Google’s I/O conference was packed full of product announcements, demos, and technical breakouts, but they’re surrounded by plenty of entertainment and fun during the three days. You know, like this life-si e mechanical dragon featured at the After Hours party. It is no wonder the event is one of the most popular developer conferences ever — selling out more quickly each year.
I was lucky enough to cover the event for ExtremeTech and wanted to share with you some of the highlights from the event…
Excitement always builds towards the opening keynote at Google I/O. Perhaps it is not quite as much of a religious experience as an Apple keynote, but there is plenty of energy to go around. Here you can see the clever electronic clock counting down on-screen.
Unfortunately, to get to the keynote everyone has to go up one of two escalators (although the second day a stairwell was also opened), so the line wraps all the way around the ground floor of the convention center before the escalators are opened up. The wait is worth it, but needless to say there was a fair amount of moaning and groaning going on.
The launch of Android 4.1, code-named Jelly Bean, was definitely the software highlight of the show. Even though it was one of the most anticipate introductions, there were still some surprises in the specific features Google was able to pack into what in number was treated as a minor release.
Google I/O 2012 in pictures
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