Episode 163 – The Stream is Live, But the Guru is Silent

By | September 3, 2013

Compact Cassette

Guru is back and streaming on a Beaglebone Black. But Jere…

Show Notes

  • In Other News
    • Happy Birthday 50th, Compact Cassette. On August 30, 1963, the compact cassette tape was revealed.
    • 1 in 5 American adults have neither smartphones nor broadband.
  • Platform News
    • Cyanogenmod 10.1.3(Android 4.2.2) RC1 is now ready to download.
    • Hangouts transitions from H264 to VP8 and HD Streaming.
    • Pressy, a $17 button that controls your phone through the headphone jack.
    • Google responds to Chromecast castroversy, claims will not be shutting out independent developers indefinitely.
    • Arkon’s new car mount includes a programmable NFC tag.
  • App News
    • Digg Reader released for Android. (Play Link)
    • Shazam gets large update with new UI, identifies music. (Play Link)
    • Pocket Casts will be getting Chromecast support in the future, but this functionality cannot be released. Google is currently forbidding the release of any third-party apps until some details are arranged.
    • Firefox for Android updates UI in the nightlies.
    • Google Keyboard Updated to v1.1 with long-press numbers on top row for Tablets and more. (Play Link)
    • Botifier sends Android notifications to car stereos and any bluetooth avrcp 1.3 display. (Play Link)
    • Cast to uPnP/DLNA for GMusic can stream music. It emulates a Chromecast device to allow adding of DLNA devices to the Chromecast menu in Google Music.  (Play Link)
    • Action Launcher updated to 4.3 base code, adds ability to change individual icons, more bug fixes.
    • DirecTV app completely redesigned. (Play Link)
    • Utter gets major update, adds wakeup command. (Play Link)
    • Pushover redesigned, adds swipe to delete, notification sync, etc. (Play Link)