The Google Cardboard project has been incredibly succesful on its primary goal: democratize Virtual Reality and allow nearly anyone to get a glimpse of what this trend is going to allow us to do. Now that they have succeed in that, it seems Google wants to monetize that kind of market too. According to the …
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Max Braun, a software engineer at Google, has combined a few hardware and software components to create a mirror that is certainly smarter than all the mirrors I’ve seen in my entire life. This connected device is not cheap (the display panel is $450 alone) but the result is certainly impressive and shows the way …
Google wants to make its Nexus phones more like the iPhone We had heard about this previously, but now The Information confirms that Google is indeed seeking to have more and more control over its Nexus smartphones. The plan is simple: no visible partnerships in order to compete in the high end range, where the …
I’ve been writing about smartwatches since Pebble surprised us with a device that hinted at a revolution. As of now, smartwatches are the revolution that never was, but maybe they were just too early to the party. Maybe they’re waiting their moment. Walt Mossberg talks about his experience with the Apple Watch on his last column …
A little company called Jide is making something extraordinary: they are showing Google how Android should look and run on the desktop. Remix OS is based on the Android-x86 project, and from there you’ve got all the advantages on Android combined with desktop-like features like multitasking and multiwindow support, shortcuts and complete mouse support (right click …
Great insight from Peter Kafka based on a new study from Nielsen. On it we found a critical comparison: mobile OS market share vs most important mobile apps (by number of unique users). The facts are there: even with Apple pretty close to Android in the US, five of the top 10 mobile apps are …
Great piece at Bloomberg. Promising, exciting. Even surprising. George Hotz -a.k.a. ‘geohot’- showed his genius when he was only 17 years old and he hacked the iPhone. The gave another testament of his technical prowess three years later, when he hacked the PS3 and put Sony in big problems. And know, at 26, he’s making …
We are approaching a new turning point in the smartphone market: you’ll buy a smartphone and will be offered the chance to install not different Android ROMs, but different operating systems on it. That’s what Xiaomi will offer next December 3rd when it makes available Windows 10 to their Mi 4 customers in China. This …
The original Chromecast initiated a trend: HDMI dongles with computing capabilities were born. Intel Compute Stick and Splendo are two good examples of this kind of miniPC (in this case, based on Windows). Now we’ve got another alternative, not in format but in its OS. The Chromebit was announced a few months ago, and it has …
The audio streaming services should be pretty worried about the launch of YouTube Music, a streaming service that goes beyond what Google Play Music offers, but also what Spotify, Rdio, Pandora, or Apple Music -to name a few- offer right now. And that’s because for a similar price you are not getting just the audio, …