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Google's Bright New Idea: Android-Controlled Light Bulbs

Forbes (blog) - Matt Hickman - ‎May 12, 2011‎
After taking a breather from the energy-efficient light bulb barrage that was late April â€" check out my posts on the Philips' EcoVantage bulb, designer AlessiLux Lamps from Italy, and Cree's LED vs. incandescent Easter meltdown â€" here's more ...

Google's Platform Extends its Reach With Android@Home

Wired News - Mike Isaac - ‎May 11, 2011‎
The accessory developer kit handed out to developers at Google's I/O conference. Photo: Mike Isaac/Wired.com SAN FRANCISCO â€" 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 - ‎May 11, 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 - ‎May 11, 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. ...

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 â€" 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 ...

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 Android@Home, Project Tungsten to Usher In Web-Connected Homes

eWeek - Clint Boulton - 14 May, 2011
SAN FRANCISCOâ€"Google made waves here at its fourth annual developer conference with its Music beta, as well as key upgrades to its Android "Honeycomb" operating system for tablets. But perhaps the biggest revelation was ...

Android's Next Step May Hit Too Close to Home

TechNewsWorld - Richard Adhikari - ‎May 13, 2011‎
Android@Home takes Google's mobile operating system to the home front. Built into home appliances and running off small household networks, the technology could allow users to program, automate and take new levels of control of ...

Control your home with Android@Home

Techinstyle.tv - ‎May 12, 2011‎
A recent announcement by Google means that you may well be able to use any one of your Android powered devices to control your home. Android@Home was shown off at the software developers conference in San Francisco this week and it looks, frankly, ...

Google reveals smart home ambitions for Android

IPTV News - ‎May 12, 2011‎
Google has unveiled plans to extend the reach of its Android operating system beyond the mobile phone and TV, and enable users to wirelessly control a wide range of appliances and devices within their home. Announcing the Android@Home project at the ...

Google Reaches 100 Million Android Device Activations

Social Barrel - Francis Rey - ‎May 12, 2011‎
Google announced at the annual Google I/O developer conference that over 400000 Android devices, including smartphones and tablets, get activated daily, which makes up for about 12 million units per month. In August last year, Eric Schmidt, ...

Google announces Android@Home as a future connected platform

WhatsYourTech.ca - Ted Kritsonis - ‎May 12, 2011‎
In a series of unveilings yesterday at Google's I/O conference, one highly touted new development is that of Android@Home, an extension of the mobile operating system that could connect Android devices to electronics and appliances throughout a home. ...

Control All The Devices In Your House With Google's Android@Home

PSFK - Emma Hutchings - ‎May 12, 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 - ‎May 12, 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 ...

33% of all Facebook posts originate from mobile devices

The Sociable - Darren McCarra - ‎May 12, 2011‎
Zarrella based his research on 70000 randomly chosen public Facebook posts and found that 32.69% of all status updates, videos, links and photos were posted from mobile devices. The Facebook mobile web interface accounted for the largest proportion of ...

Android-Controlled LED Light Bulb from Google Unveiled

Popsop.com - ‎May 12, 2011‎
Another innovation introduced by Google is in the spotlight this week: a LED light bulb that can be controlled using any Android device. This little technological wonder employs the newly-introduced open-source wireless networking protocol from Google. ...

Automate Your Home with Google's Android@Home

PC World India - ‎May 11, 2011‎
Google wants to enter your household with Android@Home, which the company unveiled at its I/O conference. Android@Home basically provides a software framework for Android that allows programmers to interact with various connected electronic appliances ...

Google's Android@Home turns phone into remote control for different appliances

TopNews New Zealand - Neelesh Raghuwanshi - ‎May 11, 2011‎
Google used its I/O conference in San Francisco to announce a new Android@home, software that lets different devices, such as light bulbs, thermostats and dishwashers, to discover, connect and communicate with tablets, computers and phones wirelessly, ...

Google plays smart with Android

IT PRO India - ‎May 11, 2011‎
By , 12 May 2011 at 06:50 Google has unveiled plans of extending its Android reach beyond smartphones and tablets. At its I/O developer conference in San Francisco, Google showcased the future of Android where an Android phone could be used as a remote ...

 

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