Google I/O

[S1ght]

Personally I would have liked to have heard something about the new Nexus range because I want to get a Nexus 7 but didn't see a point if they were going to release 1 in the next few months.

Otherwise I love the improvements they've made in Chrome, G+ and Gmaps. I still need to watch the presentations on Android Studio. Got plenty of time this weekend to catch up on a lot of the presentations

Hardly a rant. Google yesterday announced that they are killing their XMPP support in gtalk, just like they killed caldav support in gcal, etc.

What protocol are they using now for Google Hangouts? Is it something they've created? I've read quite a few people are angry about this, since they want their Statuses/Ability to go Invisible/Contact Groups. I can still connect via Pidgin so I don't think they've killed it completely just yet? Seems like people are just ranting for the sake of it?

 

[cerebus]

Here's a gem of an exchange between Microsoft and Google after Google sent a cease-and-desist to Microsoft:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...-to-cease-and-desist-its-ad-free-youtube-app/

We’d be more than happy to include advertising but need Google to provide us access to the necessary APIs. In light of Larry Page’s comments today calling for more interoperability and less negativity, we look forward to solving this matter together for our mutual customers.

 

[Pooky]

Here's a gem of an exchange between Microsoft and Google after Google sent a cease-and-desist to Microsoft:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...-to-cease-and-desist-its-ad-free-youtube-app/

Google seem to love to make themselves out to be such a goody goody bunch of people sitting on beanbags and educating the world.

 

[hawker]

Google seem to love to make themselves out to be such a goody goody bunch of people sitting on beanbags and educating the world.

Google does so much good stuff though. I love em

 

[Hamster]

You have to wonder why that "not available for mobile devices" is even a feature on Google. Why block stuff (incl. the mind numbing advertising that goes with said video).

 

[cerebus]

What protocol are they using now for Google Hangouts? Is it something they've created? I've read quite a few people are angry about this, since they want their Statuses/Ability to go Invisible/Contact Groups. I can still connect via Pidgin so I don't think they've killed it completely just yet? Seems like people are just ranting for the sake of it?

They're using a proprietary API whereas XMPP was open source; similar to how they killed Reader which had an open API, and Caldav and so on. But hey open wins right because technology isn't a zero-sum game and all.

 

[hawker]

They also said they wouldn't be removing Google Talk anytime in the near future.