Google upgrades products

service (IaaS) space by introducing Google Compute Engine for hosting applications on the company's massive computing infrastructure, eWeek reports.

Compute Engine, which Google says is available as a limited preview for now, was introduced on the second day of the Google I/O 2012 developer conference, in San Francisco. Also revealed were new capabilities in various Google Apps products that can now be integrated with the recently released Google Drive for cloud storage. Google also detailed updates to the Chrome Web browser and the Chrome operating system.

Chris Yerga, Google's engineering director for Google Play, also introduced a new developer console, available in limited beta, to help developers build apps for the content service, Computerworld writes.

One new capability that will come later to the console will allow developers to see how their Android apps are selling across various devices, including Android smartphones from different manufacturers and the Nexus 7 tablet, Google said. Some Android developers have built hundreds or even thousands of Android apps, putting a high demand on such monitoring and management tools.