Category Archives: Podcast

Episode 624 – Admin Tax Day

  It’s Time for DROID Amazon to flag ‘frequently returned’ products you maybe shouldn’t buy Amazon opens up its Sidewalk Network to all – Stacey on IoT | Internet of Things news and analysis Pixel’s Adaptive Charging feature no longer relies on alarms to get morning top-ups right Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and creator of Moore’s Law, has… Read More »

Episode 623 – Kazooing in SIlence

Google Contacts will soon offer to notify you when it’s someone’s birthday Google could bring its Photos Unblur AI magic to videos Belkin is giving up on smart home standard Matter Android TV rolls out user profiles, but there’s a caveat Android’s new Reading Mode: How to install and use the simple text feature T-Mobile will acquire Mint… Read More »

Episode 622 – Activating Away Mode

Sonoff iHost is coming soon: local server to partly solve connection issues YouTube’s annoying overlay ads will end next month Ring is ruining its products with this huge policy change Let’s go. It’s Google I/O 2023 Why the floppy disk just won’t die Chromebooks can auto-run PWAs at login in the future Ring is now locking some features… Read More »

Episode 621 – Googley News

2023.3: Dialogs! Android is adding support for eSIM transfer between devices Connecting all things Android at MWC Barcelona Google’s celebrating an early spring with new Android and Wear OS features Google TV update saves you from constantly jumping between apps Mozilla: Google Play Store’s fancy data safety labels are essentially worthless Android Auto briefly takes some smart Maps… Read More »

Episode 620 – Liberty and Prosperity

  A Tribute to the State of New Jersey, and apology to our friend murph for impugning it. Skee-ball, the drive-in movie, and condensed soup were invented…as well as the submarine and first American steam locomotive President Grover Cleveland, the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms…was from New Jersey. James Garfield chose to die in New Jersey,… Read More »

Episode 619 – Sleep Well Our Hosts

  Mozilla Firefox picks up one of Android 13’s nicest features Google’s Gboard Gets a Major Toolbar Upgrade Android 14 may integrate Google Play’s data safety section to show you why apps need location access Android 14 adds new features to make third-party app stores work even better Android 14 lays further groundwork to kill physical SIMs Wear… Read More »

Episode 618 – My Dinner with Elon

  The first developer preview of Android 14 Google Maps New Glanceable Directions are Amazing Android Auto now has a full weather app with ‘WeatherRadar’ [Video] Android TV 13 has finally, actually launched Here’s what’s in the now available Chrome 110 Release Android 14 may allow some phones to be used as webcams YouTube adds ‘Go Live Together’… Read More »

Episode 617 – There are no Groundhogs in Florida

2023.2: How can I Assist? NBC Peacock’s free accounts are no longer available to new users Walmart’s ultra-cheap Android TV streaming box is getting a sequel that should arrive soon Anker finally comes clean about its Eufy security cameras Google Fi seemingly affected by latest T-Mobile data breach, no personal data leaked Mozilla’s Pocket app makeover wants to… Read More »

Episode 616 – Here’s to You Mrs Jones

The DOJ sues Google for ad dominance, wants to break company up Google Clock 7.4 updates timer UI and tests buttons for ending alarms Want to help others? Leave your AI at the door 8 Google Photos alternatives you’ll want to install on your phone today Android could be picking up some new tools for approximating Bluetooth device… Read More »

Episode 615 – We’re Getting Too Old for This

Android 13 is running on 5.2% of all devices five months after launch Google plans AirTag clone, will track devices with 3 billion Android phones Google Translate now supports 33 new languages offline Android Auto redesign rolling out draggable seek bar in music apps Google helps devs bring new Android features to older phones Google Meet will soon let… Read More »