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Follow-Up: Google's Goggles Come Into Focus

BY Kit Eaton | 02-22-2012 | 12:42 PM | DESIGN

Google's working on a new device, a pair of augmented reality glasses that've been all but confirmed by the New York Times. We looked at this idea a couple months back--now here's what's new.READ MORE›

Google Brings Goggles To HTC's TV Ads

BY Teressa Iezzi | 06-17-2011 | 9:03 AM | VIDEO

Use Google Goggles to scan bands and art (not clunky codes) to download free stuff in the new HTC Sensation 4G ads, a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Deutsch L.A. and Google. Watch!READ MORE›

YouTube Adds Rentals, Largest BitTorrent Case Ever, Google Goggles For Biz Cards, And More...

BY Gregory Ferenstein | 05-10-2011 | 11:25 AM | INNOVATION

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day.READ MORE›

iPad Jacks eBay Sales, Google Stops the Music, Tesla Is the Big Fourth, Send Texts From Within Facebook, and More... [Updated]

BY Gregory Ferenstein | 03-31-2011 | 12:45 PM | ETHONOMICS

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Right now: Tesla as the Big Three's Big Fourth, sending texts from within Facebook, Google's Android demands and NFC pioneering. Refresh later for more!READ MORE›

Can Startup Bubbli Turn Geotagged Photos Into Matrix-esque Augmented Reality?

BY Kit Eaton | 02-09-2011 | 10:28 AM | INNOVATION

Startup Bubbli just raised $2 million in funding, which will aid its mission to build "the Matrix (minus the sentient AI)." READ MORE›

The Future According to Schmidt: "Augmented Humanity," Integrated Into Google

BY Kit Eaton | 01-25-2011 | 3:44 PM | INNOVATION

In the future we will be Google, and Google will be us--the online giant will make us better humans. That's according to soon-to-be ex-CEO Eric Schmidt speaking today at DLD 11. Is he right?READ MORE›

iFive: Intel-Nvidia Deal, Jobs to Intro "The Daily," Xoom Tablet's Barometer, Amazon Boosts Kindle Apps, Google Goggles Amazes

BY Kit Eaton | 01-11-2011 | 7:06 AM | INNOVATION

Coffee's a colorful liquid known for its accelerative effects on carbon-based life forms--it's perfect for perking you up before a day of work. But iFive, with its handy summary of the early tech news, is even better:READ MORE›

What Google Goggles Will Do for the Ad Industry

BY Addy Dugdale | 11-16-2010 | 12:59 PM | VIDEO

Unsure about what the future of mobile advertising holds? Google and Junaio show just what may be lying in store for consumers.READ MORE›

Google Goggles App Translates the Real World, So You Can Remain Monolingual Forever

BY Dan Nosowitz | 05-07-2010 | 2:21 AM | MAGAZINE

We here in America don't need to know any other languages than our own. Ours is as good as three, maybe even four others! Combined! Google Goggles just added a huge new feature that's both really cool and a valuable tool in America's fight against non-American-English tongues.READ MORE›

Google Places: All Up In Your Business

BY Addy Dugdale | 04-20-2010 | 8:37 AM | TECHNOLOGY

Local Business Center, the service that local businesses use to hand a virtual shingle from within Google Maps, is being renamed Google Places. Along with the name change, Google's added a heap of new features to help firms connect ...READ MORE›

Work Smart: 3 Useful Things You Didn't Know Your Cameraphone Could Do

BY Gina Trapani | 04-12-2010 | 9:10 AM | WORK/LIFE

Having a camera built into your phone isn't a big deal anymore. But when you combine that camera with the rich software applications that run on devices like the iPhone and Android, you get lots of cool new ...READ MORE›

Google Buys U.K. Start-Up Plink, a Shazam for Art

BY Addy Dugdale | 04-12-2010 | 7:55 AM | TECHNOLOGY

Google has just announced it's buying up Plink, a nifty little U.K. start-up that calls itself a visual search engine developer. The plan is to apply its algorithms to Google's visual search platform, Goggles. Launched just four ...READ MORE›