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Google Exploits Android Versatility

by Tom Allen

Google has developed another new Android variant – this one for the IoT. The OS, known as Google Brillo, will run devices with as little as 32MB of RAM. The OS also incorporates ‘Weave’, …

Tags:Google| Internet of Things IOT| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22

“No Sacred Cows” in Glass Redesign

by Tom Allen

Tony Fadell, head of Google’s Google Glass project, has said that the company is still planning a consumer version – but it may not look like the original concept. Fadell told the Google Zeitgeist …

Tags:Google| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

Google Looks to China for Nexus Partner

by Tom Allen

A Taiwanese supply chain source has said that several vendors are seeking to become the next partner for Google’s Nexus smartphone lines. These include Lenovo, Xiaomi, Huawei and LG. The source said that, as …

Google Signs Sweet Deal With Nestlé

by Tom Allen

Remember Android 4.4, also known as ‘KitKat’? The name was part of a deal between Nestlé and Google – and the favour is now being returned. A limited run of 600,000 KitKat bars in …

Tags:Android| Back Panel| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Rumour Points to OLED for Nexus 7

by Tom Allen

A story from Gizmo China claims that Huawei is building Google’s next Nexus phone. According to the rumour, the Nexus 7 (probably) will feature a 5.7″ OLED display from Samsung, with 2560 x 1440 …

Tags:Android| Google| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Google Patent May Hint at Next Google Glass

by Norbert Hildebrand

Patents are tricky as they give us a glimpse of a potential development of new products, though it may also lead us in a direction that may never be realized. Google has been awarded …

Luxottica Agrees to Continue Glass Development

by Tom Allen

Rumours of Google Glass’s demise (Google Glass is Off The Shelves For Now) have been greatly exaggerated – at least, if news from Italy is anything to go by. Italian firm Luxottica has signed …

Tags:Eyewear| Google| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 18

by Tom Allen

Google’s contest of one-up-manship with Apple has taken a turn for the weird, with the discovery of an Easter egg on Google Maps that could be called insolent, insulting and even downright rude. Zooming …

Google Result 30/04/2015

by Helen Vince

Google Inc’s first quarter turnover was $17.3 billion, up 12% year on year from $15.4 billion in the first quarter of 2014. The company’s net profit for the first three months of the year …

Tags:Financial Data| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Convertible Component Order Increase Expected From China

by Tom Allen

Sources in Asia say that supply chains are preparing for an increase in component orders for convertible tablets. Sub-$250 Windows convertibles, based on Intel’s Bay Trail-T CR platform, will be a ‘key target’ for …

Google Patents Back to the Future Technology

by Tom Allen

A patent awarded to Google has the potential to turn walls into screens. The patent outlines a projection system that can display images on a wall covered with photo-reactive paint. A beam of light …

Google Cuts Tango Price in Half

by Tom Allen

Google’s Project Tango (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9) is a 3D-sensing project using prototype tablets and phones, capable of using the devices to build a 3D model of their environment. According to Android …

Tags:3D Cameras| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 16