Guru buries the lead.
Show Notes
- In Other News
- Apple has killed the classic iPod. Is this the death of dedicated portable music players?
- Yahoo reveals that they were threatened with a $250,000 daily fine if it didn’t participate in the PRISM program.
- The NY Times ponders the death of adulthood in American culture.
- Intel shows up a smart dress…are you kidding me?
- T-Mobile announces seamless handoff between VoLTE and wi-fi for every phone they sell.
- Dutch girl fakes a trip to Asia as part of a university project to show how Facebook activity is not necessarily reflective of real life. She needed a 5 week experiment for that?
- Penalty for driving while texting on Long Island is going to be mandating hardware/apps that disable the phone while driving.
- Platform News
- Android distribution numbers are out… KitKat at 24.5%, JellyBean 53.8%, ICS 9.6%, GB 11.4%.
- AARP offering tablet with custom launcher with large icons and 24/7 support.
- First set of Android apps coming to Chromebook
- Google drops G+ requirement for Hangouts
- Several lists released claiming to identify Google/Gmail users.
- Visa token, a credit card obfuscation service, announced and may come to Android in 2015. The service generates payment tokens by randomizing your credit card numbers. Currently exclusive to iPhones/Apple Pay.
- Introducing Free Phone Calls from Hangouts
- App News
- Ultralingua Bookshelf is the ultimate dictionary. Doesn’t know antidisestablishmentarianism, uninstalled. (Play Link)
- How to Setup Google Voice Voicemail in Hangouts
- Dedicated Hangouts Dialer app hits Play Store with calling functionality. (Play Link)
- Simcity comes to Android with Simcity Buildit
- Amazon updates app to 5.0, merges app store into Amazon app. Adds support for Amazon Instant Video via Amazon App store. Isn’t this against the Play Store TOS?
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