Google I / O between Larry Page, Maps, Android and Galaxy S4 - Computer Point

Into The CEO took the floor during the conference and debating competition and technology. Then the news about Google products like the new maps, development tools, the Galaxy without Touchwiz

Rome – Among the many new object of the conference Google I / O developer there was the return of Larry Page, the company’s CEO who took the stage facing its well-known vocal cord problems talking with the public and with drawn sword defending the business in Mountain View.

Page pays homage to the father who sent his own interests for the technology, and the technology he has in mind the CEO – and that Google’s mission is to make concrete – is a “transparent” as Google Now exemplifies says Page, technology must assist the user without him having to make too much effort.

Rather predictably, Google CEO defends the corporation from the accusation of being a “company against” Google produces things that do not exist as Google Glass, Page says, and does not have a approach “negative” to the progress or competition. Thus Spake the CEO of the company that developed after Android iPhone, Google+ after Facebook, the Google Reader into retirement to face the market of RSS readers and so forth.

Originality of business aside, the menu updates and news presented during the conference I / O this year is particularly rich: the corporation of advertising has completely redesigned its Maps service, now more and more customized to the needs of individual and users with increased performance thanks to a vector engine.

On WebGL compatible browsers such as Firefox or Chrome, the new Google Maps is able to switch from “flat” to the three-dimensional typical stand-alone software Google Earth: some have already defined Maps Web application for computer most advanced in circulation, while the specific app for mobile gadgets (iPad, Android) will be updated shortly.

Chapter Android, finally, also without a new release on the horizon, Google has not wasted the conference I / O communicating important numbers (900 million gadgets androids activated, tens of billions of app installed), revealing a terminal Samsung Galaxy S4 unlocked and with pure Android on board price $ 650 on sale in June on Google Play, presenting new tools for developers – including a translation service entrusted Italian Translated – and the update to Android 4.2.2 for Google TV. That despite everything is still in circulation.

Alfonso Maruccia