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• Westpac Australia trialling Google Glass app

  Westpac Australia has confirmed that it is trialling an app for Google Glass following news this morning that Westpac New Zealand was trialling its Cash Tank app on the technology.

• Westpac trials Google Glass & iBeacon

  Customers will be able to walk into a shop wearing their Google Glasses, see something they like and instantly check their bank balance which will be displayed in their peripheral vision, says bank chief digital officer Simon Pomeroy.
  

• Enterprise to try on smart glasses in 2014: Deloitte

  Enterprises this year will begin to experiment with wearable computing as a way to increase safety and productivity in the workplace, according to Deloitte.

• Telstra develops AFL app for Google Glass

  Australian Football League (AFL) fans who plan to buy Google Glass will be able to listen to a live commentary on their Internet-connected headset from next year.

• Could wearable computing free humans?

  While some may fear wearable technologies such as Google Glass could make people less human, entrepreneur and Esri director Amber Case believes they actually free people to be more human.

• Seeing through Google’s rose coloured glass darkly

  It’s not news that the seemingly never-ending stream of new and disruptive technologies is affecting every facet of society. When innovative, appealing and easy-to-use technologies come on to the market, most of us adopt them almost without hesitation.

• In Pictures: 12 cool apps for Google Glass

  What’s Google Glass worth without apps that make use of its technology?

• Google I/O: The buzz from this Google-extravaganza is decidedly quieter

  Google I/O week is here, and Android-watchers in particular as well as Google fans in general are buzzing over what the Goog is planning to wow us all with in San Francisco. A slick new phone? A brand-spanking new version of Android? Another one of whatever the heck this was?

• Google Glass rooted already – and it's really easy

  ChromeOS developer and hacker Liam McLoughlin told Twitter yesterday that not only has he figured out how to gain root access on Google Glass, the task is apparently pretty simple.

• Augmented reality poised to leave a mark on IT

  With augmented reality (AR) being developed to take advantage of cloud, mobile, big data and social technology -- Gartner's "nexus of forces" -- is it possible AR could become a fifth component of the nexus?

• Google I/O registration: Open and shut in 45 minutes

  Google I/O conference registration opened at 10 a.m. EDT on Wednesday and closed less than an hour later, showing once again that this is as hot tech confab as there is these days.

• Augmented reality: What do businesses need to know?

  The technology has been around for quite some time, but like so many other fringe smartphone features, augmented reality has yet to present itself as a must-have for consumers.

• Liberal senator raises Big Brother spectre with Google Glass

  Google Glass "could mean the end of privacy as we know it,” according to Liberal senator Cory Bernardi.

• In Pictures: 10 tech company social media bloopers

  It’s been quite the month for corporate social media activity. Both Burger King and Jeep have seen their Twitter accounts hijacked, with hilarious results. Meanwhile, Google’s attempt to stir up genuine conversation around its Google Glass project saw some negative feedback. Some brands are even pretending to have their accounts hacked simply for the publicity. But social media blunders are nothing new, and the technology industry is not immune to them

• Android steals the lead from Apple in Australia

  Smartphones using the Android operating system have taken the lead over iPhones using Apple’s iOS for the first time, according to research from Telsyte.