google io live stream now

[vshah]

seriously rovio? you couldn't do angry birds in the browser till now?

give me a break.

 

[Krynj]

Nothing Android related today. All attendees did get a Chrome book though. Which is pretty sweet.

 

[dlock13]

Nothing Android related today. All attendees did get a Chrome book though. Which is pretty sweet.

What all was discussed about Chrome?

 

[Krynj]

Basically fleshing Chrome out to be more of a lightweight OS than just a browser. Samsung now has laptops that run on Chrome OS. Nothing I'm majorly interested in.

 

[sciwizam]

There are still android sessions being livestreamed, also chrome session in the 2nd stream link.

Schedule

http://www.youtube.com/googledevelopers

All times are PST

10:45-11:45 - Android Market for Developers
12:30-1:30 - Designing and Implementing Android UIs for Phones and Tablets
1:45-2:45 - Building Android Apps for Google TV
3:00-4:00 - Android Development Tools
4:15-5:15 - Taking Android to Work

I'm interested in the GoogleTV session.

 

[Red Storm]

I would have liked to see Google take the Atrix webtop concept and have that be what Chrome OS is. It's a natural tie-in with Android phones too.

 

[alent1234]

As a beta tester, I hated it

 

[zerocool84]

It's no secret that negotiations between Google and the recording industry haven't been going very well. Perhaps even less surprising are the reasons behind the stalemate. According to the Hollywood Reporter, discussions between the two parties have sputtered thanks to three usual suspects: money, file-sharing and concerns over competition. During licensing talks, Google agreed to pay upfront advances to all participating labels, but the major players wanted bigger guarantees. That prompted the indie contingent to ask for similar money, unleashing a snowball of stakes-raising. The two sides also failed to agree on how to handle pirated music, with the industry demanding that Google not only ban illegally downloaded files from users' lockers, but that it erase P2P sites from its search results, as well.

Hovering above all this bargaining was a thick cloud of destabilizing uncertainty. Some execs welcomed the idea of a new iTunes competitor, while others were less enthusiastic, amid concerns that Google Music wouldn't deliver new revenue streams. The ultimate question, of course, is how negotiations will proceed now that Google's already launched the service. The labels were warned that Tuesday's I/O announcement was coming, but the search giant didn't do much to mend fences when it effectively blamed the record execs for holding up negotiations. It's hard to say whether Google's bravado will help or hurt matters, but according to a source from a major label, "People are pissed."

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/12/what-stalled-negotiations-between-google-and-the-music-industry/

 

[cheezy321]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/12/what-stalled-negotiations-between-google-and-the-music-industry/

I think everyone can agree that the music industry sucks. The current copyright law allows them to strongarm anyone.

On a side note, remember when people paid $1.99 for a ringtone?? That's hilarious.

 

[Ns1]

I think everyone can agree that the music industry sucks. The current copyright law allows them to strongarm anyone.

On a side note, remember when people paid $1.99 for a ringtone?? That's hilarious.

yeah I'm sure it has nothing to do with millions of people downloading whatever they want for free.

 

[zerocool84]

yeah I'm sure it has nothing to do with millions of people downloading whatever they want for free.

They don't. It's a VERY small percentage that still do. With all the outlets people can buy music, piracy has gone down so much but of course the RIAA wants to think otherwise.

 

[Ns1]

They don't. It's a VERY small percentage that still do. With all the outlets people can buy music, piracy has gone down so much but of course the RIAA wants to think otherwise.

lololol

i download shit all the time now just to counter this argument.


why spend 2.99 on a 15 track APC album when I could download the entire discography for FREE!? srsly man, take a look at torrent trackers. It's a lot more than a "very small percentage".

 

[zerocool84]

lololol

i download shit all the time now just to counter this argument.


why spend 2.99 on a 15 track APC album when I could download the entire discography for FREE!? srsly man, take a look at torrent trackers. It's a lot more than a "very small percentage".

Just because you do it doesn't mean everyone is doing it and they don't. It's a small percentage that do it still, nothing like it used to be.

 

[Ns1]

Just because you do it doesn't mean everyone is doing it and they don't. It's a small percentage that do it still, nothing like it used to be.

go to a few trackers, compile # of people who downloaded, divide by actual album/song sales


i'll do this math for you when I get home.