Episode 464 – Early to Record, Early to Post

By | November 13, 2019

Show Notes

  • Infographic: Google Releases App, Proceeds to Shut App Down
  • Android News
    • Bill Gates says Windows Mobile lost to Android because of Microsoft’s antitrust issues
    • Opinion: Google is trying to build phones for 80% of users and its leading to mistakes
    • Google rolls out ramping ringer feature for Pixel phones
    • Google’s App Defense Alliance teams up to fight malware on Android
    • Android Auto hints at bringing back weather info.
    • Google is deprecating Android’s AsyncTask API in Android 11
    • Developers: It is super easy to bypass Android’s hidden API restrictions
    • One Biometric API over all Android
    • Privacy Protections for physical activity on Android 10
  • App News
    • Google Camera rolling out to older Pixels
  • Home Automation
    • You Can Now Ask Google Assistant to fill up your bathtub, close your faucet, or control your de/humidifier
    • Ring Doorbell update prevents neighbors from stealing your wifi
  • In Other News
    • Google is open-sourcing Cardboard and is no longer actively developing the cardboard SDK.
    • Google starts showing dates on smart display slideshows.
    • Nest Hub and Nest Max to get ultrasound presence sensing.
    • T-Mobile promises $15 per month, 2GB plan if Sprint deal goes through.
    • Why more than 168,000 Valentine’s Day text messages arrived in November
    • Firefox browser is 15 years old.
    • Google was apparently collecting millions of American’s healthcare data without general awareness
    • US violated Constitution by searching phones for no good reason, judge rules

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