As reported on The Verge. By Joshua Topolsky Up close and personal with Google’s visionary new computer The frosted-glass doors on the 11th floor of Google’s NYC headquarters part and a woman steps forward to greet me. This is an otherwise normal specimen of humanity. Normal height, slender build; her eyes are bright, inquisitive. She leans in to shake my hand and at that moment I become acutely aware of the device she’s wearing in the…
As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos WiFi-only flavors of the Chromebook Pixel have only just started shipping, but if you’re already itching to install Linux on one of them, you’re in luck. Not only havekernel patches been submitted for the hardware, but Google’s Bill Richardson has now laid out exactly how to load up the devices with Linux Mint. Richardson says that part of the Chrome OS BIOS is read-only, so changes to it are generally exclusive to new…
As reported on Businessinsider.com by Joe Weisenthal By Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Google is the new Apple. Well, not necessarily, but while Apple’s stock continues to grind lower, Google’s stock is on a tear. And now analysts are jumping over themselves to get more bullish on Google. Just yesterday, two separate analysts put $1,000 price targets on the stock. What gives? Well, of course people can make up all kinds of stories about the momentum of either company, and…
As reported on The Verge. By Dieter Bohn Google’s all-new Chromebook Pixel isn’t something we entirely expected, but it was something that Google absolutely needed to do: try to create a top-tier laptop that could conceivably become somebody’s main machine. We can’t say that ChromeOS is totally ready for that challenge yet, but the Pixel itself feels as premium as any laptop on the market today. It’s a solid, rectangular machine in a gunmetal gray metal shell, with…
As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU Google is reportedly in talks with Warby Parker to make glasses that look less like Geordi La Forge’s eyewear and more like something a style-conscious person in the early 21st century would be happy to put on his or her face. A New York Times story cites unnamed sources who say that Google is negotiating with the NYC-based e-commerce startup to help it create fashionable frames (both companies declined to confirm the report).…
As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith So when can you get your very own slice of Google future? Perhaps sooner than you thought. The company’s just outlined a competition that will put its Glass device in the hands of non-developer types. Using Twitter or Google+, you’ll need to outline what you would do if you had the device — we’re guessing they want to see some big ideas. Applications need to be less than 50 words and tagged…
As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Rumors from an “extremely reliable source” speaking to 9t05Google have suggested Google will start to operate its own physical retail stores starting as soon as the 2013 holiday season in the U.S. Brick-and-mortar shops from an Internet search company? Sounds like a stretch, but the Goog is breaking out of its search box big time, and recent additions to the Nexus line are proving it has a real chance at establishing a…
As reported on TechCrunch. by ROMAIN DILLET Apple and Google are enemies and partners at the same time due to asymmetric competition. According to a report from Morgan Stanley, Google could pay more than $1 billion in 2014 to remain the default search engine on iOS. In 2009, Google paid only $82 million for the privilege. Analyst Scott Devitt believes that it is a per-device deal growing every year. For every dollar of revenue Google makes…
As reported on TechCrunch. by SARAH PEREZ Hey Microsoft, 2004 called. It wants its privacy outrage debate back. Microsoft is on the rampage lately, aggressively attacking Google on search, shopping, and email, the latter of which is now featured on Microsoft’s infamous “Scroogled” site where – get this! – Microsoft goes after Gmail because Google reads your email to target you with ads! Seriously. You have to have a sense of history to get how ridiculous this all is. Let’s go back…
As reported on Businessinsider.com by Nicholas Carlson Here’s a really neat commercial for a Google product that hasn’t been release yet. Cool, right? Problem is: it’s probably not real. It’s the product of a marketing firm called Slinky.Me, and as ComputerWorld points out, Slinky.me has a history of making fake Google commercials. It’s pretty obviously a way for Slinky.Me to get everyone’s attention for the kind of excitement its work it can do. It worked!