Episode 502 – Subscribe Now

By | August 20, 2020
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Show Notes

  • Android Buffet site updated with new links.
  • Android News
    • Android 11 will only allow preinstalled camera apps to respond to the image/video capture intents.
    • Multi-room audio control from Nest devices. You can move music from one room to another.
    • Wear getting update in fall, including UI tweaks, speed, etc.
  • App News
    • Happy Fourth Birthday, Google Duo! Google Meet might eventually replace Duo.
    • Google Maps now have more detail.
    • Facebook starts merger of Instagram and Messenger chats
    • Telegram now supports video calls. And Chat Bubbles.
    • Google Meet now available on Chromecast, uses camera and microphone from your computer.
    •  Google Assistant Smart Displays will be able to join Zoom calls.
    • Tasker shows off future power menu integration.
    • tinyCam is one of the first to use new power menu.
  • In Other News
    • HBO Max adds disclaimer to Blazing Saddles.
    • Spectrum can charge online video sites for network connections and no longer has to provide basic broadband to economically disadvantaged groups because FCC declines to defend conditions of merger.
    • Apple to enforce 1 year limit on certificate lifetimes on September 1, Mozilla and Google to follow.
    • Four cities in Indiana expect online video providers to pay franchise fees.
    • Facebook sued claiming fact checking against vaccinations is censorship.

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