A Return to Routine
Show Notes
- In Other News
- Larger crash test dummies will better reflect passenger size.
- Virginia Circuit Court judge rules you can be compelled to give a police officer your fingerprint to unlock your phone, but not your password/pin.
- Movie Theaters and the MPAA announce zero tolerance policy for wearables.
- Motorola is now officially part of Lenovo.
- Platform News
- Lollipop looking to make bloatware less of an issue with “Play Auto Installs”. Play Auto Installs allow updates to apps to be made during the setup process, and also allows installation of apps based on a Carrier SIM. So, your provider can insert their applications during setup, but this would place them on the data, not the system partition, thus making them removable.
- Roku players can now access Play Movies and TVs. If you have a Roku and sign in, get a free copy of X-Men.
- Google has a six line instruction to add voice search from Google Search to their apps.
- App News
- Gmail 5.0 with Exchange Support has arrived.
- Second Screen capability added to Play TV and Movies app when using it with a Chromecast.
- Google Admin update brings shared PIN support and account switching.
- Google’s Camera app updated for Lollipop compatibility. (Play Link)
- Greyhound Bus releases official Android app. (Play Link)
- Google Wallet adds recurring transfers and balance alerts.
- New Pebble App for Android, supposedly rewritten from ground up is in beta.
- Reddit News updated with material design. (Play Link)
- Taco Bell has an app. (Play Link)
- Google Fit app released to keep track of your activity. (Play Link)
- QuickPic updated with the ability to transfer photos/video over Wifi. (Play Link)
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