Groundhog Day Approaches.
Show Notes
- Android News
- App News
- Google adds Smart Suggestions to Calendar in more than 30 new languages.
- Chrome updated to v48 with Actionable Notifications, Status Bar Color without Merged Tabs, etc.
- ParcelTrack is The Author of the Article’s New Favorite Package Tracker on Android (Play Link)
- Pushbullet competitor Join goes paid, starting at $3.99
- Google Hangouts 7.0 asks users to stop using it for SMS
- Mobile Comments arrive for Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets
- Google shutting down My Tracks on April 30th. Apparently due Google Fit, however, Google Fit is a fitness app, and my tracks is a tracking app.
- 25 Million Installs of Cardboard Apps from the Play Store and more than 5 million Cardboard VR viewers.
- Inbox on Android gets improved search with Quick Cards for Orders, Flights, Bills, and more.
- In Other News
- Abe Vigoda has passed.
- January 27th was International Data Privacy Day
- The three worst tragedies in spaceflight history occurred between January 27 and February 1. Apollo 1 on January 27, 1967, the Challenger on January 28, 1986, and the Columbia on February 1, 2003.
- Many U.S. banks will be integrating cardless ATM technology in 2016.
- NayuOS is a Google-free version of Chromium OS.
- High severity bug in OpenSSL allows attackers to decrypt traffic.
- FCC expected to require more choices for cable set-top boxes.
- Sprint to lay off 2,000 Customer Service employees
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