A look back at Google I/O 2013 (gallery)

Google’s I/O developer conference is over, and we’ve learned quite a bit: Devs just can’t get enough of Google Glass, design is a bigger focus for the company than ever before, and Larry Page is kind of sad about a lot of things. It’s been a whirlwind ride, but honestly we’re just glad to be out of San Francisco’s Moscone Center.

Check out our highlights from I/O below:

• Google I/O 2013 keynote live blog
• Larry Page is sad, hopeful, and frustrated in his heartfelt Google I/O speech
• Google Glass apps are easy to develop, but brutally difficult to design well
• What hardware is Google making after Glass? Mary Lou Jepsen knows
• What’s next for Google Glass: More units, more apps, more colors
• How cognitive science and user empathy powered Google’s design breakthrough
• OK, Google, your conversational search is awesome as hell
• Maps rebuilt from the ‘ground up,’ iPad version coming this fall
• Google Play for Education could kill the iPad in schools
• Major design overhaul makes Google+ look a whole lot like Pinterest
• Google announces its Spotify competitor, Google Play Music ‘All Access’ — ‘radio without rules’
• Hangouts, the best part of Google+, gets standalone iOS, Android, and Chro

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  Google IO 2013 – Larry Page
  Larry Page on stage at the keynote
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google I/O 2013 Amit Singhal
  Google’s search algorithm head Amit Singhal
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 Larry Page
  
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013
  VentureBeat’s Dylan Tweney and Jolie O’Dell face off in the keynote line.
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013
  A giant freaking google place marker.
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013
  
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 Android plushie
  Plushie at the Google Store
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 Chrome plushie
  Plushies at the Google Store
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  google io line alley
  
  
  

  People waiting in line for the Google I/O 2013 keynote. The line extended all the way around the Moscone Center and into an alley at the back of the convention center where attendees had to share the alley with construction workers.
  Source: Dylan Tweney/VentureBeat

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  Source: http://googledevelopers.blogspot.com/2013/05/data-sensing-lab-at-google-io-2013.html
  Source: Google

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  Google IO: Designers Rachel Garb Helena Roeber
  Google designers Rachel Garb and Helena Roeber
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google Glass early prototype
  
  
  

  
  Source: Jolie O’Dell/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013
  Visualizing the internet
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 Keynote line
  The crazy press line leading up to the keynote.
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013
  
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 Android
  Android was everywhere, literally
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 Android booth
  The Android booth was pretty massive
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 keynote stage
  Before the festivities began
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 – Google+
  A look at I/O from above.
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 – Google+
  
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013
  The show floor
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013
  Somehow this Google sign looks a bit ominous.
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 – Streetview Car
  
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 – Streetview Car
  
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 – Streetview Bike
  
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013
  The show floor.
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 – Google+ blimp
  
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 Chromebook Pixel disassembled
  A look at the inside of the Chromebook Pixel.
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 Chromebook Pixel sculpture
  No clue what’s going on here. It was cool how the displays were synchronized though.
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 Android booth
  Android up in the air!
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 Android booth
  A serious Android.
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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  Google IO 2013 – Google Play for Education
  A Googler explaining how Google Play can help schools.
  
  

  
  

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  Google IO 2013 – Streetview Snow mobile
  
  
  

  
  Source: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeat

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