Google forbids Glass apps with facial recognition for now


Google on its ProjectGlass Google+ page made it clear that the company wont accept Glass apps with facial recognition technology.
“we won’t add facial recognition features to our products without having strong privacy protections in place. With that in mind, we won’t be approving any facial recognition Glassware at this time.”
Apart from a huge hit as a consumer product, there are no strong privacy principles towards the usage if it.
One of the possible scenario of privacy is, Consider you’re at a restaurant or a mall, attending a visit to unknown place and your photo is captured, identified and matched against the facial database. All this is being done with out your knowledge.
So, Google not taking risk without a strong privacy protection system.
Here is the Google+ post of Project glass..
Glass and Facial Recognition
When we started the Explorer Program nearly a year ago our goal was simple: we wanted to make people active participants in shaping the future of this technology ahead of a broader consumer launch.  We've been listening closely to you, and many have expressed both interest and concern around the possibilities of facial recognition in Glass. As Google has said for several years, we won’t add facial recognition features to our products without having strong privacy protections in place. With that in mind, we won’t be approving any facial recognition Glassware at this time.
We’ve learned a lot from you in just a few weeks and we’ll continue to learn more as we update the software and evolve our policies in the weeks and months ahead.

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wearables. "Glass is difficult, Wrist is interesting" [Video]


Speaking at the All things Digital D11 conference, Apple chief Tim Cook spoke his interests on wearable gadgets. He said "Glass form-factor may be difficult". And when Walt mossberg asked about other form-factors like wrist and other, he spontaneously said "Wrist is interesting".
By this way he talked we can understand the speculation on iWatch may be true.
Here is the footage of Mr.Cook on wearables.

August smart lock system uses iPhone to unlock your door



From intelligent personal assistant navigator (Siri) to self-driving cars, Internet of Things are getting huge traction and no doubt in recent years we will be surrounded with different devices sharing information to assist us in our daily life.

At the D11 Conference today a company called August unveiled a smart digital lock systems for home doors. The designer of this locking system, Yves Behar is well known for his work with One Laptop Per Child, OUYA and Jawbone products. Yves Behar along with Jason Johnson founder of InterQuest Communications announced this product.

For now this system works with an iPhone app which allows sharing the virtual keys with other users having the app. You may give access to your friends for a specific period of time.
The system keeps logs of people who access the door and also sends info like photos and status to your phone.

New tabbed Gmail inbox gives you relief from flooded mail


Google today introduced a new way to manage your Gmail inbox with different customization options. This change will occur in both desktop and mobile platforms.
Generally, How organised you may be but your inbox may contain lot of clutter, flooded with different kinds of stuff. Even though you may label your mails, new subscriptions and mails have a chance to clutter.
Today Google released new inbox which helps you organise your inbox with simple customization.

Desktop
The new inbox groups your mail into categories which appear as different tabs on top of your Gmail’s inbox column. You see Primary tab on opening Gmail then you can simply choose which categories you want and your inbox is organized in a way that lets you see what’s new at a glance and decide which emails you want to read when.



Google automatically organises mails into tabs. You can also customize by dragging and dropping messages among the tabs, set certain senders to always appear in a particular tab and star messages so that they also appear in the Primary tab.

Mobile
Android 4.0 and above and iPhone and iPad users can enjoy this feature. Users can also switch off this feature if they dont like and switch to other styles.

This feature will be rolled out to every one within few weeks. If you'd like to try out the new inbox on Desktop sooner, keep an eye on the gear menu and select Configure inbox when it appears in the Settings options.