Jun 12, 2022 | augmented reality, Facebook, Google, law, Politics, security
Augmented reality will fail unless it comes with augmented privacy. This is completely separate from the technical difficulty of developing AR equipment. Apple decided not to talk about its AR glasses at last week’s developer conference because they need more time to...
May 15, 2022 | Android, augmented reality, Google, hardware
Google demonstrated an augmented reality product last week that may never exist. I don’t want you to look at it and decide to sit at your desk hitting refresh on the Google Store waiting for it to go on sale. It’s exciting but it’s not that kind of demo. It’s...
Mar 6, 2022 | Amazon, Apple, augmented reality, Azure, bruceb, business, Facebook, Google, Internet, Microsoft, virtual reality
I’ve been trying to figure out a role for Bruceb News in 2022. My life has changed – I’m working with Jim Rowson on our latest best-selling novel SMelL and I’m not doing much IT work any more, as planned. But I still devour tech news hungrily, scanning hundreds...
Feb 13, 2022 | Apple, augmented reality, business, Facebook, Google, HoloLens, Microsoft, virtual reality
Last fall all the cool companies started talking about their augmented reality plans and throwing around the term “metaverse” as if it meant something. (Insider tip: it doesn’t.) Journalists have been crowding around Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft on...
Oct 27, 2021 | Android, Apple, Google, phone, Privacy, security
The more powerful your phone gets, the more privacy you have. Strange but true! Things have taken an unexpected turn when you weren’t looking. For years “the cloud” has been a magical phrase that means all the heavy lifting in our tech lives is happening online. Our...
Oct 20, 2021 | Android, Apple, business, Google, phone, Samsung
This was an exciting week for technology, filled with announcements of new devices. Given the supply chain problems this fall, I hope you’ve already got your order in for the one new phone that really stood out. Demand will be high. Yup, the picture shows the Fisher...
