Episode 119 – Called on Account of Hurricane

By | October 30, 2012

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Guru battens down his hatches and we shorten the episode due to inclimate weather.

Show Notes

  • In Other News
    • Businessman bills a cold-call firm $13 for every minute they wasted his time and won. 
    • Librarian of Congress declares rooting smartphones is still legal for the next three years, but not tablets. Unlocking phones without carrier approval is no longer permitted. 
    • Google launches Get Your Google Back site to teach Windows 8 users how to add Google search to their devices and add Chrome. 
    • Apple apologizes on their UK website by judicial order…apologizes their tablet so cool everyone wants to copy it.
  • Platform News
    • Apple releases 7.9 inch iPad. No one is surprised, anyone who owns an Android tablet is annoyed. Now everyone will think they have an iPad mini.
    • Google postpones New York event due to Hurricane
    • Ubuntu installer now available for the Nexus 7
    • USPTO invalidates Apple rubber-band scrolling patent used in Samsung trial
  • App News
    • Kindle for Android updated, adds improved support for Jellybean, support to share documents and image files to your Kindle account and more. (Play Link)
    • Flipboard updated, adds audio soundtrack option. (Play Link)
    • Swiftkey unveils a beta of a Swype-competitor feature called Swiftkey Flow. 
    • BeyondPod updated with Jelly Bean fixes and UI improvements
    • Camera Zoom FX receives update, adds in brand new UI and brand new features. (Play Link)
    • Samsung Tectile 3.0 released, adds profiles, history, and private tags

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