Episode 474 – Set Phaser on Sleep

By | January 22, 2020
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Show Notes

  • App News
    • Researchers find 17 apps that bombard users with battery draining ads
    • You can now use Duo without a phone number
    • Google Phone app might add call recording support
    • Open Source Alternatives to Google Maps
    • WhatsApp only the second non-Google app to hit 5 billion installs
    • gesturePlus customizes the Android 10 Gestures.
    • Google might let you teach it how to pronounce names in your contact list.
  • In Other News
    • Google starts the process necessary to allow Fi and Voice on the same account
    • Smaller tech companies warn Congress that Amazon, Google, and Apple are killing competition
    • Carousel of Progress marks its 45th anniversary at Disney World. From 1967-1963 it was at Disneyland, prior to this, the World’s Fair.
    • NBC Peacock service launches this spring and will be free for Comcast and Cox customers, as well as an ad supported free tier.
    • We now suspect that Wyze Person Detection was terminated because Apple bought the provider.
    • All new Chromebooks will get at least 8 years of automatic updates

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