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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...

We're getting the gang back together this afternoon for what we're told will be the 165th edition of the Greatest Android Podcast in the World ! On tap this week: Google Glass gets is monthly software update, the Moto G gets Android 4.4.2 (yes, already) — and we're going to answer a whole bunch of your questions, live. If you want to watch and participate in the live Q&A, swing on by the Google+ Event for this episode . Or you can always watch live here at Android Central  — or even from our app . The show kicks off at 4 p.m. EST — that's 9 p.m. in London. We'll see you in a few hours!        

Hint: It's short on any actual answers. But it's fairly obvious that getting more BlackBerry services on iOS and Android — never mind any sort of "experience"  — might be BlackBerry's best play at this point. Hell, it might be their only play. And gotta love the "best of luck" at the end. read more        

Deal running for 'about 24 hours,' requires registration for a coupon code Happen to catch the Today Show this morning? Well if you missed it, the last day of their "12 Days of Christmas" was today, and one of the two deals available is for a Moto X. In a pretty clever bit of marketing to hit a new audience with the Today Show, Motorola is offering $150 off an off-contract Moto X, or 50 percent off an on-contract one if you're buying from a U.S. carrier. That's the same off-contract deal it offered for Cyber Monday . Here's how it works. If you're interested in the deal, you can follow the source link below to a Motorola page where you have to enter your information — name, email address, etc. — along with the code "todayshow50," and select whether you'll be buying an on- or off-contract Moto X. Check a box indicating you're over 16 years old, and you'll be emailed a coupon code to redeem for a discount when you make your Mot...