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Do you happen to spot faces in inanimate objects; some smiling, some worried, while some just gaping at you? You will be surprised to know that a psychological phenomenon called Pareidolia makes you perceive so.
This is Google Glass, from the inside. Thanks to the team at Catwig.com, we get a chance to look inside one of the most talked about devices in recent times. The teardown is very detailed and will give you a great insight into the $1500 gadget.
Google is forbidding users from reselling the Glass. Considered by many as one of the coolest gadgets in recent times, the Google Glass is certainly a prestigious venture. At $1500 a piece, the Glass is unique to its user. And as per Google, you cannot share or even loan it!
Google has recently announced the company’s most expensive Chromebook laptop to date. At $1299, the Chromebook Pixel competes directly with Apple Macbook Air and high-end Windows 8 laptops/ultra-books. It comes both in Wi-Fi ($1,299) and LTE ($1,499 with Verizon) editions.
Search giant Google may open retail stores before the end of this year, says 9to5Google. The website confirms that this is coming from a “very reliable source“. Google’s biggest competitors, Apple and Microsoft, both have retail stores in the US, with Apple having a significant presence across several countries across the planet.
What does a company that is really really rich do with loads of cash? Simple. They make good looking offices. The world’s number one web-based company, Google, is building its UK head quarters in central London for a whopping $1 billion. The search engine giant just bought a 2.4-acre plot in the King Cross Central part of London.
Google Maps for iOS was recently re-launched. And since then, the number of downloads has surpassed 10 million. Simply wow! Not only this proves how much iOS fans actually missed Google Maps, it also proves how much the default Apple Maps sucks!
It didn’t take Apple much longer to realize that abandoning Google Maps from the core iOS was a fatal mistake. Almost everyone hated Apple’s own Mapping app that came with iOS 6. Fortunately, Google realized the problem on time, and released the all new (and awesome) Google Maps for the iPhone, once again!
Google Now, the personal assistant for Android Jelly Bean (version 4.1) mobile OS will soon be available for Google’s own desktop web browser, a.k.a. Chrome. Google Now is the company’s answer to Apple’s popular Passbook iOS app.
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