So, on Friday we told you a little bit about Google's new Project Tango 3D mapping phone. I have to admit, that while this looks pretty cool on paper, I was a bit skeptical about how it would actually work. However, TechCrunch was given a first-hand look at the device in use, and it is mind-blowing.
As wearables, smartwatches in particular, are exploding - especially on the ground at Mobile World Congress - it seems as if one of the major players will be waiting to launch. According to CNET, we will have to wait until Google I/O in June to see the long awaited LG/Google smartwatch.
On February 20, 2014, Google's Advanced Technology and Projects team announced a wildly innovative new smartphone prototype: Project Tango. What makes Project Tango so remarkable is the use of a new chip that allows for 3D tracking and mapping. In Google's words: Our current prototype is a 5” phone containing customized hardware and software designed [...]
When Kansas City became the second city in America with 1gb fiber ethernet (Chattanooga was the first), the rest of the company started chomping at the bit to hopefully get a piece of the new internet service provided by Google called Google Fiber. While some people look at Google as evil, we know that they've [...]
San Francisco's Mission District is bustling with startups. With converted, wide open office spaces, co working spaces and incubator programs, The Mission is roaring with activity. Now, despite the outrage San Francisco residents have been showing Google's private employee buses, the company has decided to take up residence right in the mission district. According to [...]
Google has leased a famous blimp hangar from NASA for a reported $2 million dollars per year and a $33 million dollar commitment to refurbish the property. Hangar One at Moffett Federal Airfield was used for many years to house the USS Macon, a very large World War I blimp, for the US navy. The [...]
USA Today is reporting that Google is currently working on technology that will increase internet speeds up to 10x. While Google Fiber is already incredibly fast, the Sunnyvale company wants to increase it by an order of magnitude
Despite the OS wars between Android and Apple, Google has always been good about bringing their most important apps to iOS. Much to the dismay of die hard Android fans, sometimes (more often than not), Google apps on iOS are actually better. Take maps and Gmail for instance. Now, another important Google app has made [...]
Who pays more? Which company has better headquarters? What are the wild extravagances at each headquarters? How many people actually intern at each?
Were you a Waze user? Are you familiar with the app that crowdsourced traffic data while commuters were en route to their destination, making it easier for others to take or avoid the same route? Despite some thinking that Waze would be a gigantic distraction to driving the crowdsourced traffic data app took off. People [...]
