Hasta La Gadget!

It’s hard to imagine Google managing to one-up its first keynote — skydiving into the roof of Moscone from a blimp is pretty tough act to follow — but that doesn’t mean the company is out of surprises. The second keynote of the 2012 Google I/O developer conference is tomorrow morning and we’re expecting a few updates on Chrome and then, well, even more updates on Chrome.

We’ll be liveblogging the proceedings tomorrow at this page right here. Set your bookmarks now and get ready to rock tomorrow at 10:00 am PT. To figure out what time that is locally, just look right here:

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In case you didn’t get enough Google I/O news today, the Chrome team has just let loose a video teasing the launch of Web Lab beta. We aren’t exactly sure what the Mountain View crew is up to, but apparently, the Web Lab will be revealed through a series of experiments set to be launched later this summer. Apparently, the installations will make their debut at the London Science Museum, and from the video snippets we’ve seen, they’ll leverage the web and some custom machinery to create works of art. You don’t have to take our word for it, however, jus take a minute to see for yourself in the video after the break.

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Here’s an interesting little tidbit from the Nexus 7 reveal: the tablet will be the first device that will ship with the Google’s Chrome as the standard browser. It will replace the default Android browser, so it looks like Google is finally going to throw some weight behind the mobile browser on future devices. It does raise an interesting question though: does that mean Google is going to ignore Flash content completely?

Naturally, you’ll still be able to download other browsers that do support Flash, but currently Chrome has no Flash support. Instead, the browser relies on HTML5 support for video playback. The company didn’t confirm if Chrome would be the default browser on Jelly Bean for all devices or for other devices going forward, but it’s an interesting change nonetheless.

The Nexus 7 features a 1280×800 IPS display, a quad-core Tegra 3 processor, 1GB of RAM, 8 or 16GB of storage, a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera, Bluetooth, WiFi b/g/n, and NFC. Google say the tablet is good for up to 9 hours of HD video playback, with the 8GB version costing $199 and the 16GB version prced at $249. The tablet should ship for delivery in mid-July.

Google Nexus 7 runs Chrome as default browser, shuns Flash is written by Ben Kersey & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Lego toys are probably cemented in every kid’s memory and imagination. So whenever these kids grow up, the thought of “Lego Land” remains hidden in the subconscious mind. So when we got word that Google and Lego have teamed up to develop a platform that allows users to construct anything using Lego blocks, we were thrilled. It’s called Build, and yes, it’s a Chrome experiment.

“Over the last few months we’ve been working with LEGO Australia, thinking about what would happen if we brought bricks to the browser. Build is the result: our latest Chrome Experiment which lets you explore and build a new world of LEGO creations together online. With 8 trillion bricks, think of Build as the largest LEGO set you’ve ever seen,” Google said.

Build’s Lego bricks are reportedly made with WebGL. The team then mixed Google Maps to allow users to build the ideal “Lego Land” anywhere they desire to have it constructed. And since the folks over at Google Australia started it, it’s but fitting for Build to launch in Australia first. But don’t fret, the developers said that it will be launching in other countries soon. Cheers!

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Google shows off high-resolution Chrome browser for Retina Display MacBook Pros, Google confirms arrival of Chrome for Windows 8,

It’s time again for Google’s own developer conference, and SlashGear is here to bring you the whole set of events as they happen. We’ll be bringing you everything from Android to Chrome as an operating system to Chrome as a browser and back again, and right from the show floor as we do it. The big events begin tomorrow morning, bright and early, and they last all week long!

There are several ways to follow SlashGear as we traverse the landscape that is Google I/O, starting with our Android portal – which you’ll see below this paragraph in link form – and moving on to our in-post timeline system (in each post you’ll see covered this week.) You can find more information on Chrome through our Chrome tag, and of course our Google portal will bring you the whole series of events as well. The same is true of our IO 2012 portal which went live this past week!

Head to any of several important articles linked in the timeline below to get caught up as we head into the main event starting tomorrow morning. We’re sure to see so much Google software and hardware that it’ll make your gadget-loving mind burst!

Google I/O 2012: We’re here! is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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