Archive for May 21st, 2010

Google reveals new service for ‘multi-million channel’ TV

Google reveals new service for ‘multi-million channel’ TV (CNN) — Saying it will “change the future of television,” Google on Thursday rolled out Google TV — the internet giant’s venture into web-TV integration. The application, run by Google’s Android operating system, lets users search for content from their television, DVR and the web. “Here we [...]

HP developing a ‘Dick Tracy’ wristwatch

HP developing a ‘Dick Tracy’ wristwatch Palo Alto, California (CNN) — Hewlett-Packard says it’s developing a next-generation wristwatch for the U.S. military. The printing and computer company says the watch will have a flexible display that shows maps and other strategic information to soldiers in remote combat fields. The watch’s screen will be made of [...]

Togetherville: A social network for kids

Togetherville: new social network for children (Wired) — One of the challenges for the newest generation is how to gain fluency in online networking without being able to draw on large, diverse social networks of their own. On Tuesday, Togetherville announced the open beta launch of a new online community for kids and their caretakers. [...]

Google offers free fonts for the Web

Google’s new tool free fonts for web CNET) — In an attempt to move beyond drab typography on the Web, Google on Wednesday released 18 freely usable fonts and an open-source tool designed to smooth over browser issues in displaying downloaded fonts. A number of Web designers — if not all readers — are excited [...]

Google: A new consumer electronics power broker

Google: the new consumer electronics and power broker, Google TV   Six tech industry CEOs don’t often appear in the same place at the same time. Google, the dominant search company of our time, has clout in consumer electronics as well.  (Credit: James Martin/CNET)   SAN FRANCISCO–Could the long-awaited marriage of the television and the [...]