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Project Glass gets demo product blast at I/O

Chris Burns, Jun 27th 2012 Discuss [1]

This week the folks at Google dropped quite a few users out of a blimp to land on the Moscone Center for Google I/O wearing Project Glass - then they explained how they did it. This process included several different components that will be much more compact in the future, with the microphone, several sensors, and connections being rather large and bulky right this moment. This process included bicycle flips, running down the side of a building, and a couple more hardcore sports actions, so the glasses were also attached a bit more securely to each users face than they would have been otherwise. Read The Full Story

Google+ Events features mimic Galaxy S III

Ben Kersey, Jun 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

During the I/O event, Google detailed it’s new Events feature for Google+, but the company is also adding in a Party Mode. During events, lots of photos and pictures of various people are often taken, although they can fall by the wayside or even lost. Google’s Party Mode sends out photos the Events page as they’re taken, but it also automatically scans pictures for faces and tags them with your friend’s appropriately. Read The Full Story

Google Project Glass goes skydiving at IO in best demo stunt yet

Chris Davies, Jun 27th 2012 Discuss [7]

Google has demonstrated a Google+ Hangout beamed from Project Glass, with company co-founder Sergey Brin interrupting Vic Gundotra’s keynote presentation to share live footage from skydivers overhead IO. “This is one of the things we’ve been experimenting with Glass, the ability to really share” Brin said, “we’ve shown photos but this is something we haven’t tried” as the two Glass-sporting skydivers leapt from a blimp flying above San Francisco.

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Google+ pushed to Android tablets and iPad

Chris Burns, Jun 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week at Google I/O we've gotten our first glimpse at Google+ for tablets, shown as a lovely streaming beast that's looking rather different from any stream we've seen before. This application works in landscape mode primarily - or it was designed to do so, anyway, and is made specifically so that you can stream video with hangouts, first of all. This update brings hangouts to the tablet and makes the interface just as simple and workable as the basic version in the desktop-based app. Read The Full Story

Google Play to get movie purchasing and magazines

Rue Liu, Jun 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Among the myriad of announcements today from the Google I/O keynote are some updates to Google Play that include the addition of movies and magazines. You can now purchase movies directly on Google Play or even purchase episodes or entire seasons of TV shows. Read The Full Story

Google unveils Nexus Q Android-powered computer

Rue Liu, Jun 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google has just pulled the wraps off its mysterious Project Tungsten, now unveiled as the Nexus Q. What's the Nexus Q? It's a small Android-powered computer taking the form of a small orb designed to sit in your home as a central entertainment system that can interact with any Android smartphone or tablet. Read The Full Story

Nexus Q demonstrated with cloud music and movies

Chris Burns, Jun 27th 2012 Discuss [1]

This week at Google I/O, a brand new device has been revealed going by the name Nexus Q, a cloud-based system which connects to your sound system, video system, and more, complete with Android. This system is made to bring on the heat for Google Play in many ways more than one, and is connected to everyone in a room at a given time. A couple of folks sitting on the couch can add songs to a list, each of them connecting with their own Android device.

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Google demos Currents for Nexus 7 plus Horn and Dead Trigger

Chris Davies, Jun 27th 2012 Discuss [6]

Google has demonstrated some of the high-performance games owners of the new Nexus 7 tablet will be able to enjoy, as well as a new version of Currents, the company's news app. Currents has been updated specially to suit the Nexus 7 slate, complete with page formatting to suit the 7-inch screen together with instant translation. Read The Full Story

National Geographic invites everyone to reply to 1977 WOW! signal

Elise Moreau, Jun 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

National Geographic is gearing up for its “Chasing UFOs” series, and to celebrate, everyone has been invited to contribute to a reply that will be sent in response to the 72-second long signal known as the WOW! signal, which was detected by Jerry R. Ehman at Ohio State University in 1977. Since then, many have believed the signal was sent by aliens. Read The Full Story

Nexus 7 priced and dated

Chris Burns, Jun 27th 2012 Discuss [2]

This week the Nexus 7 tablet from Google has been revealed as coming at an amazing $199 including a release date of Mid-July and availability for purchase starting today. This device has a 7-inch HD display, brings on no less than the ultra-powerful NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor, and is the first device that will get Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. This tablet will likely be shown off later today for participants at Google I/O. Read The Full Story

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