(use of english: pt 1 multiple-choice) Google has been showing 1.its wearable technology with a demonstration of Google Glass at the SXSW show in Texas. Visitors to the show in Austin saw the device, 2. Google refers to as just "Glass", running a number of apps. read on
Google's own Gmail was 3. display, along with a New York Times app, note-taking software Evernote, image annotation tool Skitch and the Path social network app. The firm believes the internet and computers should one day be accessible anywhere at any 4.. Glass displays information in a smartphone-like format, is 5., can interact with the internet and uses Google's Android operating system.
The frames do not 6. have lenses fitted to them, but according to The New York Times, Google is considering a partnership 7. Warby Parker and Ray-Ban for prescription glasses and sunglasses. With regard to Gmail, Glass wearers can use voice commands to prompt Google's email service to deliver the sender's image and subject line to the glasses' screen. Users can then tell the app what to write back.
Tech site Engadget said the New York Times app would 8. users ask for news, after which they would receive a headline, a byline, an accompanying image and the number of hours since the article in question was posted. Users can then tap the eyewear and have it 9. the story out loud.
CNET 's Donna Tam said users could also add emoticons to friends' posts and make comments. Designing 10. that people can wear has proved a challenge, but Google co-founder Sergey Brin claims wearable technology is less "emasculating" than a smartphone.
Glass is expected to go 11. sale to the general public later this year, but according to Miss Tam, the device has already caused a scene. She pointed 12. that a bar in Seattle became the first place to ban Google Glass last week, fearing the wearable device would "creep out" its customers.
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