Techno Buffet Podcast

Episode 468 – Thank You, Carroll


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Show Notes

* Home Automation

* Sonoff introduces a  USB smart switch. Guru orders some.
* Google Assistant can now control…once someone writes support…your blender, cooktop, dehydrator, fryer, grill, multicooker, petfeeder, pressure-cooker, sous-vide, stand mixer, yogurt maker, beds, drawers, closets.
* Ring Neighbors found to be hiding coordinates that can identify the location of posts.


* Android News

* State by state Android popularity map suggests where you live may affect phone choice
* Google Assistant now asks for your dietary preferences for when you ask for recipes
* Android’s commitment to Kotlin
* Google announces Android 10 for Android TV and the ADT-3 developer box.
* Google issues the How Google Play Works report.


* App News

* Amazon Photo is the best photo service you aren’t using
* Craigslist launches a basic Android app
* Google Maps may add lighting layer to show brightly lit streets.
* Android Auto now showing temperature for some
* Microsoft Math Solver  solves math problems.
* Google Photo adds material design account switcher that includes backup indication.
* Bluecoins Finance is a local budgeting app for Android that supports backup to Drive or Dropbox.


* In Other News

* FCC tries to bury fact that Verizon and T-Mobile exaggerated 4G coverage
* Google Calendar now supports moving events between calendars.
* Gmail will soon support attaching multiple emails to a message.
* Google Fi offering free Nest Mini to subscribers in good standing


* Guru is saddened by the loss this week of,
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Techno Buffet PodcastBy Guru and Jere