Episode 123 – Jere isn’t Wearing Pants

By | November 26, 2012

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Jere is tired and pantless, Guru closes the show.

Show Notes

  • In Other News
    • Student’s expulsion for refusing to wear RFID tag put on hold until next week
    • Republic Wireless exits beta, offers unlimited service for just $19 a month. only one phone, the Motorola Defy XT, available for $249. 
  • Platform News
    • Court says HTC must let Samsung’s Lawyers See Its Settlement with Apple
    • Google Releases UI Testing Framework for Developers
    • Replicant 4.0 released, brings fully FOSS version of Android 4.0. While most of Android is FOSS, many of the drivers are not.
    • Cyanogenmod releases 10.1 source code, based on Android 4.2 
    • Google may be developing open alternative to Apple AirPlay. May be an extension of the Miracast protocol included in Android 4.2.
    • Google promises fix for Android 4.2 December birthday bug.
  • App News
    • Apollo, the Cyanogenmod Music Player released to the Play Store, then removed due to alleged copyright infringement. Still pending…
    • EasyMute, music pauses when you place your hand over the proximity sensor. (Play Link)
    • Team Boid ceases development of Twitter Client, will be open-sourcing future development. (Play Link)
    • Plume updated with support for Android 4.2 lockscreen widgets (Play Link)
    • Falcon for Twitter, control your account from a single widget. (Play Link)
    • Beta version of Utter! released to the store, very powerful voice actions program. (Play Link)
    • QuickShot HD Camera takes a picture without opening a camera app, using an icon. (Play Link)
    • ForeverMap 2 brings offline-ready OpenStreetMaps to Google Play, previously released on the Nook Store. (Play Link)
    • Mint updated with budgeting and split transactions for Android. (Play Link)
    • Firefox updated to support lower end devices and accessibility. (Play Link)
    • Manilla updated for the holiday season. (Play Link)
    • SambaDroid released in beta as a replacement for the now discontinued Samba Server for Android. 
    • New app determines whether or not you should wear pants…retrieves your local weather and provides clothing tips.
    • Skype for Android 3.0 released, now tablet optimized, offers improved audio quality, still some issues and complaints. (Play Link)
    • Xfinity TV Player App updated, now allows select movies/tv to be downloaded. (Play Link)
    • Runkeeper updated with new Holo look and offers new social features. (Play Link)
    • Lockscreen Policy allows you to disable widgets and camera shortcuts on new 4.2 lockscreen. (Play Link)
    • Highlight brings location based matchmaking to Android. (Play Link)
    • Tablet Friendly Amazon Mobile app hits Play Store. Why did this take so long? (Play Link)
    • Night Profile Switcher Gets Android Ready For Bed. 

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