Episode 229 – Shenanigans

By | December 16, 2014

Guru and Jere have a late podcast.

Show Notes

  • Android News
    • Google enables guest mode for Chromecast. Once enabled, the Guest Mode acts as a beacon to nearby devices, and only a pin code is needed. The PIN even can be transmitted using inaudible tones.
    • Google Maps gets high-resolution 3-d imagery for NY and San Francisco, more cities in 2015.
  • App News
    • Kindle X-Ray now in Kindle for Android app. Allows for more information about the book or parts thereof.
    • My Tracks updated, adds Google Fit support and Android wear support. (Play Link)
    • Google Fit updated, brings support for manual entry. Android Wear disconnected support.
    • Amazon releases new shopping application. Google finally pulls old one for breaking Play Store policies. (Play Link)
    • Hulu offering Android exclusive access to select programs as a holiday promotion.
    • Cerberus 3.0 update goes stable.
    • Android Wear updated, adds full Watch Face API and a variety of small improvements.
    • Facer updated for new WatchFace API.
    • Muzei updated, version 2.0 released, with Android Wear support, new API, and much more. (Play Link)
    • Hangouts update adds last seen timestamps as well as lookup by phone number, and more.
  • In Other News
    • New Hangouts update for Chome adds phone integration.
    • Iowa to offer official driver’s license app in 2015.
    • Dashlane can now change all your passwords with a single click.
    • LastPass unveils password change feature for 75 sites…but doesn’t do them all at once.
    • President Obama joins in on an initiative to learn programming
    • Estonia wants to give everyone digital ID cards, even non-citizens and residents. For now, you have to visit Estonia to get one.
    • The FIDO initiative releases version 1.0 of its standard. Now that the standard is complete, adoption will likely increase.
    • Ting to add GSM support in February 2015.
    • Smart Lock coming to Chromebook, unlock Chromebooks with a Lollipop device.