Android Buffet teams up with Droid Nation.
Show Notes
- Guru buys 10 Tectiles to test with his Nexus 7 Ideas requested.
- In Other News
- Moo unveils NFC-enabled business cards for easy contact swapping…good promotional idea, but you might as well buy a nfc sticker and stick it on something.
- Lockitron attaches to existing lock, allows unlock with app.
- Google Flights now optimized on tablets
- TI rethinking strategy, will try to grow the OMAP platform to include embedded applications. OMAP is used in a variety of smartphones and tablets, including the Kindle Fires, Galaxy Nexus, Droid Razr, etc.
- MetroPCS discussing merger with T-Mobile?
- Platform News
- 7 Things You Wanted to Know About Android Users
- Over 25 percent of Android devices running ICS or Above.
- CyanogenMod Dropping Rom Manager for its own OTA update system
- Google Voice customers cry out for help, no one hears them.
- Google Contacts now offers CardDAV, an open protocol for contacts
- Developer releases new tool to fix long APK build times. FAAPT is 10x faster than AAPT.
- Motorola and Google open source and merge key parts of MOTODEV Studio into AOSP.
- Exploit could force factory reset on many phones with the stock browser, fixed on more recent builds.
- Google Play store hits 25 million downloads, 675,000 apps.
- Google adds Google Play Services as a store app, allows third-party apps to integrate with Google services like Google+, OAUTH 2.0 authentication , and Google +1 buttons, ensures that the latest services are available on all phones. (Play Link)
- On average, Android users go through 870mb of data per month
- App News
- Titanium Backup updated, now allows restores from ADB backup files and more.
- PowerAmp adds rich notifications for Jellybean and more.
- Lookout updates security app to protect against dialer exploits.
- Google makes turning on two-step authentication easier with update to Authenticator
- Google’s Field Trip app pops up location-specific info as you go about your business. Allegedly uses a lot of battery. (Play Link)
- New York Times updated with holo interface, complaints about showing ads to paid subscribers. (Play Link)
- Filebeam for Android allows you to transfer files between Dropbox accounts using NFC. (Play Link)
- Youtube updated to bring preloading functions to 2.2 and 2.3
- Google My Tracks updated, brings new record interface, updated widget, and pause/resume functionality. (Play Link)
- Manilla App updated, complete redesign. (Play Link)
- New Netflix UI released, complaints re the new update. (Play Link)
- Apex and Nova Launchers both receive updates.
- Pocket Planes airline simulator now available for Android. (Play Link)
- Google Play Books updated.
- B&N updates Nook app, adds Nook Comics support and more. (Play Link)
- X Plane 9 flight simulator now free in market. (Play Link)
- Amtrak releases app. (Play Link)
- New Adobe Reader for tablets will offer users ability to digitally sign PDF documents
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