In 2014, I was fortunate enough to get a ticket into the annual Google I/O Conference, a much coveted ticket to say the least! It's Google's only conference each year and it's extremely difficult - almost impossible - to get into (unless you know someone, which was my case). Thanks again, Lynn Langit! Before I get started on the topic of Google's Operating System for the IoT, I'd like to explain just a little of my experience at Google I/O 2014, to give those of you a taste of what it's like if you've never been there. Being used to Microsoft conferences (with the attendance to one other type of conference under my belt at that time, the  unsurpassable Augmented World Expo 2014 (AWE) which is something you should never, ever miss!) I experienced total corporate culture shock! I/O is a bit like AWE but showing "some" of the Wearables, Smart Glasses, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and the Internet of Things (IoT) that you'd see at AWE but specific only to Google. Google however … [Read more...]