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The article offers information on TechCrunch's Glashion application software for Google Glass, a wearable computer device from the internet services firm Google, and also outlines its possible impact on banking and online advertisement as of 2014.

The article focuses on developments in the communications technology. Google Glass is a wearable computer that can take pictures and video, make calls, send messages, search for information, and access maps and translations. Samsung and Apple have smartwatches of their own on the way. The watch serves as a sleep-pattern monitor and calorie-burning tracker, among other functions.

The author discusses the social-context issues involving the use of Google Glass, an augmented reality glasses. The author outlines the use of Google Glass in capturing live data and accessing information which lead to speculations on the potential use of such data. The author believes that the capabilities of the computing-consumer-gadgetry, which may violate social norms, must be monitored as the technology evolves.

The article offers the views of periodical readers on the Google Glass, a wearable computer with a screen above the right eye, which comes at the cost of 1,000 British pounds that allows users to take pictures, record video and read messages. Jonathan Smith says that with Google Glass, he will have to walk around with a paper bag on his head. Neil Gilson says why to give functionality to a machine when brain is capable of all this and more.

The article reports on the plan of Great Britain Department of Transport (DfT) to ban the use of the Google Glass, an augmented reality eyewear, as it may possibly distract drivers while driving.

The article discusses the emerging technology that may be used by the U.S. military including a wearable computing system for soldiers. The different developments considered are the optical head-mounted display Google Glass from Google, the Advanced Warfighter Awareness for Real-time Engagement system from Raytheon Company, and the Nett Warrior. A. J. Clark from the Thermopylae Sciences and Technology states the importance of evaluating equipment and application that are most functional.

Several blogs on various topics including the Google Glass from Google Inc., glorification of entrepreneurship and Americans who tried to come to Canada, are presented.

The article reports Google search engine company in Menlo Park, California owns a 6.3 percent stake in semiconductor manufacturer Himax Display as of July 23, 2013. The article notes Himax Display is a subsidiary of Himax Technologies which produces the silicon chips for Google's Glass wearable computer.

The article reports on the use of Google Glass augmented reality device by practitioners at Ferris State University in Michigan (MCO) during a sight test. It notes that MCO Professor Bruce Morgan and second-year optometry intern Elyse Kleifgen used the device to perform checks on the patient and to record patient interviews. It states that the practitioners at the university embarked on a project to find additional ways to use the device in testing room environment.

The article predicts a trend toward wearable computer and describes the Google Glass, a wearable headset computer launched by Google Inc.

The article looks at the augmented reality wearable computer product Google Glass, made by technology company Google, focusing on the possible banking applications the gadget offers. Topics include the development of mobile banking applications that work with Google Glass, Google's mobile payments service Google Wallet, and the device's poor sound quality.