Google I/O, Microsoft, and Apple's App Store - 90 Seconds on The Verge
Google I/O, Microsoft, and Apple's App Store - 90 Seconds on The Verge
2013-05-15
it's Wednesday May 15 2013 I'm Casey
Newton here outside Moscone Center in
San Francisco California this is 90
seconds on the verge presented by virgin
mobile the 2013 Google i/o conference
started today and the company made news
across its entire portfolio of products
hangouts as Google's new unified
messaging platform replacing google talk
google+ messenger and the original
google+ hangouts on the music front
google announced its new subscription
service google play music all access the
company also took the wraps off a brand
new version of google maps for desktop
web browsers one thing that was missing
was a new version of Android Google's
developer site confirmed that Android
4.3 is coming but so far it's m.i.a in
less friendly news Google is demanding
that Microsoft pullets YouTube
application for Windows Phone Microsoft
wrote the app itself but the company is
now received a cease-and-desist letter
from Google's attorneys the problem the
app blocks adds a violation of youtube's
terms of service despite the complaint
the YouTube app is still available for
now and finally that other app store
just hit a big number 50 billion
downloads Apple announced that the App
Store crossed the threshold today less
than five years after it was lunch
apple's figure is impressive but it's
got competition androids now logged 48
billion installs itself and that's it
for today's top stories join us tomorrow
when I'll step through a wormhole and
travel 24 hours back in time and should
be arriving right about
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