Episode 537 – Health, Safety, Welfare

By | May 6, 2021
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  • Android News
    • Google might care about Wear again?
    • Google cracks down on misleading names and graphics in the Play Store.
    • New Play Store UI makes it harder to check for updates.
    • Google admits even they think Android tablets are good for entertainment and not much else.
  • In Other News
    • Roku and Google fight, YouTube TV off the platform.
    • Almost 20% of Spectrum customers exceed 1TB a month.
    • NY requires $15 broadband for poor people, promptly gets sued.
    • Facebook and Instagram notices on iOS tell users tracking help keeps the apps free.
    • Mobile Data Costs Plummet 88% in Five Years, U.S. consumers pay 4x more than the rest of the world.
    • Amazon Show Mode turns some Lenovo laptops into Smart Displays. Chromebooks can also be turned into smart displays with Ambient mode.
    • Google and Amazon want to control your smart home, but it still isn’t good enough.
    • New Android Tablet has an HDMI input and can act as a secondary display.

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