Technology

Starting with Chrome 51 you will not need the chromecast extension anymore to cast your screen :)

Users will also be able to right click on a page and click Cast, which will be faster for just about everyone.

Larry has been busy making flying cars.

As part of the secrecy, Zee.Aero employees didn’t refer to Page by name; he was known as GUS, the guy upstairs.

If you enjoyed watching the Google I/O Keynote, then I recommend that you watch this ATAP presentation. There has been a lot of progress made on Project Jacquard, Project Soli, and Project Ara just this past year.

Some interesting information in this article.

The real shocker here is that this release of Google Play on Chrome OS is not based on ARC.



One of my favorite things about owning a Moto G is the hand gestures for turning on the camera and the flashlight. A couple new hand gestures were announced for the Moto G4 and G4 Plus. If your phone is ringing at a meeting, picking it up will stop the ringing. Also, flipping your phone over on a table will place it in "Do Not Disturb" mode.

Video from Moto G4 Launch Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXH5XaBcTMc


Some huge new education announcements from Google.

1. Google Expeditions is now open for everyone on Android (iOS coming soon).

2. Students can cast from their chromebook/ chrome browser directly to the projector via the teacher's computer (no chromecast needed)

3. Teachers can grade quizzes (multiple choice and check box) automatically in Google Forms.


Google's big weakness has always been getting so caught up in new ideas that they forget about how it affects their users. Sure, we often end up with great services, but oftentimes we have apps that overlap each other or apps that are left to die because Google doesn't find them interesting anymore. When I hear Googlers bragging about "failing fast and moving on" it gets me a little concerned. Yes, it is important to learn through failure, but be mindful about the billion+ people using your products/ services whose lives are impacted by this way of doing things.

This is going to be amazing for people that love to customize their gadgets.

The main message I took away from the Google I/O Keynote is that Machine Learning is about to make our lives much much easier. The best example I saw was when Erik Kay demonstrated Allo, the new messaging app by Google.

Google added a bunch of new sessions to I/O this past week, so I updated the word cloud image from last week.

A couple of interesting notes is that Google hasn't forgotten about Android Wear and Android TV even though there hasn't been much news/updates from those two areas in a while. There will be 5 sessions devoted to Android Wear:

1. What's new in Android Wear
2. Building rich fitness experiences with Google Fit platform and
Android Wear
3. Android Wear Connectivity
4. Android Wear: Developing engaging apps
5. Android Wear: Watch faces

and 3 sessions for Android TV:

1. Bringing live content to Android TV
2. Google Cast & Android TV: Building connected experiences for the
home
3. Bring your Android app to Android TV in minutes

Also, there will be 7 sessions on VR. Maybe there is some truth to the rumored Google VR device?