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Combined Flying Bathtubs and Android Buffet episode. It’s a slow news week so far. But Amazon has an event scheduled for Wednesday.
Show Notes
- Facebook redesigns everything.
- Verizon begins throttling service for remaining unlimited users
- Verizon blocking apps that are not approved from being updated.
- Almost 1/3 of U.S. adults prefer to be reached by text message rather than a voice call.
- Platform News
- The Pros and Cons of a Button-Free Android Phone
- HTC will give 5GB of Dropbox space to future phone owners
- Amazon Appstore was working for some non-U.S. Android users, now not.
- Apps News
- ChannelCaster is a new social news aggregator (Market Link)
- VLC for Android is in pre-alpha.
- Mint updates Android app to support new manual transaction feature. You can enter cash and check transactions, as well as pending transactions, and use geolocation to identify appropriate merchants. It can even be deducted from last ATM withdrawal.
- Hulu Plus increases number of supported devices
- Adobe set to focus on 2D and 3D graphics acceleration in upcoming updates
- Google+ now open to all, hangouts now available on mobile, Huddle renamed Messenger.
- Logitech Harmony Link is a wi-fi enabled infrared device that connects to an Android or iOS app.
- Developer’s Corner
- Preparing for Handsets – Making apps work on both tablets and phones
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