Jere is older and on the mend…
Show Notes
- In Other News
- Senator calls on the US Government to ban Bitcoin
- House passes watered down phone unlocking bill with provision that bans bulk resale.
- Smartphone users make up 66% of mobile phone subscribers in the US and mobile usage exceeds web usage.
- EU to crack down on misleading in app purchases in free games.
- UppWireless offers cellular plans for $15 and up. It is a data only network and routes voice/texts over data.
- Google announces Project Ara Developer Conference, online April 15 and 16. Ara is a smartphone built from modular pieces.
- Platform News
- Boeing announces Black, a tamper resistant Android phone with a self-destruct function.
- Will Samsung replace Android with Tizen in future?
- If you have one of the few phones that still have an SD slot…SanDisk announces 128gb microSDXC.
- Broadcom announces new 5G Wifi chips to double performance and improve power efficiency. Last week Broadcom announced a new LTE chip for the sub-$300 smartphone market.
- Sundar Pichai hints that OEMs may be responsible for Android security issues by shipping dated versions of the OS.
- Google to update Play Services to enable background app verification feature
- App News
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