Episode 193 – The Emergency Backup Personality

By | March 31, 2014

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Guru activates his emergency backup personality for tonight’s show and attempts to be upbeat in honor of the end of March.

Show Notes

  • In Other News
    • IRS declares bitcoin property and subject to capital gains and losses.
    • Microsoft agrees to stop looking through Hotmail and instead turn any issue over to law enforcement.
    • Verizon asks FCC to not try to reimpose net neutrality until there is a threat to net neutrality.
    • Monopoly debating the pros and cons on the game’s Facebook page to incorporate all into a special edition.
    • Public Service Announcement: Study Finds Pee in Pool Water Yields Toxic Byproduct, cyanogen chloride, which is considered a chemical warfare agent
    • Sprint plans to bring HD voice to the entire network by July. People make fewer voice calls than ever.
  • Guru tries out the Meenova, the microSD card reader for Android devices, smaller than a quarter and designed to attach to a keyring. Discovers a competing product, the Leef Access dongle, that is not quite as tiny.
  • Platform News
    • Google updates Play Store policies to crack down on deceptive ads
    • Study Finds Kit Kat to be Most Stabile Mobile OS Available, Gingerbread at most likely, the latest version of iOS nearly as bad.
    • Google mandates “Powered by Android” branding on new devices during the boot process.
    • Google reportedly focusing on improving enterprise security in Android
    • HTC Follows Google and Motorola’s Lead with Software Updates and Adds Key Apps to Play Store
    • Two men plead guilty to copyright infringement. The men were involved in two piracy sites which distributed Android apps
  • App News
    • Microsoft Office now free for Android phones. (Play Link)
    • Timehop comes to Android, gives you social media posts from the past. (Play Link)
    • Cerberus issues statement following data breach.
    • LastPass finds a way to autofill on Android