Episode 314 – Golden Ticket

By | September 5, 2016

Show Notes

  • Android News
    • Android phone manufacturers keep pretending that Android doesn’t exist.
    • How Android Doze works and how to tweak it
    • Project Ara is now dead.
    • Rumor that there is a hardware event on October 4th, with new smartphones with the Pixel name, a 4K Chromecast, Google Home, Daydream VR, etc.
    • Samsung officially conducting investigation of battery explosions on Note 7. Sales suspended in interim.
    • The Power of “Early Access” to an App.
  • App News
    • Street View update can automatically detect and blur faces, group unpublished 360 photos, and soon point out photography sites.
    • Preview version of Crossover runs Windows apps on Android and Chromebooks.
    • Facebook adds Instant Video to Messenger.
    • Google Contacts updates with better labeling, duplicate managements, etc.
  • In Other News
    • Mark Zuckerberg built an AI that controls his house, and he’ll demo it next month.
    • Phillips Hue now works with Google OnHub.
    • Verizon introduces LTE Advanced in 461 cities.
    • Gene Wilder dies at 83.
    • Project FI has a powerful feature hidden in plain sight.