Anthony Levandowski is a Google employee who has helped develop Google's futuristic self-driving cars. He lives in the Bay Area, where he normally commutes by self-driving car about 43 miles to the Googleplex, Google's headquarters in Mountain View. Earlier this week though, Levandowski couldn't get to work on time, after protesters blocked his driveway for 45 minutes.
Google hopes its wearable computing eyeglasses, Glass, is poised to revolutionize our daily interaction with technology and the internet, but it's already proved a challenge to laws and societal norms. Just two days after Glass Explorer Cecilia Abadie got out of a ticket she received for "driving with [a computer] monitor visible to driver" while wearing Glass, another Explorer has run into the long, outmoded, arm of the law.
Google is known for innovation -- and hype -- and the most recent announcement from the Mountain View giant incorporates a bit of both: Google has said it is developing a "smart contact lens" that can constantly measure glucose levels in the wearer's tears, sparking hope, and debate, among people living with diabetes.
Google just made a huge purchase of Nest Labs, the young tech company that makes smart thermostats and smoke detectors. The Mountain View giant bought this company for $3.2 billion, which is a pretty huge number for a company that's essentially just entered its post-startup phase. Here's why.
Motorola's Moto G has been a hit so far - offering a low-cost unlocked phone that comes with some very respectable hardware. Now Google is offering the Moto G Google Play Edition, as if the Moto G wasn't Google enough.
HTC has received a great deal of praise since the time they released their flagship smartphone called the HTC One. But now the question is whether its second generation which is the HTC One 2 or the HTC M8 will come out better than the first.
Google has shoehorned its underachieving social network Google+ into yet another Google service (after controversially linking YouTube's comments system with Google+), this time integrating Google+ with its ubiquitous email service, Gmail.
Google's Chromebooks are not high-end performance computers for tech professionals or gamers, but they sure are cheap and relatively easy to use. That's why the Google Chromebook platform reportedly grew significantly last year, and is likely to be more pervasive in 2014 as well.
The Google Chromebook is junk. The Google Chromebook is a disaster. What is Google thinking?
The Google Chromebook is junk. The Google Chromebook is a disaster.
Everyone always says you get what you pay for. Everyone always says you get what you pay for. But is that truly the case when you compare the cheaper Nexus 7 2 tablet from Google with the premium build quality of Apple's iPad Mini with Retina Display? The answer may surprise you.
The iOS 7 jailbreak release has not been as smooth as the Evad3rs hoped The iOS 7 jailbreak release has not been as smooth as the Evad3rs hoped. Just days after the jailbreak group released the highly anticipated iOS 7 Jailbreak, the controversial Chinese App Store Taig was dropped.
The wires are buzzing with hundreds of news stories about government and Google-sponsored ultra-high-tech Santa Claus-tracking technology so that your kids can keep an eye on the jolly old guy as he goes about his travels.But what child would rather monitor a computer screen remotely than actually hear Santa calling and speaking to them one-on-one in a real-live telephone conversation? Bonus: the Claus calls even remind your children to be good or risk ending up on the naughty list – a lifesaver for some of you frustrated parents out there who have had it up to here with the frantic holiday antics!
When will the latest and greatest iPhone land in stores? iPhone 6 Launch Date When will the latest and greatest iPhone land in stores? Signs point to a September 2014 unveiling and release though Apple could go back to the original iPhone launch schedule, which was every June until the iPhone 4s bucked that trend.
The Nexus 7 and iPad Mini with Retina Display are squarely aimed at outdoing each other. The Nexus 7 and iPad Mini with Retina Display are squarely aimed at outdoing each other.
Where oh where is the Nexus 10 2 tablet? Where oh where is the Nexus 10 2 tablet? Google's highly anticipated follow-up to the 1st generation Nexus 10 was originally thought to be debuting this year.
Known for her signature bushy eyebrows and great figure, Victoria's Secret Angel Cara Delevingne is announced as the most searched fashion name in Google's annual UK Zeitgeist list this year.
Google is getting artsy. The virtual trailblazing company recently launched Google Open Gallery, a new online tool to allow museums, galleries and individuals to create online art exhibitions. It's part of the Google Cultural Institute, which has partnered with major art organizations around the world to put content online.
