The early units of Google Glass after being tested by earlier reviewers revealed that one of the biggest issues with the prototypes was poor battery life. According to BGR, Glass reportedly goes for about five hours on a charge with average usage only. A device that is designed particularly for capturing long videos and recordings is not likely to last longer than a couple of hours. Bloomberg Businessweek spoke with Sergey Brin, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)...
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) may bid for Waze, blocking Facebook’s efforts to acquire the Israeli mapping startup company, reports Bloomberg. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is reportedly considering a bid for the mobile mapping and navigation company Waze for $1 billion or more. The search giant is reportedly driving forward its plan to buy Waze after Facebook’s bid became public earlier this month. Earlier reports suggested that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), based in Menlo Park, is in advanced talks to...
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Google has beefed up its search algorithms to provide enhanced user experience in the Google+ social network that would facilitate easier searching of photos. Now, one can search for his photos on both Google+ and Google search, by searching for them directly from the Search bar. Google Product Manager Matthew Kulick wrote in his blog post that Google is using computer vision and machine learning to help recognize ‘more general concepts in your photos...
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Corre Group’s recently released Quarterly Crowding Report provides insight into how hedge funds are being over-concentrated in terms of value and ownership. The first quarter 2013 report analyzed 250 funds encompassing 118,673 securities across 65 countries having total market values of $896.48 billion. Corre Group provides information with global view and fund-centric focus. Though the analytics firm’s platform has nearly 3,000 hedge funds and investment advisors, this research report is based on the largest...
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There’s a new round of malware affecting Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android devices, and this time the results could spill over into real life. The malware, according to Emil Protalinski over at The Next Web, forwards text messages to criminals who can use the information against users. The Malware Was Detected By Doctor Web The malware, which was detected by Russian cyber security firm Doctor Web, goes under the name Android.Pincer.2.origin, and acts as a...
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is acquiring Makani Power, a start-up company that develops Airborne Wind Turbines that are mounted to an un-manned, fixed-wing aircraft tethered to the ground like a kite. According to report from Bloomberg’s Businessweek on Wednesday, Astro Teller, the director of Google X research lab requested the approval of Larry Page, CEO of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) to acquire Makani Power. Teller gave his assurance to Page that Makani Power demonstrated promising results and the...
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A new report from Macquarie Equities Research concentrates on the Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) strategy for making money from its Google Play store in a new report. The report sees strong trends in the company’s app store, and looks forward to it becoming a substantial part of the firm’s revenue in the future. Google Play is accounted for by Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) under other income, in the first quarter of 2013, income in this category grew...
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), in an effort to help small businesses in India announced that the company would cut the cost of its Google Apps for Business suite in the country by almost half. Google Inc (GOOG) Wants To Offer Business Services In India As per Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s statistics, India is a home of around 47 million small businesses, yet only 1 percent of them are online. Google wants to offer its Business services...
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The 60 percent of the Global touchscreen controller ICs market has been acquired by three companies – Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), MediaTek Inc. (TPE:2454) and Elan Microelectronics Corp. (TPE:2458), reports DIGITIMES citing Industry Sources. The growth of the global touchscreen chip market has been tremendous at a CAGR of more than 20 percent over the past few years. This market has lured nothing less than 50 chipset suppliers, which include over 20 suppliers from Taiwan. MediaTek Inc....
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According to the British Police, the wearable Glass technologies from Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) along with social media may prove to be a helping hand in investigations and giving information about any expected crime in the future. Google Glass Was Another Channel To Explore An open-source intelligence manager with the NDEU, Umut Ertogral said that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) wearable glasses was “another channel for us to explore and look at” while speaking at AusCERT security conference...
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Google’s Bid To Ban Microsoft’s Xbox Slammed By ITC
A request to ban the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Xbox has been turned down by U.S. International Trade Commission. The commission came to the conclusion that the gaming device did not violate any patent owned by Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s Motorola Mobility unit. Thursday ruling from the ITC was in line with an earlier judgment by an administrative law judge David P. Shaw in March. The initial ruling also asserted that Xbox was in no violation...
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