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Google Glass V2 Could Be Binocular, And Even Double As Stealth Hearing Aids Forbes Now that the first version of Google Glass is out in the wild (in very limited numbers) it is time to turn our gaze to what's next. Certainly that's what Google co-founder Sergey Brin, the lead inventor on the project, is doing. A patent application by ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

Firefox OS Will Take On Apple And Google In The Smartphone Wars, Starting ... Huffington Post Google's Android software, which the company distributes free to phone vendors from Samsung to HTC, had roughly 70 percent share of the worldwide smartphone market in the fourth quarter, according to industry research firm Gartner. Apple, which created ... See all stories on this topic »

Intellectual property rights: Google vs. publishers Deutsche Welle They argue that they're the ones who develop the content that Google and other search machines list. The pages linked from a search result get traffic, as Google does leads the multitudes of users to them. However, publishers don't see a cent from ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Glass Is As Much About Working With Our Past As Our Future TechCrunch Google Glass is here but its reality in the workplace is not quite here yet. What it will eventually do to the way we live and work reminds me of Steampunk illustrations of a person with a mechanical eye, who works according to what appears in the ... See all stories on this topic » TechCrunch

Firefox Takes On Both Apple and Google With Yet Another Smartphone OS Forbes The system will allow developers to produce apps based on HTML5 – the main computer language used for the internet – which it says will require considerably less effort and investment than producing apps for the Apple and Google-owned systems. See all stories on this topic »

Check Out Google's Russian Offices In Moscow Business Insider When Google designs the interior of its offices, it doesn't just make a bulk acquisition of bean bags, a slide, and some ping pong tables, drop them in the space and call it a day. First it talks to its employees about what they want in an office. It ... See all stories on this topic » Business Insider

Inside the Google-Samsung Tussle for Future of Mobile AdAge.com In moving to Google from Samsung, Mr. Wallace found himself in the middle of one of today's most complicated business relationships: the "frenemy." The two mobile titans are the latest to be branded with the term, a well-worn one in the tech industry. See all stories on this topic » AdAge.com

Google's plan to eat Amazon's lunch and dominate retailing GigaOM This particular move, though, is a not-so-subtle signal to the marketplace that Google intends to become the dominant player in global ecommerce – which in the U.S. alone is already a $186 billion goldmine. Yes, for Google this is not just about going ... See all stories on this topic » GigaOM

Apple Maps Flap Caps Google Apps' Domination AdAge.com iPhone users found themselves in a peculiar position last September. The release of iOS 6 -- the latest iteration of Apple's iPhone operating system -- meant Apple was replacing Google Maps with a map app of its own. Apple Maps was a total disaster ... See all stories on this topic »

Disruptions: Data Without Context Tells a Misleading Story New York Times (blog) Kelly Mason, a public affairs spokeswoman for Google, said the company's Flu Trends site was meant to be only one source in addition to the C.D.C. and other flu surveillance methods. “We review and potentially update our model each season,” she said. See all stories on this topic » Google Android Exec Leaves Door Open for Motorola Nexus Device By Amir Efrati Google’s recently-acquired hardware manufacturer, Motorola Mobility, is in a free-fall. But there’s a tie-up with the parent company’s brand that could be an option. While Motorola’s share of the market for smartphones and tablets powered by Google’s own Android mobile operating system plummets, it is pinning its hopes on a smartphone known as “X Phone” that will be released this year, which The Wall Street Journal first wrote about in December. If that doesn’t work out, might Google’s Android unit work with Motorola to develop a co-branded “Nexus” device? “Anything can happen,” said Hiroshi Lockheimer, an Android engineering executive, when asked by the Journal during the first day of Mobile World Congress, a mobile-industry conference in Barcelona. He didn’t imply that such a device was already in the roadmap, but he added that Android has worked with several other manufacturers, and that “we like to cycle it around.” A Motorola spokesman declined to comment. So far, Google has created four Nexus-branded smartphones and two tablets with HTC, LG, Asus and Samsung, which was involved in three of them. Android has put a greater emphasis on selling Nexus devices over the past year and currently has three for sale through its website and in some retail stores. The devices have helped LG (Nexus 4) and Asus (Nexus 7) to establish a higher profile among Android manufacturers, though in terms of sales, Nexus devices haven’t been major blockbusters like Samsung’s own line of Galaxy devices. Still, working closely with Android on a Nexus device can be tremendously beneficial to the selected manufacturer, giving them greater insight into working with Android software, according to people familiar with the process. However, a Motorola Nexus device might upset other manufacturers who were promised by Google that it wouldn’t play favorites with Android device makers after its acquisition of Motorola. Motorola could use a boost. During the fourth quarter of 2012, the handset maker grabbed just 1.9% of the market for smartphones powered by Google’s Android mobile operating system, down from 6.2% a year earlier—meaning it sold 2.3 million fewer devices in the most recent period, according to research firm IDC. Taiwanese tablet maker Asustek did get some traction with the Nexus 7, saying it was selling about a million per month. Google has marketed the Nexus 7 through TV commercials and other ads. Of course, that’s still small potatoes compared to Apple, which sold 10 million iPad mini devices during the last six weeks of 2012. When asked about reports, including one by the Journal, that Google is developing plans for physical retail stores, where it could sell Nexus devices and many others, Lockheimer only said that he’s focused on “coming out with more products people like.” Why Bad News Keeps on Coming for Apple Analysts are failing to accept changing sentiment and reality and so are late to break bad news on Apple. MarketWatch's Mark Hulbert discusses on Markets Hub. Photo: Getty Images.