Episode 180 – Buzz Me

By | December 30, 2013

“Better a Diamond with a Flaw than a Pebble Without One.”

Show Notes

  • Guru gets a Pebble on his wrist
  • Slow News Week…obligatory year end review, thoughts about what we’d like to see in 2014.
  • In Other News
    • 13 year old tries Walkman instead of iPod for a week.
  • Platform News
    • HTC explains its upgrade process with infographic.
    • Cyanogenmod reached 10 million devices.
  • App News
    • Unlock with Wifi is now Skiplock. (Play Link)
    • For a bit less, try Bluetooth and Wifi Unlocker F2…replacing F1, now discontinued. The new app supports 4.3 and above. (Play Link)
    • AndrOffice is a port of Apache’s Openoffice for Android, based on version 3.4. While the app has been ported, the interface is not modified for touch…so bring an external keyboard. (Play Link)
    • FreeOTP is a two-factor authentication application based on the HOTP and TOTP standards. The app is sponsored by Red Hat and was started after Google closed the source for Google Authenticator. (Play Link)
    • MightyText (Play Link)

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