Google previewed a new version of Google Maps, unveiled Galaxy S4 with Stock Android and announced several new services at Google I/O 2013, its ongoing annual developer conference at Moscone Center, San Francisco. You can read about the various developer initiatives announced in Google I/O here. A quick lowdown on all the new services Google announced in I/O 2013 below: Device Activations: Google has clocked 900M Android device activations to date, up from 400M device activations in 2012 and 100M device activations in 2011. Google Play Store: Google Play Store has seen 48 billion app installs to date, of which 2.5 billion app installs were in the last month alone. Google informed that in the last four months, it has paid out more money to third party developers from Google Play, than in all of last year. The revenue per user is 2.5 times of what it was an year ago globally. There were however no specific numbers disclosed on this. Google also introduced a new tablet specific section to the Play Store (about time!) and extended the recent Play Store revamp to the web store. It also plans to roll out a similar revamp for Google Play Books, Movies, Magazines and the Music section. Note that Magazines and Music section is currently not available in India. Google Play for Education: Google announced a dedicated Android app store called Google Play For Education which will only feature educational apps for grades K-12 . Teachers can sort these apps by grade level or subject matter, pick out…
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