A quick podcast, because Jere must leave early.
Show Notes
- In Other News
- All in the Family star Jean Stapleton dies at 90
- Ubuntu Founder Credits Android and iOS for reversing Microsoft’s dominance. Ubuntu Bug report #1 has been marked complete.
- Oculus VR lead engineer Andrew Reisse dies in a tragic accident
- New York announces major crackdown on Texting and Driving in New York. The increased penalty applies to any cell phone activity while driving. Between 2005 and 2011, distracted driver accidents rose 143 percent in New York State. What is acceptable to do while operating a motor vehicle?
- Amazon federates Facebook and Google with its new Login with Amazon service
- Patent Trolls going after podcasters. The EFF and Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic to challenge the validity of the patent, which covers storing media files, grabbing information on updates and downloading said file.
- EFF Asks for Donations to save podcasting..and yes bitcoin is accepted.
- Platform News
- Gmail wages war on inbox clutter with new design. Google releases new inbox with separate tabs, which makes 6 different types of inboxes available to Gmail users.
- Google Glass makes me want a smartwatch.
- Tim Cook says Apple has no religious issues against making Android apps…what would they make? iTunes?
- Google introduces nutritional info cards for food searches.
- Google-Motorola works on Password Pills, a pill that can be ingested and then battery-powered with stomach acid to produce an 18-bit internal signal. It is still better than an electronic tattoo that can be used to authenticate a user” in place of the traditional password.
- Handling Phone Call Requests the Right Way for Users – Google advises developers against intercepting handling for emergency numbers.
- Guru gets MultiWindow support with S3 update.
- App News
- Google is planning two special events for Mobile Chrome, on June 7th and June 13th.
- Bloglovin’ launches redesigned Android app with a new focus on suggesting content and articles for the casual passerby that doesn’t bother signing in to the site. (Play Link)
- Root Explorer 3.0 update adds tabbed interface, cloud storage support, etc. (Play Link)
- Google Music updated, added option to delete tracks and remove from library. (Play Link)
- Wordlens updated, adds in Portugeuse support and translation screenshots. (Play Link)
- Google releases admin app for managing Google Apps accounts called Google Admin. (Play Link)
- Google Calendar updated, now allows event and calendar colors to be changed. (Play Link)
- Twitter for Android, new compose windows, rich notifications, more efficient use of space. (Play Link)
- Duolingo Launches on Android, learn a second language. (Play Link)
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