Google just announced several new devices and services at its annual I/O conference. Many are direct competitors with products from Apple, Microsoft, and other Silicon Valley giants.One Google executive even called out Microsoft at one point

1) Amazon Kindle Fire

Google's Nexus 7 tablet feels like a Kindle competitor because of the heavy focus on the user's experience of content. It's really competing with all tablets—the iPad, the Surface, etc.—but it seems like Google has set its sights on the Fire.

 

2) Apple TV

On Wednesday Google introduced the Nexus Q, which is a small gray orb that streams your Google Play content to your TV. It works similarly to Apple TV, but we're skeptical it can compete at triple the price.

 

3) HotSpot 

Google's new Jelly Bean search will give you bus and train routes as well as their departure and arrival times. This is bad news for third-party apps like HopStop, which provide the same service.

 

4) Facebook Events

Google+ now has a feature it calls party mode, in which your phone instantly posts photos you take directly to Google+. Facebook Events can't do that. Google+ just released some pretty stunning numbers, too, so maybe it's got a shot.

 

5) SIRI 

Google built a Siri-like app into Jelly Bean, its new version of Android. It's called Knowledge Graph, and it answers questions about traffic, sports scores, and general information. That's no good for all the voice recognition apps for Android.

 

6) Amazon Web Services and other cloud computing services

Google's new Compute Engine offers cloud computing for your app. It's the same pay-per-data model as Amazon's, and it's really powerful.

 

7) Shazam y otros servicios de reconocimiento de música

Built into Jelly Bean is song recognition software that makes Shazam, Soundhound, and similar third-party apps irrelevant. We'll see if native app is as good them when it comes out next month.

 

8 ) Flipboard

Google's new magazine reader, Currents, is sleek and lets you translate text. This puts Flipboard for Android in danger.

 

9) Wikipedia

When you're looking for general information, Google locates the person/place/thing you want within its Knowledge Graph, a database of facts about over 500 million topics. Now you don't have to click your mouse that one extra time to visit the Wikipedia entry.

 

10) Safari, Dolphin, Opera and other mobile Browsers

Google finally released Chrome for iPhone and iPad. It switches between tabs more elegantly than Safari and Opera, and it's super fast. Firefox isn't even out for the iPad yet.

 

11) Windows 8, Mac OS X

It looks like Google is putting a lot of attention into its Android software, and it may really start to cut into Windows 8 and Mac OS X market share.

 

12) AND ... every handheld device ever

Google is hoping Project Glass will make you seem more polite. It'll do that by putting your emails, texts, and apps in front of your eyes, so you won't have to fumble devices mid-conversation. If that comes true, you won't even need to buy the devices anymore. That means no more iPad, Kindle, Surface, etc. 

 

Fuente http://www.businessinsider.com