Thursday, May 30, 2013

Apps for Google Glass: Tweet by eye blinking

Google Glass


















Hardly the first prototypes of Google Glass are shipped out but behind the curtain some already develop feverish on some suitable apps for it. At the forefront are the Facebook and Twitter, probably hoping for a new momentum for their networks from the mobile device.
Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr are finding their way to Google Glass. On his developer conference I/O Google announced that these apps already run on Google Glass. Their support sharing photos to these networks and getting in contact with your friends. Sharing photos via the twitter app will be automatically send out with the tweet “just shared a photo #throughglass”. In addition you can see replies, direct messages and tweets of persons marked before. Of course you can also reply, retweet and favor other tweets. The Tumblr app also allows to publish blog posts with text, photos and videos and gives you access to the messages over the blog dashboard.
But also other competitors want their spot on Google Glass. So the News agency CNN and the women-magazine Elle bring their own applications to read their content on Google Glass.

Hangouts on Google Glass

Hangouts on Google Glass





Last but not least Google showed some features of their Google+ app. Especially hangouts via Google Glass are very impressive and you can already read some crazy stories on twitter – like the guy who had a hangout with some friends and suddenly a pilot joined while flying an airplane. How epic is that?
Let the games begin. The battle for the most used social media app is hereby officially opened.