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The latest in our continuing series on living with Google Glass . Jen McEwen is the Chief Marketing Officer of MiKandi.com  (NSFW link). You can also find her on Google+ . Google glass is awesome and nerdy and clunky and not all that practical — but it's still bringing us together? Google Glass is a device of contradictions. It's intended for communication, but it’s hard to talk to someone on it. It captures and shares moments immediately, but getting the shot just right is cumbersome. It connects you with the world, but could alienate you from the people in front of you. But as with all technology, it is what you make it. First and foremost, Glass is a communications device. As it stands today, I find it’s not a very useful one. Exciting, sure. Practical? Not entirely. If you think of mobile as delivering bite-sized content, Glass and other current wearable tech deliver nibbles. So I’ve found, primarily, Glass is great for text and email notifications. It’s good for phot...

The latest our new weekly series about living with Google Glass comes from our own Jerry Hildenbrand, a neckbearded riddle wrapped in a West Virginia enigma.? Google Glass is no more distracting than your phone, nor is it any less We all know that if you get caught speeding upwards of 20 mph over the speed limit and you're wearing Google Glass , you're going to get at least one ticket. And you should. Piloting 8,000 pounds of metal traveling at high speeds is a responsibility you shouldn't take lightly. While very few are complaining about the speeding ticket that was issued in the example above, a good many people are outraged that the driver wearing Google Glass was mentioned on the citation. I'm here to say the unpopular opinion — it should be mentioned. read more        

First in our new series of weekly columns on how we're living with Google Glass. I feel like I should be exploring something, right? That's the whole point of this Google Glass "Explorers" program. Get out into the world and do amazing things with this $1,500 space-age contraption strapped to my face. Instead, I can count on one hand the number of times I've dared to venture out of my house wearing Glass. Ask anyone who has Google Glass  — or just be in the same room with anyone who's got Glass — and you quickly realize that these things attract attention. Curious onlookers, excited nerds, skeptics who worry that we're recording their every move. (Hint: We're not. You're not that exciting.) They all want to know what it really does. Try it for themselves. What's it like ? That's a good thing. In that respect, Glass is already a success — getting folks to talk about the technology, good or bad. But you've got to admit that it can b...

Posted in: Android, Digital cameras 4 hours ago by Prasad We have reported in the past about Nikon working on an Android based point and shoot camera. Nikon Rumors have now published some pictures that are allegedly of this yet to be announced camera. The camera in question looks like your usual point and shooter from the front, until you get to the back where you’ll find a large touchscreen along with the usual physical Android navigation keys. To be honest, something about this picture doesn’t seem right. If Nikon is putting Android on their cameras, something tells me they won’t just put up a stock Android ROM on there, complete with an alarm and music player app, which seem out of place on a camera. Instead, they would probably try to make the UI seem more like their existing cameras while maintaining Android specific features such as image sharing or a web browser, rather than make it look like a generic Android phone’s UI. Nikon Rumors have pictures of two more cameras that s...

Singapore – Edenpod releases an update for Schedaroo, a time machine app that schedules Facebook, Twitter and Email messages for the future. This update allows users to schedule Facebook messages to be posted on their friends’ wall. Previously, scheduling messages on Facebook would only allow users to post on their own Facebook wall. By using Schedaroo, users won’t have to wait to send messages on social media platforms and they can choose an exact date and time to automatically send future messages. The simple and sleek looking user interface appeals to all age groups and all it takes is 3 simple steps to send future messages automatically. Step 1: Type desired message Step 2: Choose which platform the message is to be sent to. *With the new update, choosing Facebook give users the option to schedule future messages either on their own wall or their friends’ wall Step 3: Choose the date and time for the message to be sent and hit the post button! When Schedaroo is sent, users will re...

Regularly checking the weather forecast is one of the great joys of owning a smartphone. After all, I’m British and cognizance of the weather is necessary for polite interaction with the rest of the society.  Plus, it’s a lot more fun than looking out of the window. However, judging by the number of weather apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace, Britain is not the only nation obsessed with the weather.  There are localised weather apps for countries as far flung as Hong Kong, Australia, Estonia, Thailand, Canada and many more.  Different but the same   Actually, most weather apps allow you to choose several locations so that you can keep an eye on forecasts in cities all over the world, whether there is a local app or not. Other common features shared by many of the apps include: Snapshot of the current day’s weatherThe day’s maximum and minimum day/night temperatureLong-range forecastsChoice between Fahrenheit and CelsiusWind speedsUV index forecastsSunrise and sunset timesWeather ma...