Episode 468 – Thank You, Carroll

Show Notes

• Home Automation
  • Sonoff introduces a  USB smart switch. Guru orders some.
  • Google Assistant can now control…once someone writes support…your blender, cooktop, dehydrator, fryer, grill, multicooker, petfeeder, pressure-cooker, sous-vide, stand mixer, yogurt maker, beds, drawers, closets.
  • Ring Neighbors found to be hiding coordinates that can identify the location of posts.
• Android News
  • State by state Android popularity map suggests where you live may affect phone choice
  • Google Assistant now asks for your dietary preferences for when you ask for recipes
  • Android’s commitment to Kotlin
  • Google announces Android 10 for Android TV and the ADT-3 developer box.
  • Google issues the How Google Play Works report.
• App News
  • Amazon Photo is the best photo service you aren’t using
  • Craigslist launches a basic Android app
  • Google Maps may add lighting layer to show brightly lit streets.
  • Android Auto now showing temperature for some
  • Microsoft Math Solver  solves math problems.
  • Google Photo adds material design account switcher that includes backup indication.
  • Bluecoins Finance is a local budgeting app for Android that supports backup to Drive or Dropbox.
• In Other News
  • FCC tries to bury fact that Verizon and T-Mobile exaggerated 4G coverage
  • Google Calendar now supports moving events between calendars.
  • Gmail will soon support attaching multiple emails to a message.
  • Google Fi offering free Nest Mini to subscribers in good standing
• Guru is saddened by the loss this week of, D.C. Fontana, Rene Auberjoinois, Irving Burgie, and Carroll Spinney.

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