Since Google released their new Google Glasses eyewear to more user via their Google Glasses Explorer program more and more information is coming to light regards Google Glasses capabilities and specifications.

Now details have been released confining that Google Glasses will come supplied with GPS support and the ability to send text messages without the need for any companion applications.

The supported GPS within Google Glasses will be able to provide users with turn-by-turn directions. Currently on the Google Glasses Explorer editions users need to install both standalone GPS and messaging applications for this functio ... Read more »

As well as unveiling their new Acer Aspire R7 Windows 8 Notebook/Desktop Hybrid, Acer have also taken the wraps off its new Acer Aspire P3 convertible ultra book.

The Acer Aspire P3 base model will ship for around $799 and will be equipped with an Intel Core i3 process with i5 upgrades available, supported by 4GB of RAM and offering a 60GB solid state disk (SSD) for storage.

The Aspire P3 is fitted with a 11.6 inch screen off full HD resolution and a full-sized USB, mini-HDMI and headphone jack, and comes supplied with a Bluetooth keyboard case.

For more information on the new Aspire P3 tablet jump over to the Engadget website for details, and a hands on video. After a hands on experience E ... Read more »

If you need to access other computers to trouble shot issues with your family members of business colleagues, you might be pleased to learn that Google has rolled out a new update to its Google Hangouts Google+ service that now allows you to control another desktop.

The Google Hangouts remote desktop control enables you to play tech support for friends and family, and is powered by the same technology behind Chrome Remote Desktop.

Google’s Daniel Caiafa explains a little more about the new Google Hangouts Remote Desktop Control in his Google+ post yesterday:

"Hangouts Remote Desktop lets you help others by controlling their computer remotely (with their permission, of cours ... Read more »

If you enjoy playing games, you might be interested to learn that bethesda is now recruiting gamers to join their Bethesda Pay Test lab and take it to the next level.

Beginning this month, Bethesda are opening their Bethesda Play Test Lab in Dallas, TX, stationed at idSoftware’s offices, and the first play tests will be taking place over the next couple of weeks.

Bethesda explains a little more:

"In the coming weeks and months, we’ll be kicking off our first play tests with folks that apply from our official website. Folks that apply will be able to play games before they release and even score some cool Bethesda swag.

We are looking f ... Read more »

The worlds smallest robot failing insect called the Robo-Fly which has been created by Harvard University developers has been demonstrated this week.

The Robo-Fly is constructed from carbon fibre, and weighs just a fraction of a gram. Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the Robo-Fly project and see it in action.

The Robo-Fly is equipped with super-fast electronic "muscles” to power its wings, and is currently the world’s smallest flying robot, with fly-like agility that allows the insects to evade even the swiftest of human efforts to swat them, explain Dr Kevin Ma from Harvard University.

The Robo-Fly is able to fly due to the very rapidly switching on and o ... Read more »

UK residents patiently waiting for the arrival of the new Loewe Reference ID TV will be pleased to learn that the TV is now due to arrive in the UK during the month of July 2013.

The Loewe Reference ID TV will be available in a variety of sizes ranging from 40 up to 55 inch, and will cost from £4,500 rising up to £6,500 for the 55 inch version.

"The Loewe Reference ID delivers outstanding image quality thanks to a powerful white LED backlight that provides homogenous backlighting for every image, ensuring perfect colour reproduction. A top-quality precision glass contrast filter panel, produced in Germany, optimises levels of contrast while simultaneously minimising reflections. And of cou ... Read more »

VIA has launched a new development board in the form of the VIA VAB-600 Pico-ITX, which has been created to allows developers to create low-power, small form-factor PCs or embedded devices.

The VIA VAB-600 Pico-ITX board is powered by a 800 MHz VIA Wondermedia WM8950 ARM Cortex-A9 processor, supported by 1GB DDR3 SDRAM, with Mali-400 graphics.

Other features of the VIA VAB-600 Pico-ITX board include 4GB of onboard storage and 1x USB 2.0 port, 2 x mini USB, GPIO pins, 1 x mini PCIe slot, 1 x Ethernet jack, and optional support for a touchscreen, SIM card, 3G, or WiFi, when required.

"Based on the ultra compact Pico-ITX form factor, measuring 10 cm x 7.2 cm, the VIA VAB-600 fe ... Read more »

Apple has avoided paying as much as $9.2 billion US dollars in tax, Apple has billions of dollars of cash reserves that are offshore, and they are in the middle of a $55 billion stock buyback.

Rather than using their massive cash reserves which are offshore to finance the buyback, Apple used debt to finance part of the buyback, in the form of a $17 billion bond offering.

Apple will pay interest on this bond offering of around $308 million per year, the company has an offshore cash pile of around $100 billion, so it could have easily used this cash for the $17 billion needed, although that would have cost the company around $9.2 billion in tax.

Apple apparently paid $6 billion in income tax in the US, which is apparently one out of every $40 dollar ... Read more »

Google has rolled out a new update to their Gmail service this week which has added a great new feature, that now allows you to add Google Calendar events directly from within Gmail emails.

Now event dates that are underlined within Gmail emails can quickly and easily be added to your Google Calendar.

Google explains a little more about the new Gmail update and how its works:

"If you do a lot of scheduling over email, it’s now a little bit easier to create events directly from your Gmail. Starting today, dates and times within emails are lightly underlined: click them to schedule that conference call or lunch date without ever leaving Gmail.

When you cl ... Read more »

Microsoft has announced that its new Outloook.com email service now has more than 400 million active accounts, the company also announced that it has now switched all of its email users over from Hotmail.

Today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve completed upgrading all Hotmail customers to Outlook.com. Coupled with the growing organic excitement for Outlook.com, this has pushed us to over 400 million active Outlook.com accounts, including 125 million that are accessing email, calendar and contacts on a mobile device using Exchange ActiveSync.  We’re also pleased to announce that we’re adding two new features to Outlook.com: SMTP send, so it’s easier to send mail from different email addresses, and deeper integration with SkyDrive.

Microsoft h ... Read more »