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What is CISPA and is it Bad?
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) is a bill currently being considered by multiple nations that gives both the government and private businesses the right to share personal information under certain circumstances. The idea is that cyberthreats to both nations and businesses can be identified and acted on with greater speed and success. It doesn’t sound too bad in theory, but many folk around the web are getting stirred up about the ambiguity of the bill’s wording.
Project Glass: Shattering the Illusion
Google Glasses, or Project Glass, has been receiving a fair amount of press after its recent announcement. The basic premise behind Project Glass is an augmented reality HUD (heads-up display) that the user wears over or just about the eye or eyes. This is intended to provide the user with a constant HUD for their life providing anything from points of interest regarding your surroundings to notifications regarding anything that happens across all of your social networks or various communication tools.
ASUS Nexus Tablet Looking Likely
Windows 8 isn’t the only tablet operating system (OS) that’s attracting interest from non-smartphone manufacturers. The rumor that ASUS would be the first manufacturer to provide a Google Nexus tablet for the Android tablet ecosystem is looking far more likely, with AndroidAndMe reporting claims from an anonymous source from within ASUS that the ASUS/Google Nexus is a “done deal”.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus has the honour of being the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) device available on the market. As a collaboration between Google and Samsung, the Galaxy Nexus both looks and functions a bit differently than other Samsung-manufactured smartphones we've seen in the past. We took it for a spin to check out its new operating system (OS), as well as wether or not the Galaxy Nexus is worthy of the Android flagship throne.
Google Play Replaces Android Market
Google is replacing its long-serving Android Market with a new service called Google Play. Google Play is a more cloud-oriented utility that unifies your desktop and Android devices in order to provide a more seamless experience across media and apps.
ASUS May Produce 1st Nexus Tablet
Among the speculation of who will be making the next Google Nexus phone (LG is looking good right now) in the lead up to the release of Android: Jellybean, some talk of an ASUS manufactured Nexus tablet has started to surface. It’d certainly be an interesting and understandable move for Google to get behind a flagship tablet in the hopes to show the market what its OS updates can do from the outset, much like with the Nexus smartphones, rather than waiting for manufacturers to distribute the updates themselves.
Google Goggles Could Be Set for 2012
The internet is ablaze today with talk of the so-called “Google Goggles” that are expected to hit shelves by the end of this year. The basic idea behind this product is that they will essentially be a pair of glasses, the inside of which will display images for the viewer right on the lense.
Samsung Announces 7" Galaxy Tab 2
Samsung has unveiled the 7 inch Galaxy Tab 2, the successor to its first 7 inch foray in to the Android tablet market back in 2010. Since then Samsung has had moderate success mixed with extreme legal difficulties with its more recent Galaxy Tab devices, specifically the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
US/EU Google Moto Purchase OK'd
Within hours of one another today both the EU and US regulatory commissions gave Google a big thumbs-up for its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, leaving only China, Israel and Taiwan to make up their minds. It’s a huge win for Google in the Patent Wars, as Motorola Mobility owns a huge number of patents that can now be absorbed in to Google’s arsenal.
Google Android Home Entertainment?
Google is reportedly working on a Google-branded home entertainment system whereby music content can be streamed wirelessly throughout a user’s house, according to the Wall Street Journal. The idea of an Android-powered home entertainment system is certainly not surprising, as Google now has its own Music streaming cloud infrastructure in the US and selected areas. However, what is surprising is that the actual device itself is said to be Google branded.
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