This week on the TechXpats Podcast, Guillermo coughs a lot, Steve swears a lot (we apologise), and Ken and Anu ... do their usual - chatting all things tech, including; Google, Airbnb, Spotify, Google Play Music, Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Beats, Bing, iCloud, typing, password manager apps on Android, Sony Pictures, Black Friday sales, and our recommendation of the week! PHEWF!

​Show Notes:

- Ad-free Google coming...?

- Airbnb always listening in

- Spotify losses

- Facebook hosted messages relating to killing

- Twitter exec DM mistake and possible purchase

- New Twitter search API not open to 3rd parties

- Beats to come preinstalled on iOS devices next year?

- No more FREE apps in the App Store

- Bing search to be default on iOS as Google deal nears end?

- Why iCloud is Apple's worst product

- Finland: Typing takes over as handwriting lessons end

- Using a password manager on Android? It may be wide open to sniffing attacks

- Microsoft rolls out Bing Maps traffic guesstimation worldwide

- Sony Pictures' computers are still locked as hackers demand equality http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/25/us-sony-cybersecurity-idUSKCN0J920720141125

http://www.dailytech.com/Hack+of+Sony+Pictures+Indicates+Employees+Were+Pirating+BluRays/article36928.htm

- Dropbox carousel

- Upcoming Black Friday Sale

- App recommendation: #Homescreen

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/homescreen/id935726715?ls=1&mt=8

http://9to5mac.com/2014/11/26/these-are-the-most-popular-non-apple-apps-people-keep-on-their-homescreens/

Steve's #Homescreen: