Show Notes

* App News

* Researchers find 17 apps that bombard users with battery draining ads

* You can now use Duo without a phone number

* Google Phone app might add call recording support

* Open Source Alternatives to Google Maps

* WhatsApp only the second non-Google app to hit 5 billion installs

* gesturePlus customizes the Android 10 Gestures.

* Google might let you teach it how to pronounce names in your contact list.

* In Other News

* Google starts the process necessary to allow Fi and Voice on the same account

* Smaller tech companies warn Congress that Amazon, Google, and Apple are killing competition

* Carousel of Progress marks its 45th anniversary at Disney World. From 1967-1963 it was at Disneyland, prior to this, the World’s Fair.

* NBC Peacock service launches this spring and will be free for Comcast and Cox customers, as well as an ad supported free tier.

* We now suspect that Wyze Person Detection was terminated because Apple bought the provider.

* All new Chromebooks will get at least 8 years of automatic updates