d6 items of interest week of august 17

One of the first to get his hands on the much anticipated Google Glass, Chris Griffith says the device is easy to use for those with reading glasses.GOOGLE’S internet savvy spectacles are not yet available in Australia, but the country’s first Google Glass sporting app is ready for their launch.Telstra today revealed it had already built an AFL app for the net savvy gadget, beating other sports and telcos to the punch.Named AFL Glassware, the app is poised to become Australia first sporting app for Google Glass and only the second in the world to have been created for headline making head accessory, beating the English Premier League and America National Football League.Telstra digital media and content director Adam Good said the company paired with local developer Seventh Beam to create the app after chief executive David Thodey secured an early version of Google Glass during a trip to the United States.Patrick Dangerfield wearing Google Glasses from Telstra. Picture: Andrew TauberSource:News LimitedMr Good said the AFL Glassware app was to bring fans closer to the game just as its smartphone and tablet apps had done.we not launching the app right this minute but it a completed app and when Google ready to launch we have content in their app store, he said.Google call, and we not privy to launch details, but it sounds like it going to be ready for season 2014. App will let Google Glass wearers look to the screen above their right eye to see a current AFL match score, or time left on the field.Using Glass speakers, which rely on bone conduction technology, wearers could also listen to match commentary without disturbing those around them.Mr Good admitted using the app, and Google Glass, at a football game could look odd, but he said we would adapt to the technology, just as we did with smartphones.does look a little strange, Mr Good said.

As part of the City’s Racial Equity and Social Justice (RESJ) initiative, the City is conducting an Equity Analysis to evaluate how future decisions about the Public Market District can have a positive impact on communities of color and lower income populations in Madison. This survey is intended to gather input from all community members on this topic and the results will help guide next steps. The survey should take about 10 minutes..

“We Hate Omar Abdullah,” a network Mr. Rafiqi often participates in, gives some insight into the world of Kashmir’s Facebook rebels. The network hosts a collection of political satire. “There are more EU citizens in the UK than in some member states which is great,” the Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove told a parliamentary committee. “It is a great advertisement for this country,” Mr Gove said, “People have chosen to stay in unprecedented numbers.” The figure, which could still increase before the deadline, is greater than the total population of seven individual EU member states. If the group of EU citizens living in Britain were an EU member state it would be 20th out of 27 in terms of population.