The place to comply with your favourite Cellular Nations personalities on social media throughout Google I/O.
And so it begins. Google I/O, the annual developer convention that showcases the perfect of what is to return (and what’s at present getting used) from the world of Google. Meaning Android. Meaning Chrome. Meaning apps and providers and units and merchandise and automobiles and — nicely, that is a ton of stuff happening. That is, initially, a developer convention. However there’s additionally a ton of issues happening behind the scenes and in between shows.
We will deliver all of it to you this week.
And it may be a bit totally different than typical. Google has moved the convention out of San Francisco’s SoMa district and introduced it residence, to the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View. Meaning solar, recent air — and much extra to see.
We have got a full workforce masking and studying this week. This is who you want to comply with:
Jerry Hildenbrand
Our resident Linux professional, Jerry is aware of the ins and outs of what truly makes Android work higher than anybody at Android Central. (The beard provides him energy.) And what’s extra is that he can take the low-level code-speak and translate it into issues the remainder of us can perceive, and make it relatable to the merchandise we use day-after-day.
Jerry’s a daily on the Android Central Podcast, is a Pisces, and, and loves lengthy walks on digital seashores. However he hates getting sand in his shorts.
Comply with Jerry on: Twitter | Google+
Phil Nickinson
Phil has been attending Google I/O since 2010, again when Eclair was a factor, Froyo was about to grow to be a factor, and dude was clean-shaven. Rather a lot has modified since then. (Particularly beards.) Phil’s not a coder, however he is aware of information, is aware of what’s essential to the typical shopper, and is not afraid to be fallacious once in a while. Or greater than every so often.
Comply with Phil (and his beard) on: Twitter | Google+ | Instagram | Facebook
Alex Dobie
That is Alex’s second Google I/O, and his first since 2012, the place as penance he needed to take house a Nexus Q. He’d been making an attempt to sneak into our luggage the previous few years, however found himself in China during I/O 2015, and tied up commanding AC’s keynote protection from again house the yr earlier than that. He is Cellular Nations’ token British individual, which suggests he typically spells phrases humorous and may make issues sound extra plausible and authoritative simply by saying them together with his voice. Comply with for lols, meals footage and behind-the-scenes goodies from Mountain View.
Comply with Alex on: Twitter | Instagram
Andrew Martonik
That is Andrew’s first look at Google I/O. As such, he is been slated to ship all the luggage to their respective rooms, guarantee recent flowers are swapped out each morning, and turn-down service within the evenings. Even with that being the case (okay, not likely), you’ll be able to’t cover the thrill he has to get to the present and see every thing Google is engaged on for this yr and into the longer term. You possibly can anticipate Andrew’s opinions about every part from the present, however notably Android, apps, Google providers and Chrome OS.
Comply with Andrew on: Twitter | Google+ | Instagram
Daniel Bader
Daniel Bader has been overlaying the Canadian cellular business since there earlier than Tim Horton’s was purchased by Wendy’s and subsequently bought to Burger King. (Look it up, it is true!) He has attended Google I/O since 2012, when everybody, together with him, thought Google Glass was going to be a factor individuals purchased and wore with out disgrace.
Whereas he’s an I/O professional, that is his first with the Android Central workforce, and is happy to take part in all of the shenanigans — particularly that prank Jerry pulls on Alex yearly that nobody is aware of about.
Comply with Daniel on: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Snapchat @journeydan
Michael Fisher
Michael Fisher has been enamored of Android know-how since he first noticed Star Trek’s Commander Knowledge flip open a tricorder someday within the early ’90s. Whereas he is carried a Google-powered smartphone since 2010 and coated the mobile-tech beat since 2012, this might be his first I/O and solely his third time in San Francisco. He is stoked for sourdough, swag, and candy software program.
Comply with Michael Fisher (at his new MrMobile digs!) on: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
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