Mobile-related technologies for the past week, in 3 (or almost) words: Adios Google Glass, Smartphones in 2014, Be My Eyes

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THE WEEK IN 3 WORDS

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SEASON #02 – WEEK #04

3. ADIOS GOOGLE GLASS
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Google announced that its Google Glass project will
cease on January 19th. Is it time to play the Google
Glass Requiem?
Not quite yet. Yes, the Google Glasses are no more on
sale for developers (end of the “Google Explorer”
program) and the project also quits Google X… but Tony
Fadell, the founder of NEST, takes the leadership on the
project. The father of the iPod and of more than 300
patents has probably been mandated to re-design the
Glasses to make them a marketable product.
It is very likely that Google Glass (or whatever the new
version of it) have became a strategic product for

5. SMARTPHONES IN 2014
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Samsung remains the first smartphones seller in 2014, still quite ahead of its
competitors, but its market share is diminishing significantly.
A TrendForce* report shows that Samsung lost 4,5% of market share in 2014
(compared to 2013). Apple has stabilized its share. But the most significant
entry is Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone maker, which is already almost at the
same rank of its Chinese counterparts, Lenovo and Huawei.
To be noted as well (but not surprisingly at all) Nokia and RIM went out of the
top 10 smartphone sellers in 2014…
(*) http://press.trendforce.com/press/20150120-1806.html

7. BE MY EYES
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profit company: an application that helps visually
impaired solve daily problems.
The application lets visually impaired persons
register as well as sighted volunteers, for both of
them to be put in contact when the first ones
need the second ones (to check
for food expiration date, to navigate in an unfamiliar
place or to use some device, for example): the
application simply allows the sighted volunteer to see
through the visually impaired’s rear camera and provide
vocal advise.
Be My Eyes is even better that it’s entirely free and plan