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Google Developer Day: Sydney

By · November 8, 2011, 11:51 AM PST

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  • Google Developer Day: Sydney

    With the release of Android 4.0, dubbed Ice Cream Sandwich, it should come as no surprise that ice cream sandwiches (or Monaco bars, as they are known in Australia) were available for afternoon tea.

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    Caption by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

  • The great balloon giveaway

    While the rain poured down outside, attendees could win an oversized balloons to take home. How the winners got their prizes home is another question.

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  • Modern browser usage

    Australia is adopting modern browsers ahead of the rest of the world.

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  • It's a UNIX system! I know this!

    A demostration of a terminal emulator written in HTML 5 turned into a Silicon Graphics-inspired file browser.

    Of course, most people would have seen fsn in Jurassic Park.

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  • Using Google Cloud SQL

    Here is an Eclipse window showing how to connect to Google Cloud SQL. This allows developers to connect to a MySQL instance in the cloud.

    Notice that there are no log-in credentials; Google uses a chain of trust between App Engine and Cloud SQL, rather than needing credentials in code.

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    Caption by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

  • Google Cloud Storage

    Code sample showing how to use Google Cloud Storage.

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  • Google Prediction API

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  • Daily Android activations

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  • Number of mobile phones

    Numbers don't lie; there are a lot of mobile phones out there.

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  • App Engine leaves preview mode

    App Engine has a transition from preview mode into a fully fledged Google product.

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  • Google+ Pages

    The other big annoucement yesterday was on allowing companies to create Google+ pages.

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    Caption by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Google Developer Day: Sydney

With the release of Android 4.0, dubbed Ice Cream Sandwich, it should come as no surprise that ice cream sandwiches (or Monaco bars, as they are known in Australia) were available for afternoon tea.

Photo by: James Ho/TechRepublic
Caption by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

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