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May 15, 2013, 2:45 PM

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The Verge:

Live from the Google I/O 2013 keynote — We're liveblogging Google's three-hour keynote address at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. We're here and we're in line — a huge line. There's a ton of press here all fighting to get good seats ahead of the 6,000 developers lined up downstairs.

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

Google takes on Spotify with Google Play Music All Access subscription service, priced at $9.99 per month — Google has formally announced its new subscription music initiative at the 2013 I/O conference. Rumors first broke that Google was working on the service earlier this year …

More: TechCrunch, The Next Web, GigaOM, CNET, Examiner, MacRumors, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, ZDNet, Business Insider, iPhone Hacks, The Technology Chronicles and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @sharonvak. See also Mediagazer

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Coming Soon From Google: A $649 Samsung Galaxy S4 Running Stock Android — While not a new Nexus phone, Google said Wednesday it plans to start selling an unlocked version of Samsung's Galaxy S4 through its Google Play store. — Like Nexus devices, the unlocked Galaxy S4 will be able …

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Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Google announces Android Studio: An IDE built just for Android developers — Today Google announced Android Studio, an integrated developer environment built for Android developers. The move is not surprising, given that Microsoft and other companies that provide platforms to developers often offer full-featured developer tools.

More: TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge and AndroidHeadlines.com

Ben Gilbert / Engadget:

Google Play game services aims to integrate gaming across Android, iOS and the web, available today — Google Play game developers and players alike are getting a quartet of game changing additions today: real-time multiplayer, leaderboards, cloud saves and achievements.

More: VentureBeat, iMore, ReadWrite, Engadget, LAPTOP Magazine, Inquirer, MacRumors, The Next Web, Ars Technica, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, TechHive, TechCrunch, BGR, The Next Web, 9to5Google, The Verge, PC World, Gotta Be Mobile, IntoMobile, iDownloadBlog.com, Joystiq, Softpedia News and WebProNews. Tweets: @caseynewton

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Google previews next version of Google Maps for iOS and Android, including dedicated iPad app coming this summer — Today, at its Google I/O conference in San Francisco, Google announced a major update to its flagship Google Maps product for mobile. The Maps update brings a host of interface improvements …

More: The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, Droid Life, Digital Trends, SiliconANGLE and PC Magazine

Rachel King / ZDNet:

Google developer tool releases include new Maps, Games, Google+ APIs

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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Google I/O statshot: 900 million Android devices activated

More: 9to5Google, ZDNet, VentureBeat, AppleInsider, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Verge, AllThingsD, The Next Web, TechCrunch, TechHive, IntoMobile, Softpedia News and WebProNews

Nick Summers / The Next Web:

Google is giving a free Chromebook Pixel to all I/O attendees

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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google:

Google announces Google Play for Education launching this fall

More: The Next Web, Engadget, VentureBeat, LAPTOP Magazine and TechHive

Michael Wyszomierski / @wysz:

Google I/O streaming live now at https://developers.google.com/events/ io/

More: The Next Web and VentureBeat

T.C. Sottek / The Verge:

Google unveils Hangouts: a unified messaging system for Android, iOS, and Chrome — Can Google catch up to the world of seamless mobile messaging? — After years of waiting for Google to tie its disparate communication services together, the company has today announced …

More: AllThingsD, Examiner, ZDNet, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Engadget, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, BGR, Gmail Blog, WebProNews, IntoMobile, Droid Life and Softpedia News. Tweets: @jbruin

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Google+ Gets a Bit More Pinteresting — Google introduced yet another design revamp for its Google+ social product at its I/O developer conference on Wednesday, the second visual overhaul for the service in about two years. — And guess what? Like many other startup visual layouts today …

More: The Verge, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Engadget, TechHive, IntoMobile and Softpedia News

Vic Gundotra / Google+:

New Google+: Stream, Hangouts, and Photos — Technology works best when it gets out of the way, and lets people do what makes them happiest: living, learning and loving. That's why, when we started the Google+ project nearly two years ago, we aimed to bring real-life sharing to software.

More: MacRumors

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google+ Photos Can Now Automatically Create Animated GIFs, Panoramas, HDR Images And Better Group Shots — Photos have always been at the center of the Google+ experience and at I/O today, Google announce a major update to Google+ Photos that now makes use of the many of the tools …

More: NYT Bits, CNET, The Next Web, The Next Web, 9to5Google, Engadget and Softpedia News

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft killing off Xbox Points in favor of currency and gift cards system — Cards will work across Xbox, Windows, and Windows Phone — Microsoft is killing off its Points system that's primarily used for its Xbox console. The death of Microsoft Points has been a long time coming …

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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google:

Google announces conversational Voice Search coming to desktop through Chrome — Google today announced that it is revamping the Google voice search feature available Chrome. While users have always been able to search with their voice through Chrome, Google is attempting to make the service work …

More: TechCrunch, The Next Web, Gizmodo, NYT Bits, The Verge, The Next Web, Engadget, AllThingsD, Engadget, Softpedia News and WebProNews

Inside Search:

A multi-screen and conversational search experience

More: TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, Inquirer and IntoMobile

New York Times:

U.S. Now Paints Apple as ‘Ringmaster’ in Its Lawsuit on E-Book Price-Fixing — WASHINGTON — The e-mail, from Steve Jobs of Apple to James Murdoch of News Corporation, reads as if one old sport were trying to cajole another into joining a caper: “Throw in with Apple and see if we can all …

More: Bloomberg, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, Computerworld, PadGadget, iLounge, Business Insider, TUAW, iDownloadBlog.com and AppleInsider. See also Mediagazer

Diane Bartz / Reuters:

Apple tells U.S. of tough talks, not collusion, with publishers

More: Ars Technica, The Register, Washington Post, App Advice, Computerworld, TechEye, 9to5Mac, TechHive, CNET, Cult of Mac and MacRumors. See also Mediagazer

Alan Levin / Bloomberg:

Turning Off IPhone Critical to Pilots Citing Interference — The regional airliner was climbing past 9,000 feet when its compasses went haywire, leading pilots several miles off course until a flight attendant persuaded a passenger in row 9 to switch off an Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhone.

More: AppleInsider, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, iDownloadBlog.com, iLounge, Cult of Mac and iPhone

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

The New Yorker Launches Strongbox, an Open-Source Anonymous Tip Tool Built by Aaron Swartz — Technology gives journalists unprecedented power to track down information. And technology gives lots of other people the ability to follow journalists' footprints. Just ask the Associated Press.

More: Double Take and Poynter. See also Mediagazer

Rene Ritchie / iMore:

As of today, every major mobile competitor... also makes apps for iOS — A few minutes ago BlackBerry announced BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for iOS. With that announcement, every single one of Apple's major mobile competitors now makes apps for iOS. Google, who also has Android …

More: Inquirer and PadGadget

Hugo Miller / Bloomberg:

BlackBerry Declines After Move to Open Up BBM Messaging

More: Examiner, TechNewsWorld, memeburn, Inside BlackBerry and NFC World

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