Episode 198 – Break Out The Party Honkers

By | May 6, 2014

Fweee!

Next episode is our 200th.

Show Notes

  • In Other News
    • Toronto Library asked to remove Hop on Pop because it “encourages children to use violence against their fathers,” as well as issue an apology to fathers in the Greater Toronto Area and pay any resulting damages.
    • Flaw discovered in OpenID and OAuth, solution would require whitelisted domains.
    • Maryland Prince George County police to live-tweet prostitution sting, follow #PGPDVice.
    • In honor of the 50th anniversary of Basic… A Short History of BASIC, as told in Animated GIFs.
    • Every MIT undergrad to get $100 in Bitcoin as part of an experiment.
    • Supreme Court heard arguments on whether a warrant is needed to search a phone upon arrest.
    • 60 Minutes Shocked to Find Out that intercontinental ballistic missile program run on 8-inch floppies.
    • Chasing Down a Cell Phone Thief…
  • Platform News
    • Jury is back in next Samsung v Apple case: Samsung infringes, but damages are only $120 Million, which is only 5% of what Apple asked for.
    • Paid Apps come to Luxembourg, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Vietnam.
    • Facebook wants to make it easier to jump between Apps with App Links. Sounds good as an idea for a standard, except for the fact that the index for the service is hosted by Facebook…and the same thing could technically be done on Android with Intents.
    • Sprint expands 4G LTE and Spark to 41 additional markets, including New York and Long Island. Meanwhile, Ting launches a Drop Your Data challenge.
  • App News
    • Google Drive updated, now requires separate Docs and Sheets apps for editing. (Play Link for Drives, Play Link for Docs, Play Link for Sheets)
    • The New York Times app gains support for the International Edition of the paper. (Play Link)
    • Google’s latest Search update saves Now Cards when your device loses its connection, as well as a new Parking Card, more detailed Watch Now cards, a centralized list of nicknames in the settings… As well as the start of voice activated settings control.
    • HD Widgets 4 rolling out to users. Not only does it include a major UI change, but a score of new features. (Play Link)
    • Google Play Music updated with on-device playlist editing and sharing. (Play Link)
    • Pushbullet gets updated that includes cards UI, pushing to multiple devices, etc.