San Francisco: Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference. Missing from the agenda, however, was a session on etiquette when using the recording-capable gadget, which some attendees faithfully wore everywhere - including to the crowded bathrooms.
Google Glass, a cross between a mobile computer and eyeglasses that can both record video and surf the Internet, is now available to a select few but is already among the year's most buzz-worthy new gadgets. The device has geeks all aflutter but is unnerving everyone from lawmakers to casino operators worried about the potential for hitherto unimagined privacy and policy violations.
"I had a friend and we're sitting at dinner and about 30 minutes into it she said, 'You know those things freak me out,'" said Allen Firstenberg, a technology consultant at the Google developers conference. He has been wearing Glass for about a week but offered to take them off for the comfort of his dinner companion.
On another occasion, Firstenberg admitted to walking into a bathroom wearing his Glass without realising it....
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11:08 AM, May 19, 2013
San Francisco: Social networking services Facebook and Twitter are coming to Google Glass, the wearable computer made by the Internet search company. Google announced on Thursday a half-dozen apps specially designed to work on its Glass devices. News network CNN, fashion magazine Elle, as well as online apps Tumblr and Evernote were among the half-dozen new apps for Glass unveiled during Google's annual developer conference in San Francisco. Google Glass...
08:01 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Google has given its highly-anticipated gadget Google Glass to developers to work on creating more applications for the platform, a top company official said. The California-headquartered firm, however, did not give any particular date for the Indian or global launch of Google Glass - a wearable computer with a head-mounted display. "We are giving away a few for the developers ... the idea is for them to develop...
11:05 AM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: While we are already aware of the key tech specs of the Google Glass, other specs have also started emerging. According to a report from 9to5google.com, developer Jay Lee, who received a developer prototype of Glass - a pair of the Internet-connected glasses that the company is touting as the next breakthrough in mobile computing - has revealed that the device runs Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. It...
11:40 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Cambridge: Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has been playing with his company's new combination glasses and mobile computer and said he finds the experience a little weird. Talking out loud to control the Google Glasses via voice recognition is "the weirdest thing," Schmidt said in a talk on Thursday at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. People will have to develop new etiquette to deal with such products that can...
02:13 PM, Apr 26, 2013
California: Google is starting to distribute its new Internet-connected glasses, something seen as the next breakthrough in mobile computing. Google has picked 8,000 people in the US who entered a contest. The winners will have to pay $1,500 apiece for a test version of Google Glass. The company also took an unspecified number of orders from computer programmers. Google said Wednesday it started making the glasses available Tuesday, though it...
11:43 AM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: Google has released technical specifications of the Google Glass, a pair of the Internet-connected glasses that the company is touting as the next breakthrough in mobile computing. The head-mounted device has adjustable nosepads and durable frame that fits any face. It will come with extra nosepads in two sizes. The devices features a high resolution display, which is the equivalent of a 25-inch high definition screen from eight...
12:06 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Mumbai: With Google, Apple and Samsung all working on wearable gadgets, we can safely say this niche in technology is about to come to the fore like never before in the next few years. And a new rumour claims Microsoft wants to join the party too - the company is reportedly planning its own set of connected glasses in the first half of 2014. Apple Insider reports that analyst Brian...
01:52 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Baidu Inc, China's largest search engine, is developing prototype digital eyewear similar to Google's Google Glass that will leverage Baidu's strengths in image search and facial recognition, a Baidu spokesman said on Wednesday. ...
07:02 PM, Apr 03, 2013
There's a new tech battle on in Silicon Valley, which is going to give smartphones a run for their money. Google is betting big with its forthcoming glass, which is a wearable computer with a built in camera. It is all a part of a new trend called wearable technology, which is perhaps the biggest emerging trend since the smart phone. ...
11:36 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Google Glass, the US techology giant's revolutionary wearable computer is still months away from release, but there is a growing movement across America seeking to limit and in some cases ban the use of the glasses due to both privacy and safety concerns. ...
06:18 PM, Mar 27, 2013
If a report from The Korean Times is to be believed, LG is working on its own smart wristwatch and a product similar to the Google Glass. ...
10:07 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Researchers at Hewlett-Packard Co. have developed a way to put glasses-free 3-D video on mobile devices with a viewing angle so wide that viewers can see an object more fully just by tilting the screen. ...
09:58 AM, Mar 21, 2013
Here is good news for those who wear prescription glasses and have always wanted to wear Google Glass. The company has now announced that it is working on the design for the prescription frames. ...
01:24 PM, Mar 13, 2013
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05:50 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Wearable, augmented-reality Glasses: One of the most radical of all new designs, the Google Glass is a spectacle-like wearable computer that you control with your eyes and voice. ...
05:40 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Google is giving more people a chance to pay $1,500 for a pair of the Internet-connected glasses that the company is touting as the next breakthrough in mobile computing. ...
12:03 PM, Feb 21, 2013
This new video posted on YouTube includes more details about Google's innovative Google Glass. ...
06:41 PM, Feb 20, 2013
A UP Cabinet Minister who arrived at a function Ghaziabad in a vehicle with tinted glasses on Monday said that the Supreme Court order banning black films in cars is applicable for "criminals" and not for "decent" men. ...
01:56 AM, Jan 22, 2013
New York-based Corning, which is said to be the world's largest maker of glass for liquid-crystal-display computers and TVs, is planning to introduce a new version of Gorilla Glass, a scratch-and impact-resistant glass used on many gadgets including smartphones, at the CES 2013. ...
04:38 PM, Jan 05, 2013
