Episode 336 – Guru Hates Al Roker and Other Weather Stories

Guru is preparing to weather Winter Storm Niko.

Show Notes

• Android News
  • CyanogenInc rebrands as Andrasta.
  • Designed with our friends at Google might be the Nexus brand’s replacement.
  • Android 7.1.2 adds fingerprint swipe for notifications to the older Nexus.
• Apps News
  • Google Maps adds bottom bar for traffic, transit, and places.
  • Play Store My Apps section to get Updates tab and allow sorting of installed apps.
  • Chrome for Android adds new download features, performance improvements, and more.
  • Google is finally making web apps first class citizens on Android
  • Google Now Launcher being retired in a few weeks.
• In Other News
  • Most smart TVs are tracking you, Vizio just got caught
  • Congress is once again trying to make it harder for law enforcement to read your emails
  • Judge rules differently than last year’s Microsoft case advising that the infringement of privacy took place in the U.S. not in the overseas data center.
  • Petition seeks to rename Pittsburgh Airport after Mister Rogers.
  • How we fought bad ad, sites, and spammers in 2016.

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