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>> REPORTER:" WE'RE
EXPLORING USING THE BARGE AS
AN INTERACTIVE SPACE WHERE
PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT NEW
TECHNOLOGY."
>> REPORTER:SO IT SOUNDS
LIKE IS GOING TO BE A
SHOW=ROOM OF SORTS
A PLACE YOU GO TO LEARN
ABOUT GOOGLE PRODUCTS.
SOFTWARE, APPS, AND
PHYSICAL GOOGLE GADGETS .
AND I THINK THAT IS THE KEY
TO THESE BARGES
HOW GOOGLE IS NOW MOVING
INTO THE CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY
MARKET.
MAKING AND SELLING GADGETS.
>> REPORTER:DON'T FORGET
GOOGLE ACCUIRED MOTOROLLA
SO THEY ARE MAKING AND
SELLING ANDROID PHONES
THEY HAVE THE NEXUS 7
TABLET, THAT'S GOOGLE'S
TABLET TO RIVAL THE IPAD.
THEY ARE OFFERING A NEW
DEVICE THAT JUST CAME OUT
>> REPORTER:IT'S CALLED
CHROME=CAST
IT'S A $35 STREAMING MEDIA
PLAYER THAT WIRE-LESS-LY
CONNECTS YOUR PHONE, TABLET,
OR LAPTOP TO YOUR LIVING
ROOM TV. I PREDICT THIS
DEVICE IS GOING TO BE HUGE
>> REPORTER:AND SOON THEY
WILL BE SELLING GOOGLE
GLASS.
SO THEY ARE IN THE GADGET
GAME.
BUT THE Y DON'T HAVE RETAIL
STORES
THEIR MAIN COMPETITOR APPLE
HAS STORES. THAT ARE FAMOUS
AROUND THE WORLD
>> REPORTER:THEY LOOK COOL
AND ITS A PLACE YOU CAN PLAY
WITH -- AND LEARN ABOUT, ALL
THE APPLE GADGETS GOOGLE
NEEDS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
THEY NEED RETAIL SPACE.
AND THEY NEED TO ONE UP
APPLE AND MAKE IT COOLER
THEN APPLE'S GLASS STORES.
THUS. A FLOATING STORE.
WHAT'S COOLER THAN THAT.
AND HERES THE LATEST INTEL
THIS IS NOT CONFIRMED FROM
GOOGLE, BUT FROM WHAT I'M
HEARING ONE OF THESE NEW
GOOGLE SHOWROOMS COULD BE
OPEN IN A MATTER OF WEEKS