touts Android adoption CNET - Stephen Shankland - ‎May 10, 2011‎ SAN FRANCISCO--Google touted Android's spread across the world today, saying growth of the mobile operating system and applications is accelerating. • A total of 310 Android devices have gone on sale. • There are 36 phone makers, ...
	As I/O opens, iOS asserts itself San Francisco Chronicle (blog) - ‎May 10, 2011‎ Google's I/O conference opened Monday at the Moscone Center, offering developers a look at the future of its Android operating system and related cloud services. But as attendees were checking in at Moscone, just a few blocks away Apple's marketing ...
	Control All The Devices In Your House With Google's Android@Home PSFK - Emma Hutchings - 12 May, 2011 This week, at Google's annual I/O developers conference in San Francisco, they introduced a platform called Android@Home, from which you can control connected electronic devices in your house. The lights in your home, ...
	Your Love: Android, iPhone, Windows Phone or BlackBerry User? Phones Review - 12 May, 2011 Those that have read some of my articles here on Phonesreview probably know I am one of the Android faithful, while my colleagues Mark and Lawrence are Apple fanboys, although Mark does own an HTC Desire HD as well as the iPhone 4, so there is a little ...
	100000000 Android Smartphones, Etc., 200000 Android Apps Personal Finance Bulletin - Wallace Manfrin - 12 May, 2011 Google has reached yet another impressive and important milestone this week, activating its 100 millionth Android device. Beginning a keynote yesterday, Product Management Director Hugo Barra, gave a brief recap of the growth experienced by the Android ...
Google I/O 2011 : Day one pluGGd.in - Chaitanya Khanapure - 12 May, 2011 Google's annual developer conference got off to a phenomenal start with some pretty exciting announcements. As everyone had expected, most of them concerned its highly successful ...
Google's Mixed Message On The Future Of Mobile Computing paidContent.org - 12 May, 2011 You had to attend both days of Google I/O to get the full effect: having been present for just one of the two visions of mobile computing detailed by Google (NSDQ: GOOG) this week would have left you with the impression that the project you witnessed ...