For July 24th, major tech media were invited by Google to just a “breakfast” with Android chief Sundar Pichai, but most of them correctly surmised--due to various leaks--that a new Nexus 7 tablet and the latest version of Android (4.3) were going to be part of the event. And they were right: Google announced a new Nexus 7 with gorgeous high-density display as well as Android 4.3, both of which sport newish features such as restricted user accounts and support for latest versions of OpenGL 3D graphics and Bluetooth, which would give technophiles much joy.
But the surprise of the event--and likely the year--was a small dongle like device, not much bigger than a USB flash drive: the Chromecast device. Google had apparently sidestepped the leak-savvy tech press in introducing a portal to the television and caught the world unawares of the latest device that it needs to use as a foray into the living room.
