Episode 283 – Shed a Little Light

By | January 18, 2016
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Show Notes

  • Android News
    • Google’s I/O 2016 conference announced for May 18th-20th
    • Still own a Nook Tablet? You can now try Cyanogenmod 13 Nightlies
    • Android Auto will be in as many as 40 different models of car this year
    • Google now offering App Promo Codes in the Play Store
    • You can now Google Yoga Poses
  • App News
    • ISIS is creating its own app to coordinate terror attacks.
    • Recordr, the Advanced Sound Recorder App. (Play Link)
    • Google Fit on Android Wear will soon track your run.
    • Google suspends Podcast Addict, apparently for sexually explicit content.
    • Google Maps getting Driving Mode, attempts to determine when you should leave to get to a destination.
    • Plex updated with new first run screens and Plex Mix support.
  • In Other News
    • Microsoft drops official support for Windows 8, and all versions of Explorer except 11.
    • Google is bringing Chromecast streaming into Chrome
    • Republicans in Congress moving to forbid the FCC to act on complaints about pricing.
    • New bill in Kentucky state legislature would impose ban of at least one hour before allowing the online publication of any details identifying the potential victims of serious physical injury. It would exempt the injured individual, journalists, and emergency responders.
    • Google security researchers excoriates TrendMicro for critical defects.
    • New York wants to ban smartphone encryption.
    • David Marguelies, best known for playing the Mayor in Ghostbusters, dead at Age 78.
    • Spatial Audio comes to the Cardboard SDK.
    • Alan Rickman dead at age 69.

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