Month: April 2013

The cool thing about Google Glass which isn’t immediately obvious

Since Google announced their Google Glass project, I kept thinking which of their products would be the most useful on that platform.  Gmail? Probably not too much.  Search? Perhaps.  Ads? Don’t think so.

Today, after reading this blog post I realized that I was thinking about it all wrong.  It’s not what Google will push into the glasses, but what the rest of the world would come up with.  Google Glass is Android-based.  And we’ve seen already how powerful the platform is, and how many people come with so many cool ideas.

And, all of a sudden, I can’t wait for this whole new thing to pick up…

Shipping to save Cyprus, President says

Cyprus Mail reports:

PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades yesterday invited the shipping sector to play a leading role in the recovery of the economy.
Anastasiades was speaking at the 24th Annual General Meeting of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber in Limassol where he said the industry had not been affected overall by the banking crisis.

“The shipping sector now constitutes a crucial part of the ‘spinal column’ on which the Cyprus economy will depend in its road to recovery,” he said. Shipping contributes around 5.0 per cent to GDP.

“Foresight, proper planning and hard work are therefore virtues which are now indispensable in our mission to preserve Cyprus’ leading edge. For this precise reason the government is determined to introduce those mechanisms necessary to protect this important sector, as well as reinforce it further,” said Anastasiades.

Here is my translation to human-speak:  we, the government, helped to demolish tourism, banking, and real estate industries.  Shipping – you are next!