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<a href="http://techbute.blogspot.in/search/label/Google">Google Inc.</a> is developing a video <a href="http://techbute.blogspot.in/search/label/Game%20Console">game console</a> and wristwatch powered by its <a href="http://techbute.blogspot.in/search/label/Android">Android</a> operating system, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Internet company seeks to spread the software beyond smartphones and tablets.</div>
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With the game machine and digital watch, Google is hoping to combat similar devices that <a href="http://techbute.blogspot.in/search/label/Apple">Apple Inc.</a> may release in the future, according to the people.</div>
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Google is also preparing to release a second version of an Android-powered media-streaming device, called Nexus Q, that was unveiled last year but not sold to the public, these people said.<br />
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The Internet giant hopes to design and market the devices itself and release at least one of them this fall, they added.</div>
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A Google spokeswoman declined to comment.</div>
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The hardware plans are the latest sign of Google’s determination to build on the success of Android, the software it launched in 2008 that powered 75% of all smartphones and 57% of tablets shipped globally in the first quarter, according to the research firm IDC.</div>
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Games that run on Android software have proved particularly popular, and they are growing more quickly than games made for the big-name consoles supplied by Microsoft Corp., Sony Corp. and Nintendo Co. The appeal of such games has prompted the development of new devices aimed specifically for Android by other hardware companies.</div>
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<a href="http://techbute.blogspot.in/search/label/Sony">Sony</a> and <a href="http://techbute.blogspot.in/search/label/Microsoft">Microsoft</a> have recently unveiled new versions of their PlayStation and Xbox game consoles, which are expected to go on sale later this year. Together with Nintendo, sales of the games for these devices accounted for most of the $24.9 billion spent world-wide last year on console games, according to market researcher PwC.</div>
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The people briefed on the matter said Google is reacting in part to expectations that rival Apple will launch a videogame console as part of its next Apple TV product release.</div>
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An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment.</div>
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Google has also been watching the efforts of Ouya Inc., a startup that this week began selling a $99 Android-based console and game controller, one of these people said.</div>
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The company’s hardware efforts come as it wraps up development on the next version of Android, which is expected to be released in the fall. Among other things, the software will be better tailored to the lower-cost smartphones prevalent in developing countries with the aim of firming up Android’s market-share globally, said some of the people familiar with the matter.</div>
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Google, through its Android unit and Google X hardware lab, is seeking to build devices separately from the company’s Motorola hardware division. The handset maker was acquired last year and is currently focused on launching an Android-based smartphone called the Moto X, these people said.</div>
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Meanwhile, Google has been developing low-cost Android smartphones of its own with an eye toward offering them in developing markets, other people familiar with the matter have said, including in markets where Google plans to fund or help create next-generation wireless networks.</div>
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With the next release of Android this fall, Google is also moving more aggressively to use the software in additional kinds of devices, including laptops and appliances such as refrigerators.</div>
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Personal-computer makers including Hewlett Packard Co. are already working on Android-powered laptops running the next version of the software, an effort that is separate from already launched Android tablets that can physically connect to a keyboard, according to people familiar with the matter. Android laptops would thus compete with those powered by Microsoft’s Windows software. An H-P spokeswoman declined to comment.</div>
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<a href="http://techbute.blogspot.in/search/label/Android">Android</a> is offered free to makers of devices like smartphones and tablets, with Samsung Electronics Co. the biggest of Google’s hardware partners. The hardware helps Google generate revenue from services like Google Search and YouTube.</div>
