A Digital Marketer’s Recap of Google I/O 2014

Last week’s Google I/O 2014 developer conference left many developers swooning. With typical tech keynote fashion, product announcements, feature enhancements, a new operating system, new developer programs, and much more were all packed into a two-and-a-half-hour keynote—the full recording can be found at the bottom of this post for any Google enthusiasts out there with a free three hours.

There have been many recaps and articles on the news from the conference, but I wanted to call out some of the big news specifically for marketers and the impact Google's announcements will have on your future marketing plans. Below, is my recap of the keynote and conference along with the major takeaways for marketers.

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What the WhatsApp and Mobile Messaging Feeding Frenzy Mean for Marketers

Just before Mobile World Congress, Facebook entered into an agreement to purchase WhatsApp for about $19 billion. 

Many in the startup world started questioning the value for 32 engineers and 450 million monthly active users, but the truth is that this purchase just solidified one of the largest trends in internet history - mobile will soon overtake the desktop web, not only in usage and time, but on a platform level.

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