Gadgetory

what's happening brian Tong here and welcome to Google Isha's for all the Google goodness that we can pack inside of a show each week let's get to it and everyone is talking about Google's self-driving car they unveiled for the first time at code con it's our first prototype car designed from the ground up with no steering wheel no brakes and the push of a button will take you where you want to go yes it's very cute and it's just amazing to see how this project has developed so quickly in just a few years now the googs has started building 100 of their electrical experimental vehicles the cars would be summoned by using a smartphone application and it will be able to automatically pick you up and then take you to your destination and again this is just amazing and the other big semi big announcement was the official unveiling of LG's g3 flagship phone that looks to compete directly with a galaxy s5 and the HTC One m8 now this beauty features a 5.5 inch quad HD resolution screen on a 2560 x 1440 resolution for 538 pixels per inch that's what's up in this thing just looks so sessy now it has a micro SD card slot for up to 128 gigs of additional storage and a 13 megapixel camera with ultra HD video recording and a feature they call laser autofocus now that uses laser technology to measure the distance between the camera and the subject or shooting for a fast focus it will be running android 4.4 point2 KitKat out of the box and has a clever case of their own with a quick circle feature to access commonly used apps with the case still on the phone it goes on sale in south korea on May 28th with the worldwide release to follow sometime after that and I'm loving how these companies continue to innovate differently from each other alright last week we talked about all Google's latest acquisitions and a new report from the information says the googs is planning to move into the home security market and is considering acquiring Dropcam the makers of the popular camera system that streams live footage directly to your phones and computers it's what Brian Cooley uses to watch his cats at home for uncomfortably long long stretches of time Oh kitty now the report says the status of negotiations is unclear so this could just be a pure rumor but it's intriguing because it could be Google's second company in the home automation space after their acquisition of nest and it's really a new market that's still trying to figure itself out okay rumors surrounding YouTube bringing a music streaming service have been swirling as far back as October from a billboard report but according to the New York Times the online video giant has run into licensing troubles with indie labels specifically less enticing streaming deals compared to agreements with Universal Sony and Warner now the members of the worldwide independent networks posted a letter of their complaints including YouTube threatening to block all the music on in these official YouTube channels if they do not agree to the current terms and YouTube would also prevent them from collecting revenues from videos that use their music come on Google don't be evil now the service has been reported to launch later this year but we'll see how this might all affect that alright Samsung has released two smartwatches to the market with a less than lukewarm reception but they aren't finished after Sammy today revealed a recent patent filing that shows a gesture controlled wearable device with a round screen interface the patent filing also shows the different placements that you can possibly wear this ranging from a necklace your chest to your arm to your hand upon your hip when i dip you dip we dip alright i'll stop that now these patent filings aren't always indicators that this is exactly what we'll see in the future but we know Samsung still isn't finished here after the wall street journal reports that the korean giant is going to announce guess what another smart watch this summer now the big difference with this one is that it will act as a standalone device that will have its own sim card so you'll be able to make calls without being connected to a smartphone I'm sorry but Samsung has already killed any excitement that they could bring in the SmartWatch market after two huge fails that were clearly rushed out and then they still want us to pay attention with their third SmartWatch model in less than a year and not having it but if there's any SmartWatch that really has my interest at all it's the Moto 360 a SmartWatch that actually looks like a fashionable watch now we've seen the concepts and we're expecting the real deal this summer but just to keep the momentum going Motorola started a contest and is letting the community submit watchface designs ahead of the lunch now you can get all the details at the link on the screen and this contest ends on jun 24th and they'll be giving away one moto 360 to the submission that's selected as the winner now the community is really coming up with some great stuff ranging from this wood pattern this one looks pretty cool too and there's also a Tron theme but I decided to do a little work on my own and let's be honest you're looking at the winner right here alright that's gonna do it for this week's show email us at Google issues at cnet com or tweet me at brian Tong thanks so much for watching and we'll see you guys next week for some more of that google issues giggle ishes