Gadgetory

I have your round up of all the big google news today parachutes not required I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update it's time to say hello to the kindle fires greatest nemesis Google's 7 inch Galaxy Nexus tablet called the Nexus 7 it's a much more powerful tablet than the kindle fire and the barnes noble nook and you can get it for the low price of 200 bucks the Nexus will have the latest 4.1 jelly bean Android operating system it'll have a quad-core processor and it's got a front-facing camera because really how often would use a back camera on a tablet but you gotta have more than just hardware to compete with the kindle so google also unveiled new features in its entertainment hub Google Play now you can purchase movies and television shows and you can get magazine issues or subscriptions the Nexus 7 is taking pre-orders now in the Google Play Store and it'll ship in mid-july but don't expect Amazon you to sit back and take this quietly in the next month we could see the Amazon fire drop its price and some reports say a new Kindle Fire 2 will come out at the end of July and it too could have a camera so back to the new android 4.1 jelly bean system it'll be faster with improved notifications and widgets there's also something called google now it gives advice for your life based on your location calendar and your habits if you have an appointment on your calendar it'll tell you when to leave your house based on the route traffic and mode of transportation you usually take it even updates you on your favorite sports teams without you telling it what your favorite sports teams are it just knows what they are based on what you usually search for kind of weird right siri got a bit of a slap to ask your phone a question it'll pull up the results very fast and speak the answer back to you google also is coming out with a home theater device to take on Apple TV it's a sphere called the Nexus Q and it taps into the content stored in your Google Play cloud so it can stream the audio and the video you own to your home theater and your friends can also play the DJ and pull in songs from their accounts it's a bit more pricey than you might expect it's three hundred dollars and it also ships in mid-july and if you are curious about Google's Project Glass well the camera enabled headset stole the show stuntman wearing the glasses live-streamed a google hangout video while skydiving even to the roof of the event and stunt bikers zoomed across the roof and some rappel down the side of a building all this to show how a wearable computer can add some new perspectives it's still a prototype but people at the event could sign up to be the first to pre order them for fifteen hundred dollars to help shape the development of the eyewear the first versions will ship next year that's your tech news update for today for more on the stories in today's show you can visit cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey