Episode 212 – A Little Bit of Android

By | August 11, 2014

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Show Notes

  • In Other News
    • OpenSignal releases its 2014 US wi-fi report. McDonalds is faster than Best Buy, Disney in park is fast than Disney in room, etc.
    • Google to give Secure Sites a ranking boost.
    • T-Mobile is now the largest provider of prepaid phone service in the US
    • Laptop Magazine battery test shows T-Mobile smartphones have the best battery life.
    • Spint has a new CEO
    • Justin TV shuts down
  • Platform News
    • Google has reimposed the limits on deauthorizations of devices for Play Music.
    • Moto X bootloader unlocked, hacker claims almost all Snapdragon devices are vulnerable.
    • Multiple user accounts coming soon to Android smartphones, will no longer be exclusive to tablets
  • App News
    • T-Mobile releases official SIM unlocking app, only available for one phone so far. (Play Link)
    • Handcent updates design, adds cross-platform sync. (Play Link)
    • Android Device Manager adds support for the phone to let whoever has it call you.
    • United’s Android app now lets you scan your passport for international flight check-in. (Play Link)
    • Google Chrome for Android is dropping LastPass auto-fill support. Google is preventing third-party apps from injecting Javascript code into the web browser.
    • WordPress updated to 3.0…swipe between posts in the reader, help from Automattic, etc. (Play Link)

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