Guru and Jere are tired and need help to recharge their batteries.
Show Notes
- In Other News
- The 6 Worst Google Reader Alternatives…time to bring back the telegraph.
- Skype will kill its Desktop API by end of 2013.
- Sprint unveils new Unlimited Plans…guarantee of unlimited, but not pricing or speed.
- T-Mobile unveils JUMP plan, offers a combination of handset insurance and the opportunity to return your phone twice a year and buy a new device on the installment plan for $10 a month.
- The Inventory of Twister passes away at age 82. Twister debuted in 1966, but Foley held 97 patents.
- Social Bookmarking for Introverts site Pinboard celebrates 4 years.
- Apple and Amazon stop fighting over who gets to use “App Store” name
- US agency destroys $170,000 worth of PCs, printers, keyboards, mice, and cameras to get rid of viruses. The EDA destroyed not only (uninfected) desktop computers but also printers, cameras, keyboards, and even mice. The destruction only stopped—sparing $3 million of equipment—because the agency had run out of money to pay for destroying the hardware, total cost of the incident, $2.7 million.
- Do you still believe a microSD slot is necessary on your smartphone?
- Platform News
- Distribution charts updated, JellyBean at 37.9%, Gingerbread at 34.1%, ICS at 23.3%.
- Will Google kill Google Voice now that it has added voice calling to Hangouts? Google has called Hangouts the future of Google Voice? Will they add text messaging integration and kill the idea of voicemail and a second phone number?
- Google killing Latitude August 9th.
- Dropbox introduces new Datastore API at developer conference, enables raw structured data to be synced inside Dropbox across multiple devices. Official Blog announcement.
- App News
- Android Studio updated to version 0.20
- Audible App updated with completely new UI and improved performance. (Play Link)
- Desktop notifications displays Android notifications on your computer. Browser plugin must be added. (Play Link)
- Wunderground releases Wundermap for Android Tablets, a radar centric weather app. (Play Link)
- Opera browser updated with faster startup, video downloads, etc. Now Chromium based (Play Link)
- Google Maps updated with new UI previewed at I/O…Google brings back offline maps button to Maps app in response to complaints
- Libon, a VoIP app made by Orange, now available in the United States. (Play Link)
- Inflight Flight simulator released. (Play Link)
- Skype for Android brings back signout button. (Play Link)
- Yahoo Mail updated to Version 2.6 adds Dropbox integration and more. (Play Link)
- Newegg updated, adds personalized homescreen and push notification/price alerts for certain products.
- Baconreader – Reddit Client updated, adds tablet UI. (Play Link)
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