Xaiomi’s Hugo Barra doesn’t like to be called a copycat. He used a conference appearance Tuesday to point the finger back at Apple, arguing that iOS and the iPhone have taken their fair share of “inspirations” from Android as well.
Silicon Valley has its fair share of convoluted romantic interludes, as you might expect in any industry filled with young, rich and ambitious people. But this one, involving several high-profile Googlers, is remarkable.
After a month dominated by Apple’s introduction of iOS 6 and Microsoft’s reveal of the Surface tablet, it’s Google’s turn Wednesday at Google I/O 2012 to share a vision of the future of computing, and we’ll be providing live coverage from the keynote here.
At the Samsung Galaxy Nexus product launch, Google finally shared details of Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), the next version of Android. The new software removes many of the inconsistencies found in the current versions while improving and simplifying the feature set of Google’s mobile platform.