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Last fall Google said it was on track to generate $8 billion annually in gross revenue from mobile devices, though some analysts say the majority of Google’s net mobile revenue comes from Web search and YouTube used on Apple devices.</div>
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As part of the release of the next Android version—known internally as “K release” and referred to by industry observers as “Key Lime Pie”—Google will give manufacturers such as Samsung greater freedom to use Android in devices other than smartphones and tablets, such as appliances and wearable devices, said people familiar with the matter.</div>
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Manufacturers that build devices using the official version of Android—which comes with Google’s Web services preinstalled—weren’t previously allowed by Google to use the Android name to promote devices other than smartphones and tablets. Over time, Google has changed its “compatibility” restrictions to allow for more device types.</div>
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Samsung has said it’s working on an Android-based watch with smartphone-like capabilities. Wearable computing is a hot area of development for startups and technology giants. The Wall Street Journal reported in February that Apple was developing a watch-like device with smartphone features.</div>
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Google’s planned watch is expected to connect to a person’s smartphone via Bluetooth technology, said people familiar with the matter. The Business Insider blog said in January that Google was “actively exploring the idea” of making such a watch.</div>
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Some industry observers say Google, Samsung and other technology companies are motivated in part by a desire not to let Apple build a big lead in a newer product category, as it did after launching the iPhone and iPad.</div>
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For its part, Google is also trying to popularize a new category of wearable devices. Its most serious effort is <a href="http://techbute.blogspot.in/search/label/Google%20Glass">Google Glass</a>, a device worn on the face with a computer screen above one eye. It delivers information from the person’s smartphone, which is connected to Glass via Bluetooth technology. The device, made by the Google X unit, is expected to go on sale to the public next year.</div>
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Google has hit some bumps on the road to becoming a legitimate hardware manufacturer and consumer-electronics brand like Apple.</div>
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The first version of its spherically shaped <a href="http://techbute.blogspot.in/search/label/Nexus">Nexus</a> Q home-entertainment device—the first-ever consumer device designed and marketed by Google—was unveiled last year, but its sale to the public was canceled amid criticism that its $299 price tag was too high. The next version of the Android-based device, which is supposed to help Google sell more music and movies through Google Play, will be much less expensive, said the people familiar with the matter.</div>
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According to Google, the majority of Android devices currently being used rely on a version of the software released in 2011 that has fewer capabilities than newer releases. Some industry experts say that the most recent versions of Android are better for higher-end devices than lower-end or older ones that had, for instance, 512 megabytes of memory.</div>
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The coming version of Android is supposed to remedy the issue, said people familiar with the matter, and also help mobile app developers focus on optimizing their apps for fewer versions of the software.</div>
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Google’s head of Android, Sundar Pichai, in May said more than 900 million devices powered by Android had been activated worldwide, up from 400 million a year ago and 100 million two years ago.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen-Hsun_Huang">Jen-Hsun Huang</a>, the chief executive of Nvidia Corp., which makes microchips for devices powered by Android, said in a recent interview that over time there would be three billion people who use Android devices, and that one million programmers globally are already using the software to build applications or devices. He said Android is poised to disrupt the video game and consumer-electronics industry; computer systems in cars; as well as personal computing, such as desktop computers. He declined to discuss any unreleased products.</div>
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“If you’re a child living outside of California, your first device is likely to be Android,” he said.</div>
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Google is building an Android Game Console

