Fwd: Friday Google updates

[Lloyd Cledwyn]

[sent from mobile]

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From: "Adam Nave" <na...@macalester.edu>
Date: Jun 29, 2012 2:06 PM
Subject: Friday Google updates
To: "ITS Staff" <its-...@lists.macalester.edu>, "Johan Oberg" <job...@macalester.edu>, "Lloyd Cledwyn" <cle...@macalester.edu>

Google I/O 2012 was this week and they announced a TON of cool stuff. Jump to the bottom for most of the I/O announcements.

Google Apps Updates

Gmail app on iOS improvements (notification center)

http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/06/notification-center-and-alternate-email.html 

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/notification-center-support-for-gmail.html

Changes to graphs in Admin Control Panel

http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/06/changes-to-activity-graphs-in.html 

Other Google Updates

Google is one of the worlds largest hardware manufacturers - they build their own servers and networking gear.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/06/google_makes_servers/ 

YouTube tests a new interface for video pages

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/06/youtube-tests-new-interface-for-video.html 

YouTube default video upload settings

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/06/default-upload-settings-for-youtube.html 

Google Music gets a trash

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/06/google-music-trash.html 

Google offers "power searching" course

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/become-google-power-searcher.html 

Firefox for Android - native app, supports flash, html5

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/26/native-firefox-android-browser-adds-speed-flash-html5-and-a-fr 

Using large scale brain simulations for AI and machine learning

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/using-large-scale-brain-simulations-for.html

LEGO + Google Maps

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/26/lego-and-google-chrome-build-australia

G+ share recommendation buttons coming

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/26/google-plus-share-button-recommendations 

Chrome extension to modify the Google Nav bar

http://lifehacker.com/5921669/big-g-black-bar-sorter-customizes-googles-black-bar-to-your-liking

BlueStacks brings Android apps to OS X

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/bluestacks-brings-android-to-mac

Adobe confirms no more Flash on Android 4.1, will block new flash installs from Play on Aug 15.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/adobe-confirms-it-wont-support-flash-on-android-4-1/

G+ patent app details carrier contact integration

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/29/google-plus-carrier-integration-patent-app/

Google Policy/Privacy/Politics

Project Re: Brief documentary

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/project-re-brief-documentary.html

A tribute to Alan Turing (with functional Turing machine)

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/tribute-to-turing-father-of-modern.html

Google drops cost of Maps API to keep devs

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/23/google-drops-cost-of-maps-api-to-keep-developers

Google vs Microsoft: a tale of two interviews

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/06/25/1928230/google-vs-microsoft-a-tale-of-two-interviews

In schools, all you need is web

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/in-schools-all-you-need-is-web.html

What happened to the Android Update Alliance?

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/what-happened-to-the-android-update-alliance

Google trains developers to use their stuff

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/29/google-helps-train-developers-hook-up-universities-in-new-educa/

Celebrating Pride 2012

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/celebrating-pride-2012.html

Google I/O

Engadget's announcement roundup

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-i-o-keynote-roundup-glass-nexus-7-nexus-q-and-jelly-be

Editorial comments on major I/O announcements

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/editorial-engadget-on-jelly-bean-nexus-q-nexus-7-and-project

Day 1 keynote video

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/googles-i-o-2012-keynote-is-up-in-video-form-in-case-you-misse

Inside Google's amazing Accessory Development Kit demo hardware

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/29/google-accessory-developer-kit/

Overview of the conference and announcements

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/google-gave-us-a-week-of-product-launches-and-impressive-demos-at-io

App Engine and Compute Engine

New features to simplify development in App Engine

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/google-tries-to-take-the-pain-out-of-developing-for-app-engine

Announcing Compute Engine: cloud hosted linux virtual servers for "large-scale computing needs"

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/google-compute-engine-brings-linux-virtual-machines-at-google-s/

More on Compute Engine

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/06/google-cloud-platform/

Chrome

Chrome for Android out of beta (still only for Android 4)

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-chrome-for-android

Chrome Web Lab beta

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-web-lab

310 million users, almost 100% increase over last year

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/chrome-tops-310-million-users-almost-100-growth-over-last-year/

Chrome for iOS

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/06/chrome-comes-to-iphone-ipad

Chrome for iPhone hands-on

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/chrome-for-ios-hands-on

Chrome for iOS review

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/06/chrome-for-ios-review-syncing-is-great-but-still-just-a-webkit-wrapper

