Another week…
Show Notes
- This past Saturday was the 25th anniversary of the first website.
- Android News
- Android platform distribution numbers…Marshmallow 15.2%, Lollipop 35.5%, KitKat 29.2%…
- Your Nexus 5x and 6P wall adapters could fry other USB-C devices.
- Android Wear gets new update and includes July security patch.
- Someone reviews an Android USB endoscope? With the weirdest review yet.
- Swipe Fingerprint Scanner to open notification shade on new Nexuses.
- App News
- Fast and smooth video on Chrome…video playback has been improved for speed and power efficiency. Videos will now start playing sooner, instead of pausing briefly before loading, and your battery will last longer. Video now also works with Data Saver mode.
- Google Now on Tap now shows Google Now cards.
- Android Pay rolling out Nearby Tab showing Android Pay supporting retailers and how far they are.
- Duolingo now supports Hebrew, Hungarian, and Vietnamese.
- Dropbox’s new app, Paper, is in Beta. (Play Link)
- Weather Quick Settings is an early app to take advantage of Nougat’s new customizable quick setting tiles.
- Apple Music for Android is out of beta.
- Exciting Improvements Delivered Today in Firefox for Desktop and Android.
- New Nexus launcher shown that may debut on the 2016 Nexus phones…no more launcher button.
- In Other News
- Dashlane is working with Google on a new open source API for Android called YOLO(You Only Login Once)
- Tablet shipments continue to fall. shipments were down 12-16 percent.
- Homido Mini is the most pocketable Google Cardboard kit ever
- FCC Sets Guidelines for the Death of DSL and Copper.
- David Huddleston dead at age of 85, known for his role in Blazing Saddles and the title role in the Big Lebowski.
- Sesame Street apologizes for Misunderstandings over status of Luis, Bob, and Gordon. Bob and Luis last appeared in episodes taped in 2013, and in 2014 they were all told that with the new half hour format, demands would be reduced, but they were never let go…and the Sesame Workshop CEO claimed they could have done a better job of communicating future episode plans and looked forward to meeting with the three of them to discuss the future.
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