Google on Monday announced a partnership with the Luxottica Group, the largest eyeglass company in the world, to design, manufacture and distribute frames for Google Glass, the Internet-connected eyewear. The announcement is Google’s biggest effort yet to make Glass attractive and available to mainstream consumers as it prepares to sell it more widely later this…
US technology giant Microsoft is working on a next-generation technology that will enable ‘no-touch’ phones, tablets and televisions that can be operated from afar, without the need to swipe them. According to Microsoft, the technology will allow users to control a screen with their fingers even from the other side of the room and put…
Google announced Tuesday that it has developed a version of its Android mobile operating system specifically for wearable devices, doubling down on the early efforts in the space that it’s already made with its Google Glass headset. The tech giant debuted the new version of the system, Android Wear, in a blog post that explained…
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) Chief Executive Satya Nadella may unveil an iPad version of the company’s Office software suite on March 27, a source familiar with the event told Reuters, and use his first big press appearance to launch the company’s most profitable product in a version compatible with Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) popular tablet. Nadella, who…
Google Drive already offered lower pricing than Dropbox, but the difference between the two services is now even greater: For individual Dropbox users, 100 gigabytes of cloud data runs $8.25 per month when billed annually, or $9.99 per month on a month-by-month basis. A 200-gigabyte Dropbox account runs $16.60 per month billed annually, while 500…
