More than 6,000 developers attended the kickoff of the Google I/O 2015 conference in San Francisco on Thursday, getting updated on the search leader’s latest technological leaps. Google (GOOGL) introduced a new payments service, the latest update to its Android mobile operating system, a new virtual reality platform and more. Here’s a look at the opening announcements at the two-day show that ends Friday: Android Pay: Google rolled out Android
While Google (GOOGL) is rumored to be the latest tech firm launching a “Buy” button, the search giant will find a rocky jump into mobile e-commerce, given strong competition from established rivals such as Amazon.com (AMZN) and new upstarts, according to a talk by an industry expert on Wednesday. “You really don’t have to go to Google to search anymore. That’s a huge problem for Google,” Scot Wingo, executive chairman and co-founder of
Look for thousands of tech pros to pack Google ‘s (GOOGL) annual I/O extravaganza for Android app developers later this week, anticipating that the search leader will break out new products and put on workshops to help them create more uses for its popular mobile operating system. Historically, Google also takes the wraps off its newest version of Android during the event, and this I/O — being held in San Francisco Thursday and Friday — should be