In memoriams have had a history of ruffling feathers in years past for either the omission of a certain person’s name (re: Farrah Fawcett, Etta James, Andy Griffith), or just being incredibly morose (see: the 2013 Emmy Awards). However, it is hard to remember the last time a late star’s name was blatantly misspelled. Unless of course you watched last night’s 56th annual Grammy Awards, which paid tribute to the late actor Cory Monteith, famous for his role on Glee. A kind gesture, muddied by the misspelling of his surname to read “Montieth” on the screen. Twitter was outraged; most of the public didn’t notice; nobody was thrilled.
Main image courtesy of Mike Morrison; featured image courtesy of Fox.
Google Glass is currently not available to consumers. Instead, the product is in a soft launch debut via “explorers” that you may have seen about town and thought: “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” (Mother Teresa). Today Google announced that its $1500 piece of wearable technology will get the music treatment with new features added before its launch.
When a user boots up Glass, it will now display a “listen to” amongst its standard voice controls like “take a picture” and “search for”. So you’ll call out “Courtney Love” or “Zeplin Song” and then stream it through Google’s media and apps hub instantly. This comes in addition to Sound Search, a feature first made available two months ago, allowing the user to identify a song that’s playing using voice recognition technology (think: Shazam).
“With these new features, we’re now building a great music experience on Glass, whether you’re a classical music professor, an acclaimed sound engineer and hip-hop producer, or someone who wants to listen to their favorite tunes anytime, anywhere,” Ed Sanders, Director of Marketing for Google Glass, said in a statement.
In addition, Google is introducing a set of earbuds specifically designed for Glass ($85). For now, only Google’s music services are available on Glass, however others are expected to roll out in the coming months.
Featured image courtesy of Google; article image courtesy of PatConnid.com.
Austin’s South by Southwest music festival (March 9-18) is one of the best places to discover new music and to check out unabridged street style. If you didn’t book your tickets, fret not—tunein.com will stream live on your computer or smartphone, for free, the entire thing. Download the app or check it out at tunein.com
