Google vaults to top 10 in Q1 lobbying spending
According to data compiled by MapLight, Google spent the most it has ever on lobbying federal agencies and Congress. It still trails the likes of AT&T, Verizon and Comcast though.
According to data compiled by MapLight, Google spent the most it has ever on lobbying federal agencies and Congress. It still trails the likes of AT&T, Verizon and Comcast though.
Eric Schmidt's take that Amazon is Google's biggest search rival grabbed the headlines, but it's worth parsing his entire speech to see what he's really after.
"I feel like every time I'm using Glass I'm living (the) future," says Google CEO Larry Page about technology change and wearable computing.
Timothy Jordan, senior developer advocate at Google for Project Glass, noted new developer tools as it builds the Google Glass ecosystem on the fly.
"We're only at one percent of what's possible. Despite the faster change in the industry we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have," said Page.
The unlocked Nexus-ish Galaxy S4 will quantify the market for a pure Android experience with Google pushing updates.
Google delivered a series of location-based APIs to track movement automatically and improve mapping tools. These are nice additions to Android devices, but the real impact may be with Google Glass apps.
Whether it's photo editing enhancements, voice search or new mapping tools, the efforts boil down to machine learning and cloud infrastructure --- Google's primary core competency. Can rivals keep up?
Here are 10 things to know about the Google Glass program for developers, consumers, businesses and everyone interested in the search giant's next big thing.
The Glass Collective is designed to seed startups and developers with ideas for Google Glass. A little seed funding may just be a nice kick start to take Google Glass mainstream and into enterprises.