Episode 80 – The Incredible Shrinking Co-Host

By | January 31, 2012

Guru and Jere talk about privacy, news, and more.

Android on Asus Eee PC 900

Image by Matti Mattila via Flickr

Show Notes

  • Tablet Talk – Guru reports on his three days with tablets.
  • EFF asking for help in renewing exemptions on jailbreaking/rooting, and asking for extensions to tablets and video game consoles.
  • Google unifies privacy policies under one umbrella. World panics.
  • Platform News
    • T-Mobile USA Testing IPv6 on Select Devices
    • RIM’s new CEO says that all Android devices are the same. “Just take a look where the Android OEMs are. I leave this to you. Take a look at their recent announcements and what you will immediately see is there is just no room for differentiation because they are all the same.”
    • Flurry reports that the Kindle Fire is closing in on the Galaxy Tab as the top Android tablet
    • it isn’t the Menu Button, it is the Action Overflow
    • We still need better Tablet apps
  • App News
  • ReadItLater Pro paid app captures 45% of new holiday signups – during the holiday season, registrations grew 148% from November to December.