It was just three weeks ago that Reuters kicked up a storm of speculation that Google was ready to abandon its Google Glass eyewear. Reuters reported that it had contacted 16 Glass developers and found only seven were still working on software for the eyewear while the rest had given up, and company co-founder Sergey Brin, who was always seen wearing them, showed up at an event without the device.

Then, thanks to a Wall Street Journal story, Google Glass came back to life. The Journal reported that Google would replace the Texas Instruments processor currently used in the device with a more powerful chip from Intel, and that Intel would promote Glass in workplace environments and help develop new workplace uses for them.

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