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I jumpers leaping from airship bike stunts rappelling down a high-rise building sounds like an opening sequence for a Bond film but it's actually a scene-stealing demo at Google i/o the annual developers conference in San Francisco that opened on Tuesday he wants to see a demo of boss the sky jumpers more the much-hyped google glasses which have a built-in display and camera giving conference attendees literally a bird's-eye view of their descent the general public will have to wait to get their hands on google glasses but another new device also demoed here at i/o will be available this July the Nexus 7 tablet 1280 by 800 HD display which is perfect for reading and watching videos in stunning Clary with the nexus 7 Google goes head-to-head with the kindle and the ipad and it's not the only way google is targeting Apple the Nexus Q is a cloud connected orb which hooks up to your home entertainment system and streams video and music that's a competitor to the apple TV and you can control it through your Android product and that's a very interesting new take on the living room from google with this strong push into consumer electronics is the company best known for search changing directions Google of course got its start in search but really it's an advertising company it's a media company is what it's becoming judging by the wow factor at this conference Google is likely to continue trying to attract users with much more than just speedy search results you