Gadgetory

what's up brian Tong here and welcome to Google ishes for everything google that we can pack inside of a show now not too much big news this week but let's get to it and if there's one product that I've been wondering what happened to that it's google glass now we were expecting some news that a full rollout would be available by the end of this year but the consumer launch has been pushed out to 2015 and recent reports that Google glass base camps are closing down have been confirmed by the glass support team now the base camps located in Los Angeles San Francisco New York and London were hubs for people to get support or where you can try out the device and buy one now I don't know about you but I've noticed the significant decline and people actually wearing glass at least around San Francisco I may be seen only one person in the last six months actually wearing it now I just don't think people are using them as much and it's also combination of developers not coming up with any killer app for it even Twitter stopped developing for glass and why would other devs pump resources for a user base that is extremely small with the entry point to purchase beam $1,500 it just doesn't make sense now it's a great piece of tech that just hasn't found a practical use in right now its future looks more bleak than ever now guys n gals I could be completely wrong so if you're a glass Explorer or developer I'd love to hear your thoughts on this so send me an email at Google issues at cnet com or tweet me at brian Tong and we'll post some of your insights next week I'll write another platform that still has to give us more compelling reasons to use it our smart watches but don't expect to get a virtual Omega or cartier watch face anytime soon tour freak reports that companies like Omega Armani answer Tina are sending cease and desist notices to individuals and sites that are offering digital clones of their watch faces without permission now swatch is also part of the group and I'm sorry no disrespect what's wotcha you probably need all the help you can get for people to start caring about your brand again I'll write a completely legal modification for your moto 360 Motorola is now selling versions of its android-based watch with a slim 18 millimeter band in silver or gold the silver band moto 360 will cost 299 with the band and the champagne gold version will cost 329 both looking very classy more lollipop news verizon moto x users are the latest to get the sweetest flavor of Android to date and really it is great but owners of the google play editions for the HTC One m8 and m7 will be delayed until further notice confirmed by tweets from ATC's VP of Product Marketing and an update that everyone will love swiftkey for Android has been updated with performance improvements and support for 12 new languages available as a free update through the Play Store and now supports 81 languages total including Bengali Punjabi and Nepali and I'm pretty excited about that alright that's going to do it for this week's show short and sweet thanks so much for watching i'm brian Tong it will see you all next time for some more of that Google Isha's do delicious