PlayerScale's Player.IO is the platform for online games played on a daily basis by an estimated 150 million people worldwide.

The new Xbox seeks to unify gaming, TV viewing and digital media consumption with instant responsiveness and Kinect-powered voice and video control.

A new HL7 standard, called Fast Health Interoperable Resources (FHIR), could allow clinical research organizations to extract data from patients' records.

Beacon Mountain tools will let programmers develop Android apps for both Intel- and ARM-based devices.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Google was on fire at its I/O conference and is heading into the rest of the year with a strong stable of products.

Google is evolving and maturing, based on the innovations being unveiled at this year's Google I/O 2013 Developers Conference, say analysts.

Google Maps is getting a major redesign with increased user interaction, while Google Search will now "talk" with you to help refine your searches.

NEWS ANALYSIS:  There weren't any Google Glass stunts on Day One of Google I/O 13, and there wasn't nearly the same level of hard news as there was in 2012, but it's still a significant event for developers.

Microsoft is going after next-generation developers to use its expanded development platform to build new next-gen apps.

Google unveils an updated new version of Go with new features and capabilities, 14 months after releasing the first version of the open-source programming language.

Google also unveils its schedule for developer sessions on the Google Cloud Platform.

Perfecto Mobile announced MobileCloud for TFS, a solution that makes Microsoft Team Foundation Server available to mobile developers.

A special session on "Google Maps: Into the Future" will be featured, as well as a special Google Maps demo from inside a 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL550 sports car.

The first-ever GlassDevCamp will be held this summer to encourage development of apps for Google Glass, according to organizers.

As the Google I/O 2013 Developers Conference approaches, the rumors of cool Google projects are starting, including a purported update of the Maps interface.