Viewing the web through Glass.
Google has announced some big additions coming to Glass via a software update. Project Glass continues to evolve as the Android-based platform matures each month.
This time around, Google Glass is getting a full-blown web browser for navigating links from search results. Tons of voice commands are also being added to magnify the hands-free experience.
Every day there seems to be a new alternative to Google Reader, the beloved RSS aggregator Google will bury once and for all on July 1st. Services like Feedly and Newsblur are already established with millions of users, and Digg has a service launching next week. Now AOL—yes, the company formerly known as America Online—even has a RSS reader.
You can sign up to get access to the private beta on a new webpage. That’s all we really know at this point. AOL will assumedly email people when it’s ready to let them in. Since it’s AOL, don’t hold out with too high of hopes. A lot of people (including this writer) are having trouble loading the website today.
But hey, I guess if Digg can do it, anyone can?
Iron Man uses a HTC phone, or at least the actor who plays him. Robert Downey Jr. has reportedly partnered with HTC for a $12 million ad campaign that will last for the next two years, according to Bloomberg.
RDJ will be appearing in the ads as himself, not the Marvel superhero he has become a household name for portraying. Hey, it’s still better than Dawson’s Creek.
While alternate RSS services have started popping up left and right in the wake of Google Reader’s death sentence, the strongest contender so far is certainly Feedly. In a few months, the service already has 12 million users and a pretty sophisticated platform.
Today Feedly officially turned on its own cloud sync, effectively cutting ties from Google Reader for good. The web app has also been redesigned to adapt to multiple browsers on different screen sizes without the need for a plugin.
A new Android theme mimics the design of iOS 7, Apple’s newest mobile operating system. The theme is a combination of custom icons and the Nova Launcher home screen replacement for Android 4.0+.
