Guru and Jere are back, with a system rebuild.
Show Notes
- The Live Stream is now at double the bitrate.
- In Other News
- The last Battle of Midway cryptoanalyst, Rear Admiral Donald “Mac” Showers, was interred at Arlington today.
- DOJ warns the FCC to limit the amount of spectrum that Verizon and AT&T can purchase during future auctions.
- EOMA-68 cards could lead to upgradeable tablets or other systems.
- Understanding the Ruggedness of Mobile Devices
- Hacker claims an Android device can take over a plane by sending incorrect data, pilot claims not logical.
- Verizon pushes upgrade cycle to full two years. Rumors that they will offer a device installment plan leak.
- Plan your Digital Afterlife with the Inactive Account Manager. Not for Apps accounts.
- Verizon reports video accounts for 50% of mobile network traffic, and it’s only growing.
- Qualcomm thinks LTE-Broadcast will work where FLO TV failed.
- User tries to figure out why IP Calling was removed from Sprint phone
- Platform News
- Microsoft led group files European anti-trust complaint against Android and Google. Fairsearch accuses Google of predatory distribution of Android at below-cost. This could be an attack on open-source itself. Microsoft is the only major corporation who would benefit from a decline on open-source.
- NYPD equipping officers with Android smartphones as an alternative to patrolcar laptops.
- Breakdown of Android Tablet Market shows 5 of 6 of the top tablets are 7 inch. Is it the form factor, or is it the price point?
- Why aren’t Lost Phone Services built into Android instead of third-party software?
- Could the increasing size of smartphones result in a decrease in market share as tablets and smartphones converge?
- Google wants to turn .search, .app, .cloud into open redirects, where these would redirect to a designated service.
- Will Android-like Rich Notifications be the future of Chrome on the Desktop?
- Google purges 60,000 spam apps from Google Play.
- New version of Google Play with simplified design.
- App News
- Chat Heads comes to Facebook Messenger
- Hotspot Control Harnesses The Latent Power of Your Device’s Tethering Menu. Not designed for circumventing tethering restrictions, but adding options that may have been removed. (Play Link)
- Facebook Home, the perfect tool for those who don’t actually do anything with their phones.
- Everything.me is a new dynamic launcher that customizes based on what you tell it you want. (Play Link)
- Cinemagram finally arrives on Android. The app allows users to turn portions of a video into a single still image, leaving only a small area of the picture with movement. (Play Link)
- FoxFi Now Works With Multiple Motorola Phones running Jelly Bean. (Play Link)
- Burner is now available for Android, create disposable phone numbers. (Play Link)
- Float any widget over an existing app with Overlays. (Play Link)
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