Google's Project Glass

I am always interested in new technology and I was also always thinking that we wanna go one day with glasses through the city and get all the information we need right onto the glasses. And what can I say a dream might becoming true with the Project Glass of Google. Google is not the first company who is dealing with that so called augmented reality but maybe the first one who really can sell it for a good price and which really will work.

But let us start with some basic facts. What will you do with this glasses and how would it work? First of all as Google says this glasses will come with an transparent LCD or AMOLED display that puts information right in front of your eyes. Also the use of a camera, GPS and 3G or 4G data connection is included. To get the needed information you only have to move your head or speak something. If you want to know something it would appears in front of your eye and/or it will tell you because it also has an voice output.
The operating system how could it be different would be Android. With Wifi or Bluetooth 4.0 you can also connect the glasses to a smartphone. Googles shows us an interesting video to see what the glasses might can do.

 

Google is saying that the public release should be around 2014 and it should not cost more than a normal smartphone. That would be between 250 and 650 $. We can only hope that Google publish this glasses and makes our life more efficient with that. Then we can all say "We live in the Sci-Fi". I think that would be great but don't forget also to consider the negative sides of this because it also could be that Google makes advertisement with this glasses. That means that every time when you are looking at something it could be that you get the matching ad for that. Or also think about that Google can track your whole life with that. They could record everything - what you are doing, what you like, where you are going. So in my opinion it is a double edged sword on the one side it could makes our lives much easier and more interactiv on the other side it could also be bad for us. 

-MS

Twitter Increases Its Security Measures

What’s one thing at some point or another that all social networking sites have to worry about? Hackers, and if they aren't properly protected, it can very easily destroy their credibility. So how should social networking sites go about protecting themselves from these hackers? They’re very persistent and will eventually find a way around most security measures put in place. 

Twitter has hopefully come up with a solution to this problem; hire hackers to find the vulnerabilities before others trying to hurt the site do. They have recently added hacker, Charlie Miller, to their security team. Miller is known for his ability to hack into Apple products, so Twitter feels as though he’ll be a good person to have on their side and a good asset to their security team. Hopefully this is true because as twitter keeps on growing, more vulnerabilities are likely to arise.

-KZ

Apple Introduces New Iphone

On Wednesday, Apple introduced the sixth edition of their popular cell phone, the Iphone 5. As with every previous Iphone announcement there was much hype leading up to the event and much speculation as to what features would be included in the refresh.

Over the past year in a half many people believed that Apple had fallen behind in a few areas that other cell phone manufactures have provided. This would include a larger screen, better battery life, more megapixels in the camera and 4G LTE connectivity. Apple was able to provide enhancements to these key areas and deliver another 200 features in addition.

The new phone is even thinner and lighter than the previous edition. It is currently the thinnest handset available. The screen also is now considered a 4 inch display which is an improvement from the previous 3.5 inch display. The size of the display has caused a great deal of controversy over the past 12 months due to the fact that many analyst felt Apply had fallen behind other manufactures on this feature.

Another key feature that was added was 4G LTE. Many people were surprised that 4G wasn't included last year when the 4S was introduced and no one was too surprised when it was announced. This now brings the Iphone up to standard with other new phones hitting the market.

Earlier this year Apply introduced IOS 6 that provides over 200 updates to the software running on the Iphone. The new software provides an introduction of Apple developed mapping solutions, replacing Google maps, a new passbook application that allows and users to store things such as boarding passes and gift cards as well as many incremental updates to already standard features.

With this announcement many felt Apple was simply playing "catch up" with other cell phone manufactures and didn't introduce anything revolutionary. However customers are swarming to buy the product at the highest levels yet. The phone is already considered sold out on Apples website and potential ship dates are already being pushed into October. Apple keeps the great products rolling.

-SMF

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