Episode 165 – Now With Live Mime

Guru and Jere talk about the future, and a mime invades the studio.

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Show Notes

• In Other News
  • Verizon’s bid to kill network neutrality law goes to court Monday
  • Google is stepping up efforts to encrypt information flowing between its own data centers.
  • Roku is adding support for the DIAL protocol to its devices. DIAL helps developers of second-screen apps to discover and launch applications on smart TVs and connected devices. This is the protocol the Chromecast uses.
• Looking to the Future
  • Wearables: A companion to the smartphone or to you?
  • Trusted Bluetooth Devices, a feature that lets you designate a connected bluetooth device as a “trusted” device. When it is connected, the lockscreen is bypassed.
  • Fingerprint Readers?
  • Seagate announces plans to bring ultrathin HDD to Android tablets.
  • Do we use Google Now and Voice Search to the Extent of their Abilities?
• Guru and the Chromebook
• Platform News
  • Almost 1000 fraudulent apps published on Google Play in August alone, most of which deleted within hours of posting on the store.
• App News
  • SimpleNote for Android now available. (Play Link)
  • Transit app Hopstop pulled from Play Store after Apple Acquisition.
  • Maps updated, adds Google Now style cards for navigation route cards.
  • New version of Twitter in beta with a new UI, Sidebar navigation. (Play Link)
  • Pocket Casts version 4.3 updated. (Play Link)
  • Microsoft Finally Takes Head out of Sand, Opens Up Xbox Music to Android. (Play Link)
  • Google Music update being rolled out, brings Genre-based Radio Stations.

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