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The question that kills Google Glass:

Google Glass has generated plenty of interest and excitement. But before we crown it an industry revolutionizer, let’s not forget that Google Glass still doesn’t have a clear response to the one big question that all revolutionary products must answer:
How does it make my life better?
Every game-changing product innovation over the past three decades had a very simple answer to that question. For example, the iPhone gave you the Internet in your pocket. The BlackBerry gave you e-mail on your phone. The Macintosh (and later Windows) gave you a computer you could use without typing in computer codes.
Those were game changers. They made big promises, and they delivered.
What’s the big promise with Google Glass? We still don’t have a good answer.

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The question that kills Google Glass:

Google Glass has generated plenty of interest and excitement. But before we crown it an industry revolutionizer, let’s not forget that Google Glass still doesn’t have a clear response to the one big question that all revolutionary products must answer:

How does it make my life better?

Every game-changing product innovation over the past three decades had a very simple answer to that question. For example, the iPhone gave you the Internet in your pocket. The BlackBerry gave you e-mail on your phone. The Macintosh (and later Windows) gave you a computer you could use without typing in computer codes.

Those were game changers. They made big promises, and they delivered.

What’s the big promise with Google Glass? We still don’t have a good answer.

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The first 3D-printed gun has fired its first successful shot 
The gun debate expands to include plastic firearms that can be printed at home, with lawmakers expressing concerns about new technology.
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The first 3D-printed gun has fired its first successful shot 

The gun debate expands to include plastic firearms that can be printed at home, with lawmakers expressing concerns about new technology.

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Flying car alert!
 Terrafugia plans to develop a vertical takeoff flying car

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Ask not for whom the bell tolls, SMS. It tolls for thee:


Text messaging in the U.S. is on the decline, according to a survey (PDF) released Thursday by CTIA-The Wireless Association. The numbers of SMS text messages sent and received nationally dropped from 2.3 trillion in 2011 to 2.19 trillion in 2012.


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Ask not for whom the bell tolls, SMS. It tolls for thee:

Text messaging in the U.S. is on the decline, according to a survey (PDF) released Thursday by CTIA-The Wireless Association. The numbers of SMS text messages sent and received nationally dropped from 2.3 trillion in 2011 to 2.19 trillion in 2012.

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Reddit comes to Google Glass

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This ‘Breaking Bad’ Lego video game parody is perfect

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Google Glass: It’s like Google on your face.
Check out our heads-on:

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Exclusive: Zelda 3DS ‘feels totally different,’ needs to be played in 3D for ‘intended experience’ 


In an exclusive interview, Zelda series director and producer Eiji Aonuma talks to CNET’s Jeff Bakalar about the sequel to 1992’s A Link to the Past on the Nintendo 3DS.


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Exclusive: Zelda 3DS ‘feels totally different,’ needs to be played in 3D for ‘intended experience’ 

In an exclusive interview, Zelda series director and producer Eiji Aonuma talks to CNET’s Jeff Bakalar about the sequel to 1992’s A Link to the Past on the Nintendo 3DS.

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SPACE HURRICANE:

NASA released the most-detailed images ever seen of a gigantic hurricane that scientists believe has existed at Saturn’s north pole for years.

SPACE HURRICANE:

NASA released the most-detailed images ever seen of a gigantic hurricane that scientists believe has existed at Saturn’s north pole for years.

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This is the first ever Web site

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25 years of Linksys

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Five Android apps that prolong your smartphone’s battery life

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In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore.

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Google Now for iOS is available, uh, now 

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Chat apps now more popular than SMS worldwide
According to new data, 19 billion chat messages were sent each day, compared to 17.6 billion SMS messages.
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Chat apps now more popular than SMS worldwide

According to new data, 19 billion chat messages were sent each day, compared to 17.6 billion SMS messages.

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