Google Glass apps shown off Evernote, Path, New York Times and Gmail software for Google’s smart spectacles demo’d at SXSW Ever wondered how the apps forGoogle Glassmight work? Well, a handful of them have just been demonstrated at an event at South By Southwest – and the focus seems very much on keeping them useful without being obtrusive. Gmail, for example, can be configured to only show you notifications for emails deemed “Important”....

Google is getting smarter with semantic search Soon the search giant will have so much information for you, you’ll never leave the search page Google is introducing semantic searches later this year, in a bid to claw back precious data being collected by social networking sites like Facebook. The idea is that Google will not only provide results on what you type, but will go away and find more information from the Google database and – if that’s lacking – to intelligently bring data from websites to show you in the search engine....

Google Maps brings Street View back to iOS 6 Wow that’s a quick spot of work from Google, adding Street View in just a few days after promising it Apple has beentaking fire for the failings of iOS 6 Maps, and whileit was busy apologising, the jilted Google was making promises to add Street View to its browser-accessible maps. After promising the update in a couple of weeks’ time, it’s taken Google mere days to deliver Street View goodness to the web version of Google Maps....

Google planning Nexus 7 hybrid tablet with Jelly Bean and Chrome OS? If this patent is anything to go by, transforming Windows 8 slates won’t be the only netbook destroyers by the time 2012 is out It seems inevitable thatGoogle’s £160 Nexus 7 tabletwill end up in the pockets of every gadget fan who can’t afford an iPad. And so it should: the Nexus tab rocks a fine build thanks to Asus, gestures and tricks fromAndroid 4....

Google Play five day app sale starts To celebrate breaking the 25 billion download mark Google Play is offering 25p apps Google Playhas just smashed the 25 billion download mark – no mean feat. So to celebrate there’s a sale on for the next five days where a host of apps are available for 25p. Games like Ashpalt 7 and Angry Birds Space Premium are on the list along with useful apps like London Bus Checker and OfficeSuite Pro 6 +....

Google Project Glass to unlock with a roll of your eyes An eye-tracking patent has just been granted to Google for a certain pair of glasses – 2014 has never seemed so far away GoogleProject Glass, the smart glasses shown off at Google I/O, could be unlocked using a simple roll of the eyes. A recent patent for eye-tracking in glasses has been awarded to Google, and though it doesn’t say for what, it’s doesn’t take a huge leap of faith to pair the two....

Google Project Glass will feature bone conduction audio Another piece in the most exciting gadget puzzle of the year has fallen into place, right on your skull We reported a few weeks ago thatGoogle put in a patent for bone conduction glasses, and now it’s been approved for use withProject Glassby the FCC. Project Glass will feature bone conduction, which uses vibrations to transmit sounds directly into the skull, like thePanasonic RP-BTGS10 headphones we saw at CES....