During a Formula 1 race a driver experiences wrenching forces of more than 4.5G. His heart rate may exceed 180 beats per minute and his blood pressure could rise by half. With soaring… Read more »
Facebook and, to a lesser extent, Google continued to dominate social and online media in the second quarter. Activity in the social-enterprise space picked up as well. Key highlights from the… Read more »
Apple stole the spotlight in the third quarter with a fascinating series of both positive and negative headlines. Its iPhone 5 was met with record sales that were nonetheless stymied by… Read more »
Google’s I/O conference last week was one of those rare mobile industry events that actually matched — and perhaps even exceeded — its hype. The company trotted out Android 4.1 (dubbed… Read more »
Swedish startup 13th Lab has just raised $700,000 from Nordic investors Creandum to help build its augmented reality browser and developer tools for iOS. But forget about tacky versions of AR:… Read more »
As you’ve now doubt heard by now, Google made a few announcements yesterday. Topping the list was what GigaOM’s Kevin Tofel called its “hot new tablet,” the Nexus 7 with Android… Read more »
Google doesn’t mess around: The company demoed its Project Glass hardware with a live skydiving demo at Google I/O Wednesday. It also announced that developers are going to be able to… Read more »
Google kicked off its much-anticipated I/O event in San Francisco today, and much of what it discussed had been more or less expected: the upcoming release of Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean),… Read more »
The first video capture taken with Google’s Project Glass hardware has surfaced, and the quality isn’t bad. Various stills images show camera improvements in the hardware. That’s important. Why? Because the… Read more »
Active eyewear is a platform play, not a product. Brian McConnell gives his take on the winning strategy for Google: Focus on enabling technologies, such as micro projectors and short-range wireless,… Read more »