Everything Google announced at Google I/O 2015 in one handy list

That’s a wrap on all things Google. In case you missed the keynote, here’s a recap of all the highlights you may have missed. Android M Kicking off the keynote, Google Senior Vice President Sundar Pichai announced that HBO Now is officially on the Play Store before bringing ‎VP of Engineering (Android) Dave Burke to talk Android M. Permissions The first new feature is “App permissions,” simplifying what data users allow apps to access. In this new model, apps on Android M will no longer ask for a lengthy permissions list upon installation, but instead prompt the user for permission when the app needs to use…

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Google is making it easier to find family-friendly content on the Play Store

Among the mutlitude of announcements at Google I/O today, the company announced a new feature for its Google Play Store designed to make it easier for parents to find content that’s appropriate for their children. The new feature is called Family and lets you filter content by age and interests. Google says it’s also now providing clearer information about apps and other content on the Store to help parents make better decisions about what their children should be able to access. The ‘family star’ rating system helps provide at-a-glance information about the intended age-range for a particular app, movie or book. There’s…

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Google is bringing virtual field trips to classrooms with Cardboard Expeditions

Google Cardboard is getting a bevy of new updates today at the company’s IO developer conference. One of the cooler announcements is a new feature called Expeditions. It basically works like a virtual field trip for classes, where teachers can set a destination, which other students then follow with their own Cardboard devices. Developing…

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Android developer nanodegree now available from Google and Udacity

Today at Google I/O, Senior Vice President of Products Sundar Pichai announced Udacity will now offer an Android developer nanodegree. While Udacity already offers classes on Android development, this is its first nanodegree program on the topic. The curriculum was developed by Google, and covers everything from basic fundamentals to Material Design implementation. Udacity says the degree takes six to nine months to complete at a cost of $200 per month. The nanodegree courses from Udacity teach basic skills with the aim of putting students in entry level positions. Nanodegree programs offer structured learning on topics like front end development or data analysis,…

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Google Cardboard is now available for iOS, Google has an improved viewer

Google has just released a new app for iOS that allows you to use Cardboard on iOS devices and is available for download today. The company is also making available a 3rd-party cardboard program that allows other companies to build devices. A new Google Cardboard design fits phones as large as six inches, has a new button that works with all devices (rather than the metal washer found in the previous version) and only takes three steps to assemble. There’s also a new Google Cardboard SDK that will work across both Android and iOS devices so that any phone can be…

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Google is embracing CocoaPods to bring its services to iOS developers

Google announced today at its I/O developer event that it’s adopting the popular CocoaPods standard for iOS developers so they can easily integrate Google tools. The company said it will use Cocoapods as the “default distribution channel” for frameworks like Google Analytics, Google Maps and other services, which will be easily installable inside Apple’s Xcode development environment.

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Google announces offline Maps support, including navigation and reviews

At its IO developer event today, Google announced that it was finally going to bring offline support for Google Maps. The offline functionality works both for just browsing maps and turn by turn directions. It even pulls in local reviews before you go offline, so you can still look up information on a restaurant when your data access is low.

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