In this performance of the Android Buffet Podcast, the role of Jere Jones was played by Joel Mclaughlin.
Show Notes
- In Other News
- Happy 55th Birthday Nasa
- The latest report from eMarketer says that for the first time, people in the U.S. will spend more time with digital media per day than TV. The average adult will spend over 5 hours a day online, compared to 4 hours and 31 minutes watching television. At least one hour per day is spent on mobile devices.
- Carriers hack into their own SIM cards to fix security issue.
- Rackspace helps school Congress on copyright and open source.
- Guru discusses playing with Qi.
- Platform News
- New platform distribution numbers: 40.5% JB, ICS 22.5%, Gingerbread, 33.1%.
- The Disunited State of Android, OpenSignal (OS) looked at some 682,000 devices currently in use. Samsung has 47.5% of the market.
- New Android Device Manager helps you locate your lost device, wipe your data. Will be integrated into Google Play Services.
- Cyanogenmod 10.2 to include Global Blacklist to block calls, SMS, etc.
- Android 4.3 now forces persistent notifications on unkillable apps that run in the background.
- App News
- How Facebook went from sucking at mobile to killing at mobile in 12 short months
- Avast launches Mobile Security, Anti-Theft, and Backup betas.
- Latest update to Google Calendar adds notification dismissal sync.
- uNagi is an Android based client for Nagios. (Play Link)
- Google launches official Adsense app for Android. (Play Link)
- Isis Mobile Wallet to go nationwide this year.
- Chainfire Releases Alpha Version of Geolog, a GPS logging app that knows when not to log. Takes full advantage of Google’s new Fused Location Provider and Activity Recognition APIs, to determine how precisely it should be tracking your position, and if it should even be actively logging at all. The technique involves using various sensors on the phone, like the accelerometer and GPS, to determine when you’re standing still, walking, or even riding in a car.
- Google Catalogs app to be discontinued on August 15th.
- Microsoft Office Mobile for Android now available, requires Office 365 subscription.
- Popular app Transit comes to Android, alternative to Google Maps for public transit directions. (Play Link)
- Autodesk releases Homestyler, a 3D room design and decorating app. (Play Link)
- US Airways finally gets an Android app. (Play Link)
- Titanium Backup updated with Android 4.3 support, power status scheduling, and more. (Play Link)
- Google launches new Zagat application. (Play Link)
- Google Shopper to be discontinued on August 30th.
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