Episode 269 – New Website, New Phone?

By | October 7, 2015

The last Wednesday show for a while

Show Notes

  • Android News
    • Android 6.0 now rolling out.
    • Developer MaR-V-iN wants to offer open source framework called microG GmsCore to allow apps to run on devices that don’t have Google Play Services.
    • Stagefright 2.0 uses specially crafted audio or video files to exploit a vulnerability in the Stagefright library.
    • How Google Cloud Messaging handles Doze in Android 6.0.
    • Nexus AMA Compilation.
    • T-Mobile says the Nexus 5X and 6P won’t have Band 12 LTE Support for now.
  • App News
    • Roku app to be overhauled alongside new box.
    • Lightroom for Android gains new tools. Requires Adobe subscription. (Play Store)
    • Google now supports limited offline commands.
    • KeePass2Android updated with material design. (Play Link)
    • Google Photos receives update with Chromecast support
    • Chainfire transfers ownership of SuperSU to CCMT, will remain involved for 2 more years.
  • In Other News
    • Russia’s Anti-Monopoly agency says Google must alter contracts with Russian Carriers or face fine equal to 15% of 2014 revenue.
    • Mayor of Stockton, CA claims DHS forced him to forfeit his passwords and his electronics without due process.
    • Jamaican based mobile operator Digicel plans to block ads for their customers unless Google and other companies pay them to let the ads through.
    • Librarian of Congress James Billington retires, has been the Librarian since 1987, and a replacement has yet to be appointed. Billington famously made rulings on jailbreaking and unlocking cell phones.
    • Amazon to delist Nexus Players and Chromecast because they don’t support Amazon Video. Why not?
    • Apple apparently declines Google’s request to add Chromecast functionality to Apple Music.

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