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:
Google presentará la próxima semana en San Francisco un sistema operativo, basado en Android, ideado para los automóviles que competirá con el CarPlay de Apple.
El CarPlay de Apple se presentó en el pasado Salón del Automóvil de Ginebra en un Ferrari FF
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.
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.
When is a battlefield like a factory floor? When you’re using enhanced reality headsets.
A Herndon, Virginia-based company that has focused on military applications for augmented reality has scored $10 million to expand the use of its software for Google Glass and Epson’s Moverio in the business world.