A useful search engine to be a problem solver in real life – how Google its annual developer conference in Silicon Valley uses to inspire the industry and bring their own problems to distract.
Visitors to the site the Google development conference, Google I/O
Hardly the gates open at the Shoreline amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, into the storm: Software developers, web programmers, IT students. More than 7000 participants and all of them are die-hard Google Fans.
“It’s so great here,” enthuses You, Wu. The Chinese part is working for Alibaba in the vicinity of Shanghai, and takes the most Time to “Google I/O” developer conference of the group. “I hope that I can learn a lot here, because Google has a very special corporate structure, which we respect very much.”
In the trade dispute with China, US President, Donald Trump Beijing threatens with new punitive tariffs, the American Tech giant would damage in the Silicon Valley. Two countries for supremacy in the next technology revolution. But at the Google conference, they sit together and are working on better Software solutions: Americans, Chinese, Indians, Europeans, Latin Americans.
Pichais message to the Google community
“We evolve from a company that helps you find answers to a company that helps you to do things,” Google Executive Sundar Pichai set to kick-off as a direction. Google more helpful than ever before, so his Central message is. The Google community in the Shoreline Amphitheater and to the devices around the world – respond enthusiastically to Pichais speech and the latest developments he and his Team imagine.
Wants to be helpful – Google boss Sundar Pichai
Especially the “Next Generation of Google Assistant is celebrated”. The scope of the Software on which it is based, have reduced the developers of 100 GB to 0.5 GB. So the Assistant can work according to the company, completely offline on Smartphones, and the ten times faster than before. Sundar Pichai described the development as a milestone.
Under political pressure
To silent other topics, the Google chief: no word on internal criticism of the course of the company, no opinion to the protests of employees against sexual harassment. Much is at stake. Never Google so massively in the criticism as in the last months – also in American politics.
Russian influence on the US presidential elections in 2016, has triggered in the United States, a debate over privacy and abuse of information in the digital world. Since then, the politicians debated in Washington about the consequences. The proposals range from a data protection law based on the European model, to the busting of the Tech giants. In Mountain View, the Google Manager to provide a commitment to privacy, followed by the promise to always work on it.
More risks than Benefits?
The entire industry is now facing a new Era? Jian Feng, Software developer at housing providers, Airbnb, think about that question. “Five years ago, we all believed the Benefits of the great technology companies was greater than the risks. Google and Facebook are still convinced that you are acting correctly, but many people have become skeptical,” he admits, to praise and then quickly back to Google. After all, the group was very open-minded and an advocate for privacy and human rights.
The Shoreline Amphitheatre is located in the vicinity of the Google corporate headquarters
It is the User itself, which can and need to have more control over your data, be Mihai Adrian Neacsu, who travelled from Romania to Silicon Valley says. The Software developer noted that “The User gives us his consent to use his data. He must be aware that everything has its price. He wants the service he has called, we need to have the necessary personal data.”
The conference at Shoreline amphitheatre in Mountain View was very inspiring, says the Chinese You Wu. And another Software developer adds: The conference was a unique opportunity to Ausstauch. Via Google Lens, for example. The camera is directed to a sign or a document, Google can Lens now read the Text aloud and translate. Very helpful for people who have difficulties with reading. Children should not be deprived of this Tool, however, perhaps you will believe that it is not more important to learn to read.