Another snowy week in New York…and chilly in Florida.
Show Notes
- In Other News
- Ken Burns releasing an app that remixes his large library of documentaries into new forms.
- Major Bitcoin company releases open source library to make it easier to build Bitcoin apps.
- Warner tries to defend its copyright to Happy Birthday.
- Supreme Court to hear Aereo case on April 22nd.
- The quality of your mobile connection could be linked to your phone bill/value as a customer.
- Platform News
- Sprint CEO says: Just Give Us Time and we’ll build the 4G network of your dreams. Sprint is ripping out its infrastructure and upgrading it to new technology, as opposed to supplementing its existing infrastructure. But will it come in time before competitors surpass it?
- HTC America hosts AMA on Reddit.
- Swappa website updated, now better on Mobile, more features on desktop.
- People act as if Google’s restriction on licensing Gapps has changed recently. Android is open, but the Google apps, including the Play Store, are not.
- Who wants to buy an Android powered coffee table? Do you have $7000?
- New Client API Model in Google Play Services, unifies the model for client connections.
- Sandisk offering a dual USB drive with regular and microUSB for easy mobile and desktop use.
- App News
- Muzei Live Wallpaper, by the creator of Dashclock, Roman Nurik. Muzei sets a custom image as your wallpaper, rotating every night. The default rotates through pieces or art or photos on the phone. Has an open API, supporting plugins of other wallpaper sources. There are already a bunch of extensions. (Play Link)
- Google Play Music updated, adds offline radio caching, in-app device management, and more. (Play Link)
- Google Search can now learn relationships as a way to improve contact recognition. Try…Call My ___
- Bolt offers free calling and combines it with a full dialer app for seamless integration. The average call uses 60kb per minute. (Play Link)
- Authenticator Plus is an Authenticator app that syncs your two-factor authentication across devices and backs up to Dropbox. (Play Link)
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