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May 15, 2013, 4:00 PM

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Hugo Barra / Official Android Blog:
Android@I/O: Just press Play  —  As our developer audience knows, Android is more than simply a phone or tablet.  It's a platform, an ecosystem, and an opportunity for developers around the world to build exciting services and apps that reach millions of people every day.
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 …
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.
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Coming Soon From Google: A $649 Samsung Galaxy S4 Running Stock Android  —  While not a new Nexus phone, Google said on Wednesday that 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 …
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
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 …
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 …
Amit Singhal / Inside Search:
A multi-screen and conversational search experience  —  Search has always been about giving you the best answers quickly, regardless of what device you use.  At Google I/O today, we gave an update on where we are in building the search engine of the future—a search engine that can answer your questions …
Google LatLong:
Meet the new Google Maps: A map for every person and place  —  What if we told you that during your lifetime, Google could create millions of custom maps...each one just for you?  —  In the past, such a notion would have been unbelievable: a map was just a map, and you got the same one for New York City …
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Google previews next version of Google Maps for iOS and Android, including an 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 updates were announced by Daniel Graf …
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Google CEO Larry Page speaks at I/O about competition and negativity in innovation  —  “I was really lucky growing up,” said Google CEO Larry Page at the I/O conference today.  “My dad was really interested in technology.  One time we drove across the country to go to a robotics conference …
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.
Travis Green / Google Commerce:
Send money to friends with Gmail and Google Wallet  —  Paying back your friends is now as simple as sending an email, whether you're chipping in for lunch or reimbursing your roommate for your share of the rent.  —  Google Wallet is now integrated with Gmail, so you can quickly …

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