Jere returns…or does he?
Show Notes
- Guru wonders about the proliferation of Google accounts
- In Other News
- Bill to be signed to make cell phone unlocking legal…
- Verizon to throttle unlmited data customers, but only during period of high demand on the tower they are connected to.
- 13 year old loves her Samsung Galaxy S4, sleeps with it under pillow, meltdown ensues.
- Google and IEEE launch $1M “Little Box” challenge to shrink power inverters.
- Sync your watching of Sharknado(please no) with your Hue lightbulbs using a second screen app.
- Platform News
- Chromecast turns one.
- Google Play now offers Offline Games section.
- Unlock your Motorola phone with a digital tattoo(aka waterproof sticker)
- Google adds support for making Google Voice calls via Hangouts without needing a Google+ account.
- Google no longer makes you sign in twice when setting up accounts on Android with two factor authentication.
- Managed intents could be Google’s key to the enterprise market.
- App News
- Automattic team working on Gravatar app for Android releases Selfies app instead. Gravatar stands for Globally Recognized AVATAR. (Play Link)
- HTC releases the clock app that started it all to the Play Store. (Play Link)
- Authy is another Authenticator alternative that offers cloud sync (Play Link)
- Amazon releases Amazon Wallet beta on Android. (Play Link)
- Microsoft releases Microsoft Account, adding two-factor authentication using your phone. (Play Link)
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