Guru and Jere discuss disposable technologies, smart underwear, and more.
Show Notes
- In Other News
- Motorola CEO sees Project Ara as future of Moto Maker customization.
- Microsoft developing a smart bra to tell women to step away from the fridge.
- Has Technology Become a Disposable Commodity?
- Judge throws out Google Privacy policy case, noting that “users are the real product.”
- The people behind Jabber and Grand Central want to reinvent how we chat. Google dropped support for XMPP in Hangouts, WhatsApp uses a closed version of Jabber, and Layar is looking to build a new open standard and a hosted service that will allow any application to add communications functionality and interoperability with other apps.
- Bluetooth 4.1 approved, will avoid interference with LTE radios, a better sleep-wake cycle to connect, data transfer at higher rates, the ability to act as a peripheral and a hub at the same time, possible dedicated channel to IPV6.
- Proposed Bill to Fight Patent Trolls Overwhelmingly Passed by House
- AT&T adds new Mobile Share Value plans which drop the cost once the phone is paid for. Is this a trend?
- Congress wants to tackle telecommunications laws again.
- A new USB connector is on the way as part of the USB3.1 standard which will be reversible and around the same size as today’s Micro-B connectors.
- Platform News
- December’s Platform Distribution numbers, KitKat Carves Out 1.1% in a short period, Jellybean at 54.5%.
- New Nexus TV rumor suggest Google may try for the living room again.
- Google Play Store updated again, new social activity feed.
- Google now allows Gmail and Calendar data to be exported. Calendar is already available and Gmail is rolled out over the next month.
- App News
- FTC finds popular flashlight app for Android illegally shared data with advertisers.
- Amazon MP3 app update gives UI upgrade, improved speed, and sharing to Facebook. (Play Link)
- Quip, a mobile word processor, launches for Android, tries to create a collaborative writing experience designed for mobile, suffers from significant limitations. (Play Link)
- Adsense updated, adds new metrics that can be monitored and more reports. (Play Link)
- Fleksy Keyboard now out of beta, large keys, autocorrection, and a thirty day free trial. (Play Link)
- Word Lens Translation updated with tablet support. (Play Link)
- Google Music adds SD Card Downloads and New Sharing Options. (Play Link)
- Action Launcher Pro updated, adds new features and a free version. (Play Link)
- Pingdom releases app to support website uptime monitoring. (Play Link)
- Google FIeld Trip redesigned with points of interest. (Play Link)
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