Google I/O

Google's Android OS has more than 900 million users, the company said Wednesday at its I/O event began in San Francisco.

Best practices guidelines for Glass developers may be discussed at the show, one analyst said.

The idea that Google's going to release a new version of Android called Key Lime Pie at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco in a couple of weeks has become one of those rumors that's so widespread it becomes the conventional wisdom. It makes sense, it's being hinted at left and right -- come on, clearly these folks are going to hit us with some more dessert this year, right?

Google I/O, which runs neck-and-neck with Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference for hottest tech industry confab these days, will be held next year on May 15-17 at Moscone Center West in San Francisco.

One Day Two the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, Google announced improvements to its Chrome browser, improvements to Google Docs, and Chrome and Google Drive for iPhone and iPad, among other things.

New OS also boosts performance improvements, actionable notifications; Kindle Fire competitor also unveiled

The Google I/O 2012 conference sold out its allotment of 5,500 tickets within 20 minutes today, a company executive said.

Today at the Google I/O conference in Mountain View, California, the company unveiled a new API for Google Tasks, which will open up the tool to outside developers. While the announcement itself was a fairly geeky, programmer-grade event, it has broad implications for productivity-focused workers of all stripes.

The Android rumors are flying, with just hours now until Google I/O, the behemoth's developers conference, kicks off in San Francisco. Sure, we're also expecting a Google TV update, a Chrome OS notebook and maybe even Google's own take on Groupon, but it's the Android whisperings that are generating some real buzz. Here's a rundown: