Recommended Reading: The life and death and life of Google Glass
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Sorry, but Google Glass isn't Anywhere Close to Dead
Cade Metz, Wired
Reports claim Google Glass is on its last leg after the folks in Mountain View shuttered the Explorer program last month. Not so fast. The wearable still has a truckload of uses, and making it an enterprise device could be the right move.
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