Glass was banned from theatres, bars, and restaurants, and at least one tech reporter was reportedly physically assaulted for wearing it outside of a bar.Ĭoncerns about how people were using Google Glass led to the endearing term “glasshole,” which you can probably decipher yourself. If there was a final blow, it was controversy surrounding the built-in camera, which made people fear their privacy was being violated. Glass’ demise was caused by a series of failures, not any one reason. Until then, it will be remembered as an ugly pair of glasses that sold for $US1,500 ($2,082) and gave everyone the creeps for its ability to record people without them knowing. Google Glass may one day be viewed through a clearer lens as the first foray into what could be the future of computing. Oh, how fun it is to joke about Google’s most public failure. Google Glass (Image: Google Glass, Other) Did I mention it cost $US300 ($416)? Google Glass Worse yet, the Nexus Q could only stream from Google-owned services (Google Music, Google Play, and YouTube), meaning it lacked support for some of the most popular streaming apps, including Netflix and Spotify. If you didn’t own one, you were out of luck.
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Instead of having its own navigable OS, the Q could only be controlled from an Android tablet or smartphone. It was similar in ways to current streaming boxes, except much more limited and with an emphasis on providing hi-res sound via a built-in amp.
The most succinct definition is that the Nexus Q was a media streaming device that acted as a receiver for audio and video content - think Chromecast meets Chromebook Audio…sort of. It didn’t help that describing this orb’s purpose required a flowchart. What was Google thinking with the Nexus Q? I guess it looks cool? Apart from its eye-catching spherical design, the Q brought little to the table.