Chromebooks at major retail stores

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/google-sends-chromebooks-to-some-best-buy-and-dixons-stores

Chrome 20 released

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/29/chrome-20-browser-released-64-bit-linux-flash/

Open URLS in Chrome for iPhone instead of mobile Safari

http://lifehacker.com/5922387/open-in-chrome-bookmarklet-sends-urls-from-mobile-safari-to-chrome-on-your-iphone

Docs and Drive

Drive SDK 2.0 supports mobile apps, common file tasks

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/google-drive-sdk-version-2-supports-android-and-ios-apps

Drive: 10 million users served

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/google-drive-10-million-users-served/

Drive client for Chrome OS and iOS

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/google-drive-client-comes-to-chrome-os-and-ios

Drive for iOS hands-on

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/google-drive-for-ios-hands-on

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/hands-on-with-the-google-drive-for-ios-app-mostly-read-only 

Maps and Earth

Maps for Android gets true offline mode, compass mode

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-maps-offline-android

Google Earth 7 for Android brings new super-detailed 3D maps for some cities

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-earth-for-android-gets-new-3d-maps-for-some-cities

Glass

The first keynote featured a live hangout with skydivers - in mid-air - wearing Google Glasses. Developer glasses were available for pre-order.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/googlers-skydive-wearing-google-glasses-broadcast-jump-live-to-google

More Glass details

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/googles-project-glass-gets-some-more-details

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-glass-details-voice-command-connectivity-options/

If you pre-order the dev glasses, you get a glass brick.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/photos-project-glass-google-pre-order

Project Glass coming to consumers in 2014

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/google-glass-coming-to-your-face-by-2014

How they got wi-fi to the skydivers

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/the-trick-to-google-glass-skydive-broadcast-amplifying-dishes

Nexus 7 tablet

A powerful 7" tablet with Android 4.1

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/google-officially-reveals-7-quad-core-nexus7-tablet-with-android-4-1

Hands on

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/nexus-7-tablet-hands-on/

Review: the best $200 tablet you can buy

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/nexus-7-review/

Nexus Q

A spherical streaming media player

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/google-reveals-nexus-q-streaming-media-player

Made in the USA

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-q-is-designed-and-manufactured-in-the-u-s-a

Teardown

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/see-googles-nexus-q-dissected-piece-by-piece-courtesy-of-wired/

Hands-on

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/nexus-q-social-streaming-device-hands-on/

The Kinetisphere statue

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/visualized-kinetisphere-takes-nexus-q-into-another-dimension-at/

Android

400 million Android devices, 1 million activations/day

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-400-million-android-devices-one-million-activations-a-d

Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) announced

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/android-4-1-jelly-bean-faster-smoother-more-delightful

What's new - screenshot tour

http://lifehacker.com/5921761/whats-new-in-android-41-jelly-bean

What's changed (more in-depth)

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/android-4-1-jelly-bean-review-a-look-at-whats-changed-in-googl

Jelly Bean statue at the Googleplex

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/26/googles-jelly-bean-cup-runeth-over-kills-grass-in-the-process/

Google Now search integration in Jelly Bean

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-revamps-search-integration-in-android-4-1-jellybean

http://www.google.com/landing/now/

Get the best features of Android 4.1 now

http://lifehacker.com/5921806/how-to-get-the-best-features-of-android-41-jelly-bean-now

4.1 SDK hands-on

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/android-4-1-sdk-hands-on

Google Play

Play gets purchases (it had rentals before) for media, plus new features like incremental app updates and more

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/google-play-gets-tv-movie-and-magazine-purchases-for-nexus-7

More on incremental updates

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-brings-incremental-app-updates-to-android-added-encrypti

Play hits 600k apps, 20 billion installs

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-play-hits-600000-apps

Remote update/uninstall apps

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/google-play-lets-you-update-and-uninstall-apps-from-the-comfort

Google TV gets subscription billing, purchases through Play

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/google-tv-will-get-subscription-billing-support-for-movie-and-t

Google+

250+ million users, more mobile than desktop

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-has-250-million-users-more-mobile-than-desktop

Google+ gets Events (and it's more than just calendar invites)

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-plus-events

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/1.html

G+ tablet redesign

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-on-android-ipad-goes-tablet-sized

YouTube

YouTube for Android 4 gets precaching, remote control

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/youtube-android-app-caching-channels-remote

--
Adam Nave, CISSP
Linux/Unix Systems Administrator
Macalester College