The Verge has the first Nexus 6 hands-on - and - surprise!

Originally shared by Andreas Proschofsky

The Verge has the first Nexus 6 hands-on - and - surprise! -  seems to be prett impressed with the camera. Cautiously optimistic now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy8Md3Eky38

Just going to leave this here.

Originally shared by Dan Sandler

Just going to leave this here.
http://www.android.com/switch/

Nexus 6: pretty much sums it up ; via Artem Russakovskii

Originally shared by Andreas Proschofsky

Nexus 6: pretty much sums it up ; via Artem Russakovskii
http://youtu.be/ffbVw1BrUDk

So excited to announce #AndroidLollipop and the latest #Nexus devices: Nexus 9, Nexus 6 and Nexus Player.

Originally shared by Sundar Pichai

So excited to announce #AndroidLollipop and the latest #Nexus devices: Nexus 9, Nexus 6 and Nexus Player. Thanks to the team who’s been hard at work on our most ambitious Android release yet...

Met some sweet new friends today. #NationalDessertDay #Android

Originally shared by Sundar Pichai

Met some sweet new friends today. #NationalDessertDay #Android 
http://youtu.be/AlEE3hXJe5o

Why Google+ is the place for passions

Originally shared by Mike Elgan

Why Google+ is the place for passions

The single biggest controversy about social media, and one that has persisted for two or three years now without resolution, is whether Google+ is a dying wasteland of non-activity, or a hive of conversation and engagement.

It can't be both. So which is it? And why can't this fundamental question be answered?

I believe I have the key to the puzzle, and I'll attempt to solve it once and for all.

Here what the Twitter people and the Facebook people don't understand about the Google+ people: 

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2824613/why-google-is-the-place-for-passions.html

#googleplus

(Pic props: http://goo.gl/K75VYX )

A New Chromebook

Originally shared by Brian G. Fay

A New Chromebook

I’m bored. My wife’s new Chromebook arrived today and I was psyched to set it up for her. I’m the guy who does that stuff around our house. Her Samsung Chromebook’s screen had gone bad on her, working only when she positioned the hinge just right, and I had ordered the new Toshiba Chromebook 2 with the HD screen and 4GB of RAM. I let her unbox it and reminded her what our wifi password is. She typed in her Gmail address and password, and that was pretty much it. 

“Is that it?” she asked. 

“That’s pretty much it,” I said. 

The only tinkering I got to do was to put it on the Beta channel and switch the screen viewing ration to 1:3 so that the clock and icons on the shelf were more readable. This took all of one minute. 
Now she has a working computer and I’m bored. 

Windows 10 came out today, Microsoft taking the bold step of skipping over the odd-numbered releases despite those being the only ones that have ever worked well and diving into the darkness of the even numbers. I remember getting new Windows machines. With those I knew that I had a good couple hours of removing bloatware, installing software, updating anti-virus, and so on. Microsoft knows how to make for a fun first day with a new computer. 

These Google guys have it all wrong. Five minutes. Hell, not even five, and the machine is up and running, ready to do whatever she wants to do with it. 

“This is great,” she said. 

“Yeah,” I said, my head shaking, my voice falling. “It’s great.” 

I’m bored. There’s just nothing to do. So I pull out my Chromebook Pixel, open the lid, watch it boot automatically, log on, and in a few seconds I’m ready to write a short post about how bored I am with these damn Chromebooks. Almost bored enough to get a Windows machine again. Or a Mac. But no. I’m bored, but I’m not crazy.