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INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
Google wants Detecting Cancer to be as Easy as Popping a Pill

America and our pills. Got an ailment? The docs have a solution, and it’s usually in pill form. Make fun of that all you want, but it’s the way the world works now. The best kind of medicine is the … Continue reading →

 

SMARTPHONES & MOBILE DEVICES
Google Inbox Became Available by Invite Only This Week

After secretly working on the project for years, Google launched the beta for its invite-only iOS and Android app Google Inbox this week. It has quickly become the most buzzed-about item to hit the web since its big reveal on … Continue reading →

 

APPLE
Apple iPad Air 2 Is Here, but Wait, so Is Google’s Nexus 9

Apple announced a brand new upgrade to its iPad Air, the new 6.1mm thick iPad Air 2. This comes just one day after Google announced its only flagship tablet, the Nexus 9. The talk of the town is which one … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Google Teams With Novartis to Create ‘Smart’ Contact Lenses

This week marked a giant step forward in the world of teeny, tiny wearable electronics. Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis announced yesterday that they would be licensing Google’s smart contact lens technology, a revolutionary new way to look at eyewear. If … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Google Gives You $20 Virtual Reality With Cardboard

Virtual Reality is like a precious prodigy child that has been patiently waiting to be brought to the world. People keep saying “2014 is the year of VR”. I’m sure you remember Facebook purchasing the Oculus Rift VR headset for … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Google To Buy Earth Imagery Startup Skybox For $500 Million

Skybox Imaging, a Silicon Valley startup that “builds and operates its own satellites to record high-definition (HD) videos of Earth from low Earth orbit several hundred miles up”, may soon belong to search engine giant Google. According to Google, the … Continue reading →

 

THE RED-HEADED GEEK SHOW
E64- Moon Wi-Fi, Mario On TV, Star Trek Skype Translator, Google Self-Driving Car | Redheaded Geek Show

Do you like the moon? What about Wi-Fi? Remember when complimentary Wi-Fi spots used to be a nice commodity? Whereas now if a business advertises its “hotspot” in the window you roll your eyes? What if i told you the … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Google’s Electric-Powered Driverless Car Has No Brakes, No Steering Wheel

Google plans to build between 100 and 200 prototypes in efforts of re-engineering the way we transport ourselves. These subcompact cars would have no steering wheel, no gas and no brake pedals, and no airbags. It is an automobile fit … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Google’s Project Tango Will Now Incorporate New, Cutting-Edge Tablet

Google is continuing its journey in revolutionizing what can be done with mobile devices. Its latest plan involves the manufacturing of 4,000 prototype tablets starting next month. The tablets would be Google’s second step in a recent research effort, dubbed … Continue reading →

 

APPLE
The Apple and Google Patent Feud Comes to an End After 3 Years

The fundamental concepts behind each of its smartphone technologies has caused a tremendous disagreement among Google Inc. and Apple Inc. These two Silicon Valley giants have been in legal battle since 2010, when Motorola sued Apple for patent infringement. Apple … Continue reading →

 

STORAGE & CLOUD
Google Classroom: Online Platform Brings Simple and Easy Teacher / Student Communication

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day on Tuesday, Google celebrated by previewing a new simple system for course work organization. Part of its Google Apps for Education suite, “Classroom” will be a free software option; serving as an easy way … Continue reading →

 

THE RED-HEADED GEEK SHOW
E61- Praying Mantis Wears 3D Glasses, Boomer, LIX Pen, DIY “Google Glass” | Red Headed Geek Show

Lets NOT talk about GOOGLE GLASS!! One of my favorite things to complain about and make fun of! If I am NOT complaining about Google Glass, the only other time I will talk about it is when I have some … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Google Street View: Now Offering Time Travel

My favorite coffee shop in Austin used to have this wall of pictures showing the evolution of the city, its streets and its people over the course of the last 200 years or so. I never once in ten years … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Google’s Project Tango To Partner With NASA To Built Autonomous Robots

The Google 3D project, Project Tango, might be something you’ve heard about in the news since it was unveiled in February. Google decided to embark on an experimental smartphone, packed with several high-quality cameras for mapping a 3D visual of … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Google Coming To The Living Room: Launching Android TV

Considering Google’s recent rumors of launching its very own wireless cellular service, is it surprising to hear of Google taking over the living room with a new set-top television box? Is the company not content with the millions of Chromecast … Continue reading →