Episode 294 – Revenge is a Dish Best Served by Subpoena

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Show Notes

• Android News
  • N Preview has a Calculator Quick Setting tile.
  • Google’s new Live Cases let you customize your Nexus phone case with a photo or map.
  • Google now providing OTA zip links for Android N Previews
  • Google Launcher on N Preview lets you set different wallpapers for home and lockscreen.
• App News
  • HTC’s new Boost+ app is one of the least useful things they’ve ever made.
  • Find Your Goals with Google Calendar
  • Google Voice Access App allows for complete control with just voice.
• In Other News
  • Google aims for transparency with updated user data rules on the Chrome Store.
  • Let’s Encrypt is Now Out of Beta
  • Google’s new Save to Chrome extension is a half-hearted clone of Pocket and Instapaper
  • Alphabet could be building an entire futuristic city soon…Maybe they should call it the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.
  • National Weather Service to stop using all caps on weather forecasts.
  • Lawyers who won Happy Birthday copyright case suing over We Shall Overcome.
  • U.S. House Committee approves bill requiring warrants for e-mail.
  • Stephen Hawking and a Russian billionaire want to send spacecraft to Alpha Centauri
  • Roadside textalyzer could help stop distracted driving in New York
  • Paramount thinks the Klingon language is copyrighted unless there are real Klingons to talk to.
  • New USB Type-C authentication specification hopes to stop faulty cables before they do damage

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