Some interesting news was delivered during the Google I/O keynote.
In terms of Google App Engine, the announcement that got the biggest applause was that it was now open to all signups - no waiting list and a few tens of thousands of developers.
Beyond that, the two new APIs were announced - the memcache API and the Image API.
Some pricing expectations for usage beyond the free chunk given to you were given:
- CPU: 5 million "average" page views free, 10-12c per core-hour thereafter
- Storage: 500MB free, 15-18c per GB-month thereafter.
- Incoming traffic: 5 million "average" page views, 11-13c/GB thereafter
- Outgoing traffic: 5 million "average" page views, 9-11c/GB thereafter
The Google Web Toolkit 1.5 release candidate was released today, which brings Java 5 language features.
In terms of OpenSocial, the 0.8 version specification was released yesterday, and that AOL has joined the OpenSocial initiative.
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Greg — May 29, 2008 at 03:29 PM.
Is Google going to announce it officially later on? Is it not actually open to everyone just yet?
Neil Blakey-Milner — May 29, 2008 at 06:59 PM.
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