Just a few hours after developers announced the first porn app for Google Glass, it was banned. Google then updated its policy for app developers to prohibit sexually explicit content from Glass apps. In addition to apps that contain nudity or adult material, Google has banned gambling, hate speech and graphic violence from Google Glass apps … Discuss

Google is launching a new plan to bring wireless Internet networks to remote areas of Africa and Asia, and they're using blimps to do it. The company said that their goal is to find inexpensive solutions to provide “connectivity to rural communities with poor telecommunications infrastructure” and to expand “coverage of wireless broadband in densely populated urban areas." Google plans to use special, relatively cheap, Android-powered, smart phones to connect residents to the network. They’re currently testing the high-altitude wireless broadcast technology in South Africa … Discuss

Among the announcements at Google’s I/O conference yesterday, were details about its new streaming music service, Google Play Music All Access. For a subscription fee, users can search and listen to unlimited streaming music (like Spotify), receive music recommendations based on their interests (like Twitter’s music app) and stream custom-crafted playlists (à la Pandora). Google’s currently offering a free trial of the service and a discounted rate of $7.99 a month. You can go here to see a rundown of some of the other new services (like money transferring tools and Google+ features) and products (including new map tools and an updated voice search) Google unveiled at yesterday’s event ... Discuss

Looking for a way to kill some time today? Go to Google Image Search, and look up the term “atari breakout”. The Google Easter egg lets users play a fully-functioning version of the game which was first released in 1976. The original game was famously the result of Steve Jobs telling Atari founder Nolan Bushnell that his friend Steve Wozniak could deliver a game prototype in just four days … Discuss

Wired has posted this look at Google’s growing corporate bicycle culture. What started off as an experiment six years ago, when the company bought 100 Huffys for employees to use to get around the sprawling campus, has since exploded into its own subculture. Google now has a seven-person staff of bicycle mechanics that maintains a fleet of about 1,300 brightly-colored Google bikes. The company also encourages employees to cycle to work by providing locker rooms, showers and places to securely park bikes during working hours. And, for those who want to combine meetings with bike-riding, Googlers can use one of several seven-person “ConferenceBikes” (that is, if they don’t mind looking ridiculous) … Discuss