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The Android Realm Podcast Episode 168 Bleep Bloop Glasses
Google gets goggled, HTC broke off a piece of their KitKat, and more!
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Headlines
- Google server outage due to bad code being pushed - self resolved but steps being taken to ensure it doesn’t happen or resolves faster
- Samsung & Google sign 10-year patent agreement
- Google buys AI company DeepMind for $400m
- Build with Chrome is web based lego building tool using WebGL
- Google to release Chrome Apps to iOS and Android app stores using Apache Cordova
- Motorola Mobility sold to Lenovo for $2.91b
- Stock quotes in Google Search results remove links to other sites (i.e. Yahoo! Finance)
Apps
- Developers can now charge for html5 apps in Amazon AppStore (and apply for free app fo the day)
- TegraZone v2.9 now available for all Android users
- Snapchat saving app removed from Google Play (by Google)
- Special Gingerbread (v2.3.3) version of BBM to release by Blackberry
- Android Device Manager updated to need password at app launch or switch accounts
- Google Wallet to get update for scanning in loyalty program cards via smartphone camera and show smart notifications when near participating vendors
- Cover updated to support audio controls in Android 4.4 KitKat based devices
Devices
- Canadian HTC One starts getting KitKat certification (Europe version started rolling out, US left out for now)
- Dash confirms Android based car hardware
- Google Glass prescription glasses now available (in titanium)
- Wyse Cloud Connect by Dell plugs into HDMI or MHL port to provide Android Jellybean desktop - microUSB slot allows up to 32gb extra storage @ up to 1080p - connect with Bluetooth or Mini USB keyboard & mouse
Episode Review - The Simpson s25ep11 Specs and the City
- U.S. Air Date - 01/26/2014
- Synopsis - Homer finds out Marge is secretly seeing a marriage counselor.
- Insight
- Who needs contact info when I can get your medical info instead
- Turning Springfield into Sheldon, one event at a time
- I don’t always write poetic but when I do, its sarcastically to make a point.
- Who needs Gamer when Oogle Google rolls right off the tongue?
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