Google Inc. is developing a video game console and wristwatch powered by its Android operating system, according to people familiar...

Google suggest users for facial password, patent to increase Android security

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<b>It says examples of the requests that might be made include, a frown, a tongue protrusion, </b><br />
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Google has filed a patent suggesting users pull a series of faces, like sticking out their tongue or wrinkling their nose, in place of a password to unlock their Android phones or tablets.<br />
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Google says requiring specific gestures could prevent the existing Face Unlock facility being fooled by photos, reports BBC News.<br />
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The document - which was filed in June 2012 but has only just been published - suggests the software could track a "facial landmark" to confirm a user not only looks like the device's owner but also carries out the right action.<br />
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The filing also notes several ways the software might check that the device was being shown a real person's face rather than doctored photographs.<br />
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These include studying other frames from the captured video stream to check that the person had made a sequence of movements to achieve the commanded gesture, and confirming all of the frames actually showed the person's face.<br />
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In addition it says the software could monitor if there were changes in the angle of the person's face to ensure the device was not being shown a still image with a fake gesture animated on top.<br />
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Google chief <i><b>Larry Page</b></i> assured investors Thursday that privacy fears about the company's coming Internet glasses will fade as people incorporate the eyewear into their lives.</span><br />
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"People worry about all sorts of things that actually, when we use the product, it is not that big a concern," Page said while fielding questions at an annual shareholders meeting at the company headquarters in Silicon Valley.</div>
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"You don't collapse in terror that someone might be using Glass in the bathroom just the same as you don't collapse in terror when someone comes in with a smartphone that might take a picture."</div>
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Page's remarks came in response to a shareholder's expressed worry that Google camera-enabled, Internet-linked eyewear is "a voyeur's dream come true."</div>
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"Obviously, there are cameras everywhere," Page said, after taking a quick poll to find that nearly everyone at the gathering had smartphones capable of taking photos.</div>
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"I love using Google Glass," he continued, noting that the company had "gone through some pains" to safeguard people's privacy.</div>
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Google last week put out word that it won't allow facial recognition capabilities in applications being tailored for Glass at its release expected later this year.</div>
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"We won't add facial recognition features to our products without having strong privacy protections in place," Google said in an online message aimed at software developers creating applications for Glass.</div>
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"With that in mind, we won't be approving any facial recognition Glassware at this time," the message continued, revealing how the company intends to refer to software designed for the devices.</div>
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In May, a group of US lawmakers asked Google to answer questions on the privacy implications and possible "misuse of information" of its Glass project.</div>
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Some small establishments in the United States have vowed to ban Glass due to worries about how being able to discreetly take pictures or video might be seen as invasive by patrons.</div>
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Facebook, Twitter and major news organizations have already tailored applications for Glass, which has only been made available to developers and a limited selection of "explorers" who paid $1,500 each for the eyewear.</div>
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Envisioned uses range from practical tasks such as shopping or delivering local weather reports to sharing real time video streams or playing augmented reality games in which the world is the board.</div>
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Glass lets wearers take pictures, record video, send messages or perform other tasks with touch controls or by speaking commands.</div>
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Glass connects to the Internet using Wi-Fi hot spots or, more typically, by being wirelessly tethered to mobile phones. Pictures or video can be shared through the Google+ social network.</div>
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Google's Larry Page says Glass privacy fears will fade

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AMD planning to create chips for Android and Chrome OS

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In an interview with PC World during Computex, Taiwan, Lisa Su, senior vice president and general manager of global business units at AMD, said that the company is open to expanding OS options as it makes x86 and ARM chips. She also indicated that the company is looking to expand its custom-chip business as Android and Chrome OS offer options for such design integration, although it is still committed to Windows 8.</div>
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Earlier, during CES, AMD had said that it was not interested in entering the low-cost tablet market and was confident about Windows 8. Su had said that Windows 8 may be off to a slow start, but would catch on in the future and that AMD was interested in higher-end Windows 8 tablets. She had also said that the company was not interested in powering Android tablets.</div>
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According to the new report, AMD did not comment on when AMD-powered Android tablets will make it to the market but it's working with developers on making Android apps compatible with its chips.</div>
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AMD has already captured the next generation gaming consoles with its chips powering all three major game systems, the Wii U, Xbox One and Playstation 4.</div>
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It's worth pointing out that the majority of Android tablets are powered by chips based on ARM architecture, though Intel has also started focusing on the OS, as manufacturers like Asus and Samsung adopt its chips.</div>
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Intel will be launching upgraded Atom chipsets for tablets with the Bay Trail-T SoC (system on chip) in the holiday season. The new quad-core chip features Intel's 22nm low-power Silvermont micro-architecture for tablets which is similar to the manufacturer's new Haswell micro-architecture for computers. The major highlight of the chips is the integrated 4G LTE support. Aimed at tablets, Intel claims that the new 22nm quad-core Atom SoC will deliver twice the CPU and thrice the graphics performance of the current generation of processors. It will also enhance up to eight hours of battery life.</div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">So it looks like PC chip makers Intel and AMD would now compete in the tablets market as more users switch to them in the post-PC era.</span></div>

AMD planning to create chips for Android and Chrome OS

As PC shipments fall, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) has announced that it's keen to power Android and Chrome OS devices. In an inte...