Android Auto will make your car into an extension of your phone

Google announced Android Auto, an Android platform for the car, at its annual developer conference today.

Google’s Patrick Brady presented an update to the Open Automotive Alliance it announced in January.

“Android Auto is contextually aware to give you the right information when you need it,” said Brady.

Here’s a look at Android Auto’s “Overview Screen.”

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Google extends its connected home play in $555M Dropcam buy.

After much speculation, Google-owned Nest has officially acquired connected-camera company Dropcam.

The company announced the deal in a blog post today; it comes out to $555 million in cash, Re/code reported.

Dropcam will remain independent until the deal closes, and it will then proceed to integrate with Nest. From Nest founder and engineering head Matt Rogers’ blog post:

Report: Google set to launch ‘Google Fit’ health data platform.

Google is reportedly preparing its own health data platform, called “Google Fit,” to compete with the recently-launched health platforms from Samsung and Apple.

Forbes is reporting today that the search giant will launch the new platform at its Google I/O developers event June 25 and 26 in San Francisco.

Citing “several sources familiar with the company’s plans”, Forbes believes Google wants to build a cloud repository that can collect health data from all kinds of wearable devices — from step counters to blood glucose monitors.

Google Ventures Leads $130M Series B In Cancer Data Startup Flatiron Health.

Flatiron Health, a startup that organizes real-time oncology data to help cancer patients and doctors, has raised $130 million in Series B funding led by Google Ventures, with participation from First Round Capital, Laboratory Corporation of America, and angel investors. Part of the capital will be used to acquire Altos Solutions, an electronic medical records company.

Why Some Doctors Like Google Glass So Much.

Kermit the Frog showed up in the emergency room at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston recently, complaining of chest pain. A quick tilt of my head showed me Kermit’s records—his EKG results, the radiology tests ordered for him, and his medical history.

Don’t worry, Kermit’s not really sick. The frog’s emergency room visit was just meant to illustrate how Google’s face-mounted computer, Glass, can let physicians quickly get up to speed on a patient’s situation without having to turn repeatedly to a computer.

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