Jere is sick, Guru is exhausted, but they aren’t fighting.
Show Notes
- In Other News
- Platform News
- Google is upgrading the digital certificates used to secure its services. Beginning August 1st, they wil use 2048 bits, twice as many
- Amazon Appstore now available in nearly 200 countries.
- Transitioning to Google Wallet Merchant Center – Google to discontinue Google Checkout for physical goods or services. effective November 20th. These individuals can transition to Instant Buy, which speeds buying but doesn’t do payment processing.
- Conversational Search Goes Live on Chrome, the same as Google Search on Android.
- Google Releases Monthly Trending Topics
- Why You Should Use Google Keep?
- App News
- New Gmail to Feature Categories for Social, Promotions, Etc. Appears to be the SmartLabels lab feature.
- Google Voice is to be integrated into Hangouts.
- Action Launcher updated, supports theme packs, tap and drag from the Quick Drawer, and more. (Play Link)
- Chrome 28 Beta release adds Fullscreen API, Faster page loads, WebGL, WebAudio, and WebRTC.
- Google Drive updated with new Card-Style UI, Document Scanner, and more.
- Ingress gets update, new notifications, animation, and more. (Play Link)
- Permanent Screen Off for the Visually Impaired.
- Redesigned Opera Leaves Beta, uses Webkit. (Play Link)
- Google’s Field Trip app offers free admission to 13 museums around the country. (Play Link)
- Flickr App Updated with High Res Photo Look. (Play Link)
- Floating Notifications Brings ChatHead like functionality, still in Alpha.
- Google+ for Android features released, include major improvements to photo handling.
- Producteev is now Free. (Play Link)
- Sprint buys Handmark and its Subsidiary OneLouder App.
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