GOOGLE GLASS TO GET MAKEOVER FROM EYEWEAR COMPANY, LUXOTTICA
WINDOWS UNIVERSAL APPS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON ALL WINDOWS PLATFORMS AND XBOX ONE
IS PLAYING MINECRAFT BETTER FOR KIDS THAN TV? A RECENT STUDY SAYS YES
Google Glass is getting a makeover from the world’s largest eyewear company, Luxottica..Luxottica, the company behind popular brands such as Ray-Ban, Persol, and Oakley, is collaborating with the tech giant to make its Glass eyewear more stylish and personable. “We see Glass as the next chapter in this long story. Light, simple and modular, Glass introduces new functionality as your glasses get smarter – but bringing your own style to Glass is just as important,” stated Google on its Google + blog. The technology eyewear will combine Luxottica’s avant-garde designs with Google’s innovative technology to make the eyewear a revolutionary device. Google Glass is still in its bets phase and not yet available to the general public.
At the recent Build conference, Microsoft showed off the latest updates to Windows Phone and Windows 8.1, and also unveiled its new universal apps.Developers will now be able to write apps that function on Windows phones, tablets, PCs, and even the Xbox One. According to GameSpot, developers can choose on how to price these apps, they can decide to charge users based on each platform they download the app to or just charge a onetime fee for the app to run on every Windows device. Microsoft also announced that Cortana, the new mobile voice assistant, would be available on Windows Phone 8.1. Additionally, the company introduced the return of the Start menu and that it would start offering Windows for free on smartphones. The Build Conference is being held in San Francisco, CA, and will last until April 4th.
A recent study found that playing video games, such as our beloved Minecraft, is actually better for a child’s health than watching TV.Researchers at the University of Michigan conducted a study of snacking habits of 1,003 middle schoolers, finding that children who watched TV were more likely to eat junk food than children who played computer games or video games, NPR reports. “Our hypothesis is that when kids are watching TV, they’re going to be accessing commercials that are more likely to be food related,” says associate professor of medicine at the University of Michigan Health System, Dr. Elizabeth Jackson. Although the study did show that kids who watched TV and played games did eat more junk food than kids who watched less, the TV watchers were “most adept at eating chips and French fries”, most likely due to the fact that their hands were free from distractions such as typing on a keyboard or operating a game controller.
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