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Jul 17
The Glass Backlash
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“What do you do with it in the men’s room?” That’s the number one question I get about Google Glass, the face-mounted wearable computer from Google.
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Jul 16
Though wearing Google Glass makes you look like a futuristic cross-eyed cyborg to the entire world, controlling Glass is a lot more natural and conversational than you’d expect. A few swipes and a couple of "OK Glass" to get started. But do you know what Google was thinking about making you say before it settled on OK Glass? Boy, it would’ve been ridiculous. Like pew pew pew ridiculous.
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Jul 16
Google Glass is certainly a fascinating product. Currently it has only been made available to selected people who are called Glass Explorers. Google says that the public release of this gadget isn’t going to take place until 2014, an exact […]
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Jul 16
Google updated the look and feel of the Google Play Store yesterday for desktop users, giving it a cleaner look that fits more in the line with the mobile version. However, the update hints at the possibility that Google Glass apps could be distributed through Google Play, and Glass owners may be able to browse the Google Play store on Glass itself.
When you go to download an app in Google Play, you can choose from a list of all your Android devices from a drop-down menu. The updated Google Play store now lists Google Glass in the drop-down menu, giving us proof that Google has at least some intention of bringing the two together at some point.
As it stands now, Glass owners have to navigate to a specific portal in the My Glass app on their Android device, which isn’t too terrible of a process, but it would be so much more convenient for Glass users to download and install apps without the leaving the comfort of that small heads-up display and touchpad on the side of their head.
Of course, the appearance of Google Glass in that drop-down menu leads to a grayed-out selection, meaning that compatibility between the two isn’t quite ready just yet, but Google may be in the process of getting it up and running.
We already know that Google Glass is getting some kind of boutique app store with Glass-specific apps, thanks to code that was discovered in the latest Glass update, but Google hasn’t addressed it publicly and they haven’t enabled it yet. This boutique method seems a little different than the simple Google Play integration, so it’s possible Google is experimenting with a few different options right now.
VIA: Android and Me
Google Play Glass Boutique support hinted in new store update is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jul 15
The "fun" tech question to ask famous people and/or grandmas in 2013 is what they think of Google Glass. Most usually this requires slapping Google Glass onto their face, making awkward conversation on how to control it, asking them to do what they do best and then talking about if they think it’s the future or not. They almost always say yes.
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Jul 15
Google Glass For Working Dogs?
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Jul 10
A generation of innovators want to change the way we have sex and consume porn, but Google, Apple, and Amazon won’t let them.
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Jul 05
With Google’s most recent update for its Glass Explorer Edition come some signs of what’s to come: a new app store, a dedicated media player and a security-conscious lock screen.
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Jul 05
Google Glass Could Soon Get Device Locking, Music Player And ‘Boutique’ App Store, Firmware Reveals
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Google Glass is still a pre-release product that’s fairly rough around the edges, compared to a lot of shipping consumer hardware, but new clues (via Slashgear) from the latest firmware update suggest that there are a number of practical additions coming to the device. Those include a Glass app store dubbed “Boutique,” which would be a welcome addition for app discovery, as well as a locking mechanism that would let it be locked down when not in use using a swipe gesture code combo.
The lock feature is something Google has discussed in the past as a means for keeping user data private, so that’s not a complete surprise, but we may see it sooner rather than later. The Glass Boutique, which would offer up Glassware software in one central location directly accessible from the device likewise isn’t surprising, either. Still, this is the first time it’s been mentioned, and indications are that it will offer access to both Mirror API titles like those currently available and native SDK apps that run on Glass itself.
New cards are also on the way, which help with media playback. There’s a music player with all the typical playback controls as well as artist and track information, and there’s a note about a video player, too. volume control for the bone-conduction speaker that Google uses to deliver audio without earbuds is also now included in the code, and that feature’s even functional with a little extra hacking.
All of these changes are essentially key elements of existing mobile device platforms, like iOS and Android for smartphones. Which isn’t to downplay them; they should result in big functionality improvements for Glass users when they do arrive. The point is that they illustrate just how far off from being a shipping product Glass still is. Glass is said to be headed for a 2014 release, and even these features are likely just the start of what needs to happen between now and then, so it’s nice to see them appearing even in prototype form.
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