Episode 137 – Droidifi Jere

By | March 5, 2013

My Home LAN

A representative of Droidifi shows up.

Show Notes

  • Droidifi
  • In Other News
    • Judge slashes Apple’s damages in Samsung trial by $450 million
    • Chrome hits 17 month low, Internet explorer and Firefox up.
    • Pandora caps free monthly usage on mobile to 40 hours.
    • FCC to look into legality of unlocking cellphones, may not have grounds to be involved.
    • Researchers at U. of Illinois working on rechargeable, flexible battery.
  • Platform News
    • Google I/O registration opens March 13th.
    • XDA Makes Swappa its official Marketplace
    • Breathe New Life into an Old Smartphone..ideas such as a VoIP/Skype handset, videophone, smart thermostat, alarm clock, music player, portable gaming device, camera remote, etc.
    • Google+ Hangouts adds a sign language intrepretor app and expanded series of shortcuts.
    • Google releases Google+ sign-in, allowing users to sign into apps using Google+ credentials. When you sign in to a website, you can install the companion mobile app with a single click. Sharing is selective, and is for doing, not just for viewing.
    • Google+ signin includes new Google Settings icon in your launcher, will unify settings from Google apps.
    • Google releases full binaries for Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 to AOSP. First devices that have 100% of necessary drivers/code to build for the device.
    • Realizations in the revamp of Sense…Most people don’t differentiate between widgets and apps, widgets aren’t widely used, fewer than 10% use any other than basic widgets, after the first month, 80% of people do not modify their homescreens much.
    • Android-x86 team releases new build based on Android 4.2
    • Google starts using HTML5 and WebM for premium content.
    • An E-Ink Android phone that runs for weeks on a charge.
    • Samsung reveals new venture called Wallet, stores tickets, membership card, etc.
    • Interested in trying Ubuntu Touch, builds will soon be available for more than 20 devices.
  • App News
    • MythTV for Android 1.10.0 released, offers option for transcoded and native file playback, option to queue the transcoding job for future, multi-host support, and many bug fixes. (Play Link)
    • Red Cross releases Tornado app, complimenting their Hurricand, Earthquake, and Wildfire apps. (Play Link)