Google, having conquered the internet search, is on to its next venture: cloud-computing. But it’s not as easy this time around. The company is working on focusing its efforts on expanding its sales, marketing and customer-support staff in order to compete with its cloud cousins: Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em, right Movado? This fall you can purchase a Movado with the latest version of Google's Android Wear software. The new watches will feature Movado’s traditional look for faces, backgrounds and complications, along with fitness tracking, phone alerts, and the Android Pay mobile wallet. Starting at about $500, the initial five watch collection will debut at the Baselworld jewelry show in Switzerland later this month.
On Thursday, Facebook globally launched “Messenger Day." Similar to the same slideshow format that Snapchat coined and Instagram cloned, Messenger Day is hoping that it’s “Who’s up for?” filters and Active Now indicators will help users find friends to chat and meet up with. The feature will allow also users to share decorated photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours, with the public or a custom friend.
Freeing up your hands on your morning commute, won’t necessarily free up your schedule. With all of the the buzz surround autonomous vehicles, it’s a surprise that very few are talking about its effects on traffic. So, buyers beware – experts say the solution will be something similar to Uber’s surge pricing, reducing the number of cars on the road by charging people more to use driverless cars at rush hour.
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