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Show Notes
- In Other News
- New York State Supreme Court strikes down law that makes it a felony to communicate with someone “in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm,” claiming it was too vague and overbroad. The defendant in the trial commented to the Verge, and is unrepentant for the crimes he was convicted of that were not struck down, forgery and criminal impersonation.
- Other states offer much less broad definitions…In New Mexico, “Harassment consists of knowingly pursuing a pattern of conduct that is intended to annoy, seriously alarm or terrorize another person and that serves no lawful purpose. The conduct must be such that it would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress.”
- Someone Broke into President Garfield’s tomb and stole his commemorative spoons
- Motorola releases a decent $129 Android phone
- Android user sues Apple for not delivering texts after she leaves iPhone.
- Facebook studies to see if email providers are using STARTTLS to deliver email using its notification email logs. Discovers 60 percent of the internet supported it. The study did discover that mismatched certificates, such as when the certificate did not match the hostname, led to delivering the email unencrypted even if the server says it supports the standard, and there is currently no approved method of handling this.
- FCC Complaint alleges AT&T and Verizon are trying to force customers to abandon landline phones, even if it fails to serve all of the customer needs or is more expensive.
- Significant portion of HTTPS web connections made by forged certificates
- New York State Supreme Court strikes down law that makes it a felony to communicate with someone “in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm,” claiming it was too vague and overbroad. The defendant in the trial commented to the Verge, and is unrepentant for the crimes he was convicted of that were not struck down, forgery and criminal impersonation.
- Platform News
- Google and Apple agree to end patent disputes, will work together on patent reform instead.
- Samsung to rename Heathrow’s Terminal 5 to Terminal Samsung Galaxy S5.
- Google has quietly implemented automated refunds for apps after the 15 minute window.
- Interview with Android developer Chris Lacy, of Link Bubbles and Action Launcher
- Google Now Bill Reminder Integration Rolling Out Now
- Epson announces native KitKat support for Android printing
- Play Store adds Paypal support.
- Firefox will add Chromecast support
- App News
- Word Lens developers bought by Google, language packs will be free during the transition. The technology will be incorporated into Google Translate. (Play Link)
- GrooveIP updated with Google Voice replaced with Ring.to. FAQ. (Play Link)
- Dolphin Browser regains classic view.
- Plex App updated, now includes Camera Uploads. Currently for PlexPass subscribers only. (Play Link)
- LevelUp releases BrightWeather, a very nice Weather App. (Play Link)
- Gmail reaches 1 billion downloads.
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