Episode 183 – How Much of Your Life is Spent on the Toilet?

By | January 21, 2014

English: photo of toilet seat

Another week of exciting news.

Show Notes

  • In Other News
    • Amazon plans to ship your packages before you order them.
    • Tech Companies still concerned after Obama’s NSA Reform announcement, as many of their concerns not addressed.
    • Adware vendors buying Chrome extensions to send ad and malware filed updates.
    • Google testing contact lens that can monitor glucose levels.
    • Google research project turns 64 years of music into rainbow-colored chart.
    • Net neutrality overturned due regulatory constraints.
    • United Nations votes unanimously to declare online privacy a human right.
    • Court throws out case against driver ticketed for Google Glass.
    • Google to acquire Nest for $3.2 billion
  • Platform News
    • Sprint to add wifi calling, maybe.
    • Google working on Android Fitness API to tap into fitness data and store in your Google account.
    • Google Now cards now in the Canary build for Google Chrome for Mac, Windows, and ChromeOS users.
    • Android apps are faster to build than competing mobile OSes.
  • App News
    • Latest Chrome update adds beta feature reducing data usage in Chrome. (Play Link)
    • Looking like Chrome Remote Desktop app coming to Android.
    • Level, a popular iOS financial management app, now has an Android version. App tells you how much money you can spend each day. (Play Link)
    • New Swiftkey update, resolves several memory and performance issues and more.
    • Greenify now has limited support for non-rooted devices. (Play Link)
    • GalleryNext, Cyanogenmod’s gallery app, enters the Play Store in beta. Supports cloud sources, various views, and more.