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Google teams up with Novartis to develop its smart glucose-tracking contact lens for diabetics

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by on July 15, 2014 at 9:59 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google

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Google is teaming up with Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis – specifically its Alcon eye care division – to bring its smart contact lens to market. Originally unveiled in January, the futuristic lens analyzes the user’s tears to consistently monitor blood glucose levels. Google[x], the team known for its work on ‘moonshot’ projects within Google, will now collaborate with Alcon to develop the lens further. The final product will require “non-invasive sensors, microchips and other miniaturized electronics” to work accurately and seamlessly at all times. Although diabetic patients are the target market, Google and Alcon said the “smart lens” technology could also…

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Google now indicates when a page in its search results won’t work on your device

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by on July 15, 2014 at 9:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google

Google will now indicate when a page listed in its search results won’t load properly on your device. For instance, if a site requires Adobe Flash you’ll see the following message on your iPhone, iPad or Android device running version 4.1 (Jelly Bean) or higher: It’s a small change, but one that should encourage web designers and developers to adopt widely supported browser technologies. Just to emphasise, this doesn’t mean Google will remove these sites from its search listings – although a drop in engagement is bound to occur moving forward. ➤ Google [Blog Post] Featured image credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

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Samsung, Google and ARM team up for Thread, another Internet of Things industry standard

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by on July 15, 2014 at 9:27 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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The likes of  Samsung, Google  and ARM have teamed together to form and develop Thread, an IP-based wireless networking protocol. This follows the announcement of Open Interconnect Consortium, which too has been backed by major industry players to support the future of the Internet of Things. The aim here is to hone on current networking technologies already available, with Thread allowing for product developers and consumers to connect up more than 250 devices to a mesh network that includes direct internet and cloud access. However, Thread isn’t an application protocol or a connectivity platform; it’s a networking protocol that has…

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Google offers first developer boards for its Project Ara modular smartphone

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by on July 15, 2014 at 9:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Google, Mobile

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Google hopes to launch its ‘build-it-yourself’ Project Ara smartphone next year and in preparation, the technology giant is accepting applications for its first development boards. With these, developers can begin prototyping and constructing their own modules for the Ara platform. With the open-source MDK released during Google I/O, these could be cameras, antennas, batteries, processors – anything that can latch on to the Project Ara module shell. As Eduardo Ruiz points out on Google+, yesterday developers were told that Google is now accepting applications for its Project Ara test boards. A request form is available online and the first round of…

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Amazon expands its #AmazonCart Twitter shopping initiative to India

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by on July 15, 2014 at 8:27 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, India

Amazon launched its #Amazoncart shopping initiative, which allows users to order items via Twitter, in the US and UK in May, and now it has been expanded to India. The feature is simple. Users who connect their accounts on the two services just tweet a reply with #AmazonCart to any tweet that contains an Amazon product link, and it will be added to their shopping basket. @psawers Great! We added this item to your Amazon Basket. When ready, review your Basket http://t.co/ZegiVU7PCu and check out — MyAmazonUK (@MyAmazonUK) May 5, 2014 The tie-in makes a lot of sense in the Indian market, where Amazon is a…

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