A new Motorola phone leaked earlier today, it wasn’t certain if the phone featured in the video was Google’s callabo with Motorola, the xPhone. Turns out to be another Motorola device, no word on what but sit back and watch the new video.
WHO At Google Is Stepping Down?
Google Android’s Chief Executive is stepping down. Andy Rubin, led the development of the successful Android mobile software business for Google. He is reportedly is stepping down to start an unspecified “new chapter” at the company. Sundar Pichai, the executive in charge of Google’s Chrome, will take over the Android division.
Google Acquires A New Startup Company!!!
Google has acquired neural network startup ,DNNresearch, in order to boost their search engine even more with improved voice recognition, text search, and eimage search. DNNresearch was founded last year byprofessor Geoffrey Hinton and two of his grad students, Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskeve at The University of Toronto. Krizhevsky and Sutskever will be moving to Google, while Hinton will divide his time between his university research and his work at both in Google’s Toronto offices and at Google headquarters in Mountain View.
OMG!!! Google HAS To Do WHAT!!!
Google has agreed to pay $7 million in one of the largest fines for violating privacy. The fine for collecting people’s personal data without authorization as part of its Street View service. As part of the settlement, Google must educate employees about the privacy of consumer data and sponsor a public service campaign to teach people how to secure their wireless networks. Google also agreed to all destroy emails, passwords, and web histories that was taking from home wireless systems when the Street view car would take photos of the neighborhoods.
Android Tablets On Pace To Outsell iPads In 2013!!!
More bad news is coming Apples way, the Samsung GS IV is the mobile device Apple is probably afraid of. Now its seems Android Tablets are going to outsell iPads in 2013. According to the IDC projects that Android will take a 48.8% share of the tablet market in 2013, a big jump from last year. The jump in sales according to IDC for Android Tablets, PRICE. I guess people dont want to shell out big bucks for Tablets. Devices like the Galaxy Note 8.0, the Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire HD have helped Google push the Android OS. Does Apple have to change things fast?“One in every two tablets shipped this quarter was below 8 inches in screen size,” says IDC analyst Jitesh Ubrani. “Vendors are moving quickly to compete in this space as consumers realize that these small devices are often more ideal than large tablets for their daily consumption habits.”
Bar In Seattle Bans Google Glass
Google has’nt released its highly anticipated device the Google Glass but it looks the device has already been banned by a bar in Seattle. According to the bars Facebook page the bar will kindly ask the wearer to remove the device or they will be asked to leave. According to the bars owner he’s feels Google Glass doesnt give his patrons the privacy they need in a bar (but people with smartphones taking pics are probably ok??) when enjoying their drinks. In a radio interview the bar owner said “Part of this is a joke, to be funny on Facebook, and get reaction. But part of it’s serious, because we don’t let people film other people or take photos unwanted of people in the bar, because it is kind of a private place that people go,” said Meinert in an interview with KIRO-FM.
