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GoogleX exec: Where Google went wrong with Glass

GoogleX exec: Where Google went wrong with Glass | Technology in Business Today | Scoop.it
Google botched its wearable, Google Glass, and now the director of GoogleX labs is openly talking about it.
Richard Platt's curator insight, March 21, 2015 4:29 PM
Astro Teller, Google’s director of its research arm, GoogleX, said the company made mistakes with Glass. They needed to work out its wearable’s battery and privacy issues, and address miscommunications about the state of the project.. Even when it was being sold to early testers for $1,500, was never close to being ready for official sale. It’s a prototype and still solidly in the experimental phase. Even though its executives and its PR people were repeatedly putting timeframes on an official Glass release.Teller said Google did one good thing it launched the project but it also did one thing wrong. - “The bad decision was that we allowed and sometimes even encouraged too much attention for the program,” he said. “Instead of people seeing the Explorer devices as learning devices, Glass began to be talked about as if it were a fully baked consumer product. The device was being judged and evaluated in a very different context than we intended.” - That tactic frustrated a lot of early adopters
Tom Bryon's curator insight, March 25, 2015 3:35 AM

"Google had the sizzle, they just didn't have the steak".

Technology will surely experience some form of metamorphosis, Google is pushing another form of wearable technology, possibly we could see this as the mainstream form of communication. It hasn't picked up the momentum it needs yet, but as its usability increases and new needs arise, that may change.

"The device still has a good shot. If you’re not failing, you’re not trying hard enough.”

QindredCam's curator insight, April 1, 2015 3:25 PM

Privacy and battery life; these are two of the key challenges for wearable recording devices.

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China retains supercomputer crown

China retains supercomputer crown | Technology in Business Today | Scoop.it
China's Tianhe-2 retains its status at the peak of the Top500 list of supercomputers, but IBM believes there are problems with the way it is calculated.
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Why everyone wants a private cloud - TechRepublic

Why everyone wants a private cloud - TechRepublic | Technology in Business Today | Scoop.it
Concerns about security and control make the "private" cloud a more palatable model for many companies. How sound is this kind of thinking?
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WiGig is great, but it won't replace your Wi-Fi network | PCWorld

WiGig is great, but it won't replace your Wi-Fi network | PCWorld | Technology in Business Today | Scoop.it
The WiGig standard offers much faster wireless network speeds than Wi-Fi, but at a range far too short for many wireless functions.
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Dell takes big profit hit: Mobile customers look elsewhere

Dell takes big profit hit: Mobile customers look elsewhere | Technology in Business Today | Scoop.it
Dell's profitably continues to suffer as the CEO tries to take the company private. [Read more]
    
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Top 10 IT tech trends for Business in 2013

Top 10 IT tech trends for Business in 2013 | Technology in Business Today | Scoop.it
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4 Steps to Improve Network Security in your'e Business

4 Steps to Improve Network Security in your'e Business | Technology in Business Today | Scoop.it
Don't take risks with your company data. The data you collect can be just as valuable as the physical assets of your business.
Progressive training's curator insight, July 15, 2014 5:03 AM

4 Steps to Improve Network Security in your'e Business

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Cybersecurity Simplified: A Reality Check for the Digital Age

Cybersecurity Simplified: A Reality Check for the Digital Age | Technology in Business Today | Scoop.it
According to the observation commonly attributed to Mark Twain, "history doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."
That adage, according to Brookings Institute researchers and authors Peter W.
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10 Tech Things You Need To Know This Morning

10 Tech Things You Need To Know This Morning | Technology in Business Today | Scoop.it
We hope you had a great weekend. Prep for your week with the latest technology news: Apple's fourth quarter earnings will be reported this afternoon. It should be the company's most interesting earnings call of the year.
Anurag Jain's curator insight, October 28, 2013 10:10 AM
Really Cool Tech!!
Anya Marshall's curator insight, October 28, 2013 2:29 PM

Did I read this correctly? FB is thinking about buying Snapchat.. Isn't the beauty of Snapchat that it is in every way UNLIKE Facebook?

 

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An simple introduction to VPN – Virtual Private Networking for Business

An simple introduction to VPN – Virtual Private Networking for Business | Technology in Business Today | Scoop.it
What is a virtual private network?
A virtual private network (VPN) creates a virtual private network across the Internet
using a tunnelling protocall that encrypts the data shared between a set numb
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Stay in Control with Centralized Patch Management

Stay in Control with Centralized Patch Management | Technology in Business Today | Scoop.it
One of the most important systems maintenance activities that
IT admins are responsible for is patch management. 
Patch management is an ongoing task that contributes to
systems’ uptime, reliabi
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BYOD: The Five Main Issues

BYOD: The Five Main Issues | Technology in Business Today | Scoop.it
Flexible working is increasingly important in our work culture thanks to technological advances, and BYOD is at the forefront. (Flexible #working is inc important thanks to technical advances, and #BYOD is at the front.
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