Guru sings again, Jere is coming to SELF…we hope, and more.
Show Notes
- 100 years ago yesterday, the Titanic sunk
- Eclair floats away…
- National database aims to catch smartphone thieves. U.S. mobile operators will ban any phone or 3G/4G tablet reported stolen from their networks and will work together to ensure that thieves don’t simply transfer stolen devices to a competitor’s service. The GSM database will be set up by October 31st, the LTE database in 2013. Senator Schumer (D-NY) hopes to introduce legislation to criminalize changing the IMEI number, in the same way changing the VIN number on a car is illegal.
- Commodore founder Jack Tramiel died at the age of 83. Tramiel was a Holocaust survivor who emigrated to the U.S. in 1947 and joined the army, where he learned to repair typewriters, founding Commodore Portable Typewriter. Commodore moved from typewriters to adding machines to digital calculators to home computers. Tramiel left Commodore in 1984, and bought the consumer division of Atari. The Commodore 64 and Tramiel were responsible for driving down the price of personal computers.
- Automating Simple Tasks with NFC Tags and an NFC capable phone.
- Platform News
- The court case between Oracle and Google began today, regarding licensing of code. It is the only patent case regarding Android that seems to directly advise Google as a defendant.
- Boeing making secure Android handsets for government and defense.
- Larry Page indicates Google is focused on the lower priced tablet market
- New Seller Countries in Google Play…Czech Republic, Israel, Poland, and Mexico
- RIM calls the Google Play App Market a chaotic cesspool
- Amazon App Store launches In App Purchasing
- App News
- Radiant Defense is yet another Tower Defense game, Jere’s favorite type. (Play Link)
- Google Wallet updated. Do you want to pay for things with your phones?
- Dolphin Browser HD updated with UI enhancements and improved performance.
- Google Goggles updated, adding more than 30,000 images from 150+ museums around the world.
- Springpad relaunched, including Android client. (Play Link)
- Google Currents updated, expanding outside of the United States, offering speed increases.
- Angry Bird updated with 15 new tropical levels. (Play Link)
- Wuala updated, offers share intent integration, the ability to download entire folders. (Play Link)
- Team Win Recovery Project updated.
- Tapatalk 2.0 now available. (Play Link)
- Morning Routine forces you out of bed by making you scan a barcode to turn off the alarm. (Play Link)
- Tumblr updated, brings new UI, faster load times, notifications and more. (Play Link)
- Flashify launches alternate browser when Chrome for Android users need Flash. (Play Link)
- Official Daily Show Headlines App launched. (Play Link)
- Linux Tycoon, the world’s premier distribution building simulation game, is heading for Android.
- My Verizon app updated, finally not as painful to use.
- Netflix for Android is updated, gets new volume control UI. (Play Link)
- ICQ releases new ICQ Messenger for Android, tries to regain relevancy outside of Russia.
- Adobe Reader now allows you to electronically sign and send documents. (Play Link)
- Coach to 5K App comes to Android. (Play Link)
- Developer’s Corner
- Google to expire old client login authentication keys, and will periodically expire keys for increased security.
- Android design guidelines updated with best practices for settings and navigation
- Accessibility: Are you Serving All of your Users?
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