Episode 273 – Guru Gives into Pure Temptation

By | November 2, 2015
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Android Buffet site hacked. Guru rebuilds

Show Notes

  • Guru gives in to temptation.
  • Android News
    • Reports that Android and Chrome OS are going to merge are refuted by Google. Google responds it is committed to Chrome OS.
    • Developers can now control the exact time their updates go live.
  • App News
    • Google Maps added turn by turn directions six years ago.
    • Texpand lets you insert commonly used text in any app with any keyboard. (Play Store)
    • Google launches Who’s Down to see when your friends are willing to hang out. Still in beta. (Play Store)
    • Amazon Music adds SD card support and Wear Support.
    • Custom Quick Settings adds new tiles to Quick Settings via 6.0 UI Tuner. (Play Store)
  • In Other News
    • Twitch launches new hub to showcase creative professionals, streams all 403 episodes of the Joy of Painting, Twitch users troll Bob Ross. October 29th would have been Bob Ross’s 73rd birthday.
    • Twitch also turns installing Arch Linux into a community event.
    • Court says its legal for the NSA to spy on everyone because Congress established a transition period to the new USA Freedom Act.
    • Petition for White House support for encryption and to reject any law, policy, or mandate that would undermine personal security will be responded to.
    • Ultra-Orthodox Jews using Whatsapp to defy their rabbis’ internet ban.

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