Episode 131 – Jere’s Triumphant Return from the Great North

By | January 21, 2013
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Vancouver, Washington

Mr. Jones is hopefully back.

Show Notes

  • Triumphant Ovation to Mr. Jones on his Return
  • Guru is offering a contest, thanks to last week’s guest.
  • In Other News
    • The Overbite in Humans developed as a result of the Fork.
    • Facebook Wants New Breed of Flash Memory for Storing Old Picture that would be designed for archival storage.
  • A Public Service Announcement – Clean Your Cell Phones
  • Platform News
    • “Expanded Desktop Mode” in Paranoid Android ROM hides the on screen buttons and notification bar for more space.
    • Samsung is building an Enterprise platform based on Android, offers enhanced Exchange Activesync support, on-device encryption, VPN, and mobile device management.
  • App News
    • Umano is an App that has Real People Read the News to You (Play Link)
    • XBMC offers non-official custom build offers support for external media players.
    • Dolphin Browser updated, adds one-tap sharing, Dolphin Connect with tab sharing, and Evernote/Box support. (Play Link)
    • Carbon, the unreleased Twitter client has been revived.
    • Lode Runner Classic now out for Android. (Play Link)
    • You Can Use an Android Tablet as an input device for a Linux-based system.
    • Press App updated with requested features, including background syncing, sync on launch, etc. (Play Link)
    • Pulse Reader now allows the addition of social profiles. (Play Link)
    • Dial directly from your home with Simpler Dialer Widget. (Play Link)
    • Flow Reader is another Google Reader app in beta that was released last month. A good effort that may pay dividends in the future. (Play Link)