With Thirst’s Droplet, the vision for news on Google Glass becomes a little clearer
One of the big questions about Google Glass is how it will affect the way we consume information (if, that is, it gains popularity and acceptance in mainstream culture). In particular, many people are interested in how Glass will affect news consumption. We’ve already seen how the New York Times works on the new medium, and Mashable has just launched an app for Glass that alerts users to when its stories are going viral. Today, we can add another media business to the list. News reader startup Thirst Labs has released Droplet, a way to get alerts to stories on topics you care about. The app uses the same natural language processing backend as Thirst, which picks up the stories that appear to be the most important according to your favorite topics and delivers them to your iPhone or iPad.