Google Glass Gets Social With Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook and Other Apps
Soon you’ll be able to look your friends in the eye (sort of) when you
log into your favorite social network with Google Glass. Google
announced at the I/O conference in San Francisco that the futuristic
eyewear, dubbed Glassware, will come with applications for Facebook,
Twitter, Tumblr and Evernote, as well as publications like CNN and Elle.The
glasses also offer Google services like search and maps, connect to
users’ cellphones for text messaging, take photos and record video. AllFacebook
The Facebook app will allow Google Glass owners to instantly share
photos to their Facebook accounts.Currently, there are two unofficial Facebook apps for Google Glass, which is only available for a handful of people (as well as Google employees): Glass to Facebook and ThroughGlass. GigaOM In a blog post, Twitter said you can now tweet photos from Glass to your feed — the update will include the hashtag “#throughglass” — and see your other tweets by turning on in-Glass notifications. The service is now available, and users can activate the Twitter app on Google’s MyGlass portal.
"In addition to sharing photos, you can also keep up with the people you follow on Twitter through notifications — for mentions, DMs and Tweets from users for whom you've turned on notifications. As always, you can reply to, retweet or favorite these Tweets," Twitter engineering manager Shiv Ramamurthi said in a Twitter blog post today.
Google Glass is not yet available for purchase; instead, Google has begun selling an Explorer Edition for $1,500 to early adopters and software developers. At this week's Google conference the company is holding sessions teaching software makers how to make Glass applications, instructing developers about the software tools and suggesting the apps that aren't too distracting.
