Google I/O
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Google I/O is an annual two-day developer-focused conference held by Google in San Francisco, California. Google I/O features highly technical, in-depth sessions focused on building web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open web technologies such as Android, Chrome, Chrome OS, Google APIs, Google Web Toolkit, App Engine, and more.
Google I/O was started in 2008. The "I" and "O" stand for "Innovation in the Open", and input/output. The format of the event is similar to that of the Google Developer Day.
2008 (May 28-29, 2008)
- The major themes were OpenSocial, App Engine, Android, Google Maps API, and Google Web Toolkit.
- Speakers included David Glazer, Alex Martelli, Steve Souders, Dion Almaer, Mark Lucovsky, Guido van Rossum, Jeff Dean, Chris DiBona, Josh Bloch.[1]
2009 (May 27-28, 2009)
- The major themes were Android, App Engine, Chrome, Google Web Toolkit, OpenSocial, Google AJAX APIs, and Google Wave.
- Speakers included Aaron Boodman, Adam Feldman, Adam Schuck, Alex Moffat, Alon Levi, Andrew Bowers, Andrew Hatton, Anil Sabharwal, Arne Roomann-Kurrik, Ben Collins-Sussman, Ben Galbraith, Ben Lisbakken, Brad Chen, Brady Forrest, Brandon Barber, Brett Slatkin, Brian Fitzpatrick, Brian McRae, Bruce Johnson, Casey Whitelaw, Charles McCathieNevile, Charles Chen, Chewy Trewhalla, Chris Chabot, Chris DiBona, Chris Mertens, Chris Nesladek, Chris Pruett, Chris Schalk, Cody Simms, Cyrus Mistry, Damon Lundin, Dan Bornstein, Dan Holevoet, Dan Morrill, Dan Peterson, Daniel Jefferies, Daniel S. Wilkerson, Dave Bort, Dave Carroll, Dave Day, Dave Peck, David King, David Sehr, David Sparks, DeWitt Clinton, Derek Collison, Dhanji Prasanna, Dion Almaer, Don Schwarz, Eric Bidelman, Eric Sachs, Gerardo Capiel, Gregg Tavares, Guido van Rossum, Guillaume Laforge, Henry Chan, Ian Fette, Iein Valdez, Itai Raz, Jacob Lee, Jeff Fisher, Jeff Ragusa, Jeff Sharkey, Jeffrey Sambells, Jerome Mouton, Jesse Kocher, et al.[2]
2010 (May 19-20, 2010)
- The major themes were Android, App Engine, Chrome, Enterprise, Geo, Google APIs, Google TV, Google Web Toolkit, Social Web, and Google Wave.
- Speakers included Aaron Koblin, Adam Graff, Adam Nash, Adam Powell, Adam Schuck, Alan Green, Albert Cheng, Albert Wenger, Alex Russell, Alfred Fuller, Amit Agarwal, Amit Kulkarni, Amit Manjhi, Amit Weinstein, Anders Sandholm, Angus Logan, Anne Veling, Arne Roomann-Kurrik, Bart Locanthi, Ben Appleton, Ben Cheng, Ben Collins-Sussman, et al.[3]
2011 (May 10-11, 2011)
The main theme of the first day was Android, of the second - Chrome and Google Chrome OS. [4]
Main Android announcements:
- Google Music - A wireless music streaming service somewhat akin to Amazon Cloud Player and Spotify
- Honeycomb update 3.1 - To allow honeycomb devices to directly transfer content from USB devices
- Ice Cream Sandwich - Merging Honeycomb and Gingerbread into a unified OS
Main Chrome and Chrome OS announcements:
- Chromebooks from Samsung and Acer starting selling at June 15
- App-in purchases in Chrome Web Store apps with a flat 5% fee
- Web version of Angry Birds
References
External links
- Official website
- Google I/O on Google Buzz
- Google I/O on Twitter (official hashtags: #io2008, #io2009, #io2010)
- Google I/O 2008 Session Videos and Slides
- Google I/O 2009 Session Videos and Slides
- Google I/O 2010 Session Videos and Slides