Chromecast surfaces in UK ahead of official launch

In recent weeks, it was made known Google’s Chromecast would be arriving in the United Kingdom sometime this month, giving just about two weeks on the dot for an official … Continue reading

SlashGear 101: Android Wear for Google wearables

Google’s first big play in the wearables ecosystem is in Android Wear, a version of Android introduced on March 18th, 2014. This system is centered around two core functions: Suggest … Continue reading

Should People Be Allowed to Drink and "Drive" Self-Driving Cars?

Should People Be Allowed to Drink and "Drive" Self-Driving Cars?

Autonomous cars are coming soon, people, maybe as soon as 2015 if you live in California. And with them will be a whole set of new rules and regulations when it comes to driving. Or, ahem, not driving.

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Pebble Founder Emphasizes Multi-Year Lead On Android Wear And Google’s Smartwatch Ambitions

Pebble is one company that came to mind when Google unveiled its Android Wear smartwatch (and eventually, other wearables) development platform. The small startup has been creating smartwatch hardware for years now, first as the Allerta inPulse smartwatch for BlackBerry devices, and then reinvented as the Pebble, the Kickstarter success that proved to the world smartwatches could be more than just… Read More

Google Voice to be nixed in favor of Hangouts integration

Google Voice could be next on the company’s consolidation chopping block, according to recent word that has surfaced, with the app being nixed in favor of integration with Hangouts, following … Continue reading

This is what using Glass almost looked like

With all eyes on Google’s new Android Wear program for smartwatches, what better time for the Glass team to show off a little of its wearable history, revealing an early … Continue reading

Android Wear Is Just a Google Now Watch (And That's Great)

Android Wear Is Just a Google Now Watch (And That's Great)

Google just announced its first real foray into the frenzied fray of the smartwatch world: Android Wear . That’s an accurate name for a wearable, Android-powered device, sure, but it’s also a little misleading. This is a Google Now watch. And that’s excellent news.

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Samsung Chromebook 2 13.3 hands-on and first-impressions

With the newest generation of Chromebooks they’ve got prepped for the public, Samsung brings on their Galaxy styling to the web-based OS’s hardware. With the Samsung Chromebook 2 13.3″ model, … Continue reading

Even More Reasons To Be Glad Google Isn't a Real Guy

Let’s face it: There’s no one in the world who knows you quite as well as Google does. It’s the only place we’ll get truly, uncomfortably intimate, revealing every bodily function, personal secret, bizarre question, and government-watch-list-worthy keyword. Now imagine if, instead of an inanimate website, we were dishing all that out to some dude in a cubicle.

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Android Wear: Square and Round wearables cut out the rectangle

Today Google unveiled their wearable push with Android Wear, a system that’ll work with both square and round screens. While this might seem like an aesthetic choice, purely for the … Continue reading