Google Chromecast - Future of TV?

Google today announced the launch of Chromecast, a small dongle which connects to the HDMI port of your TV. One can broadcast content from any mobile device to the Television using Chromecast. The product is available for $35 from Amazon with 3 months of Netflix included.

The dongle needs to be connected to a HDTV and then connected to your Wifi router. You can then send videos and more from your smart phone :Android, IOS, Windows, Tablet or Laptop to your TV with the press of a button.



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No Cats only Dogs allowed in Google

Google's code of conduct page has a very strange Dog policy .

Dog Policy

Google’s affection for our canine friends is an integral facet of our corporate culture. We like cats, but we’re a dog company, so as a general rule we feel cats visiting our offices would be fairly stressed out. For more on this, see our Dog Policy.

Google Glass and Star Trek's Scotty's Glass

While many in Google have admitted that Star Trek is an inspiration for them, how close is Google Glass to Star Trek Technology.

In the 2009 edition of Star Trek made by JJ Abrams, one can see Scotty wearing a Glass very similar to Google Glass which is actually plugged into his ear. Check the images below.

Webp - The new image standard from Google

Google has been promoting a new image format for the web called Webp. Google+ and Facebook are adopting WebP format.  The advantage of Webp is that it will make images much smaller in size compared to the existing jpeg, gif and png formats. Google has been promoting it at this year's I/O conference.

At present it seems to work well with chrome. There is support for IE, Opera and Android. To download the codecs visit Google Dev

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