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Google Glass is Still Kicking

by Tom Allen

Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt has said that Google Glass has not been cancelled (Google Glass is off the Shelves for Now) – simply postponed. The project is “too important” to scrap, he told the …

Pixel Projects Completes Google Installation With Interactivity

by Tom Allen

AV specialist Pixel Projects has supplied solutions for Google’s new shop-in-shop in Currys PC World on Tottenham Court Road, London (Google Opens Shop-in-Shop in London), where customers can try out new interactive installations. One …

Is Google Signalling Display as a Service?

by Bob Raikes

Steve mentions in his report in this issue that the interest at DSE from Google might be related to the idea that Digital Signage might just become part of the “Internet of Things” (IOT). …

TAG Heuer, Google and Intel Announce Swiss Smartwatch Collaboration

by Helen Vince

TAG Heuer, Google and Intel have announced a partnership to launch a Swiss smartwatch powered by Intel technology and Android Wear. The effort signifies a new era of collaboration between Swiss watchmakers and Silicon …

Tags:Google| Intel| Smartwatches

Google Makes Waves With Market Entrance

by Steve Sechrist

One surprise at this year’s show and not at ISE was Google, whose presence could be seen as “the elephant in the room”. The group came with an independent developer booth running a new …

Google Boosts Pixel to Ludicrous Speed (Officially)

by Tom Allen

Two years after Google introduced the first Chromebook Pixel (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 8), the company has shown off the second-generation model – with more speed, more power and the new USB-C interface. …

Google Opens Shop-in-Shop in London

by Helen Vince

Google is venturing into the UK high street with the opening of a ‘shop-in-shop’ retail space with Dixons Carphone. The first Google shop has opened in Currys PC World in London’s Tottenham Court Road, …

Ad-Skipping Company Develops STB to Enable Service

by Tom Allen

US-based Skipr is developing an Android TV STB with a pass-through function for cable TV. Skipr’s primary offer is an ad-skipping service, redirecting viewers to alternative programming. However, at first this only worked with …

Tags:Android| Google| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Marvell Specified in Project Ara

by Bob Raikes

Marvell started by showing us the PXA1928 which is the application processor/SoC that is being used in Google’s Project Ara modular smartphone (The Project Ara Smartphone Moves Towards Implementation). The chip is based on …

Google is Planning Android for VR

by Tom Allen

A team at Google is working on a version of Android designed for virtual reality devices, according to the Wall Street Journal. There are ‘tens’ of engineers working on the new operating system, which …

The Project Ara Smartphone Moves Towards Implementation

by Arthur Berman

This Display Daily article will provide some background on Google’s Project Ara modular phone project and report on recent developments at phone maker Yezz (Miami, FL) that are turning this project into a product. …

Tags:Google| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Toshiba Has LCD/OLED Module for Ara

by Tom Allen

Toshiba has shown off several modules for Google’s (originally Motorola’s) Project Ara modular smartphone (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 48). They include a display module for LCD and OLED screens, and connectivity, Wi-Fi and …