John PolacekChicago Web Developer

Every year Google makes its big announcements at its Google I/O event. This year, the Chicago HTML5 User Group hosted a watch party. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend, but it sounds like it was a great time. They put on a lot of great events, so if you’re in the Chicagoland area, you should definitely sign up.

Here’s some of the big things that came out of Google I/O 2013:

New Google+: Stream, Hangouts, and Photos
googleplusproject.blogspot.com/2013/05/new-google-stream-hangouts-and-photos.html

Google unveils Hangouts a unified messaging system for Android, iOS, and Chrome
www.theverge.com/2013/5/15/4332556/google-hangouts-unified-messaging-google-io-2013

New Google Play Music All Access subscription service
thenextweb.com/google/2013/05/15/google-play-music/

Meet New Google Maps
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2013/05/meet-new-google-maps-map-for-every.html
Mashable: New Google Maps Are Spectacular
mashable.com/2013/05/15/new-google-maps-is-spectacular/

To watch videos and look at photos from the event, go to the Google I/O website.