Episode 251 – What Show is This Anyway?

By | May 18, 2015

Show Notes

  • Guru factory resets his Nexus 5.
  • App News
    • Chrome for Android does an AMA. No extensions planned for Chrome for Android.
    • Google Fit updated, adds a widget, a Wear watch face, and new estimates for distance travelled and calories burned.
    • Meerkat now released for Android. (Play Link)
    • NYT Now App goes subscription free…but not available for Android.
    • Google acknowledges WebView related app and device crashing. Claims new version will fix.
  • In Other News
    • Marty McFly didn’t have enough room to get to 88mph.
    • House passes the USA Freedom Act to end bulk collection of metadata. Must now go to the Senate.
    • Woman fired after disabling work app that tracked her location 24/7.
    • Chromecast adds CBS, HGTV, FOX, FX, Pluto, and Haystack to its stable of Chromecastable channels.
    • Chase to replace all debit cards with chip enabled cards.
    • Skype’s real time translator is now open to all.
    • Nearly 3 out of 4 households own a smartphone, outnumbering people who have laptops.
    • Verizon to acquire AOL for $4.4 billion.