Verizon…it’s an old person’s nightmare.
Show Notes
- SNL Spoofs Verizon 4G Advertising
- Platform News
- Sprint adds 1.6m subscribers in Q4 2011, sells 1.8m iPhones, but loses $1.3b
- Spray-on Antennas?
- Google Wallet revealed to be insecure if you wipe app settings and for rooted users. Google responds by advising Wallet is safe, but disables prepaid cards.
- Want an iPad or 3 Kindles for less? Amazon goes after Apple.
- Motorola says hardware is slowing Android updates
- Russian carrier MegaFon holds contest to use as much data as possible. The Winner used 419GB in a week.
- Google to launch cloud drive service?
- App News
- Google Chrome for Android beta released, available for ICS only.
- Comparison between Chrome vs Dolphin vs Firefox vs Opera
- Is Chrome for Android what ICS should have looked like?
- Chrome to become stock browser on Android 4 and above.
- PowerAmp updated, offers better support for for Android 3 and 4. multichannel FLAC, etc.
- Expensify app updated, support for viewing receipts, expenses, and reports.
- New App – Carrier Coverage released, seeks to collect data from users to put together an accurate picture of carrier coverage. Backlash from Root Users. (Market Link)
- Microsoft One Note Mobile now available in the market. (Market Link)
- Bolt Sizer uses your camera, a coin, and math to determine the size of any bolt. (Market Link)
- Netflix app updated, brings tablet volume controls, and improved audio/video syncing.
- Vonage Mobile for Android, looks to take on Skype. (Market Link)
- Kindle app updated, reduces app size, adds page numbers.
- Foursquare updated, includes NFC Beam Support
- Google+ updated with performance improvements
- Cubed Music Player updated.
- BaconReader Reddit Client updated. (Market Link)
- Google Voice update brings new icon, interface, and tablet features
- Seesmic updated finally, still no tablet version, offers bug fixes and removes Buzz support. Is this product being killed?
- Extended Controls – extensible and customizable version of the Power Control widget. (Market Link)
- Intents – One of the Best Android features. Allows integration between any app and any service, without the app developer having to do anything.
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