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This Week's Stories

• Coronavirus: Should SXSW be canceled? Should Seattle be quarantined?
• Coronavirus: Don't touch your face. Don't shake hands. Don't lick your ballot envelope.
• King County Official Coronavirus Guidance Recommendations
• Stadia is failing because Google is Google
• Fishal recognition: Google Tidal is a new moonshot tracking fish migration patterns
• Google re-invests in Waymo
• Android One is in shambles
• Pixel Drop March update: new gestures, emoji, AR effects, and more
• Twitter under siege: activist investor wants Jack Dorsey out
• Twitter is testing "Fleets," their own version of Instagram Stories
• Libra is dying off
• Daily Caller added to Facebook fact-checking
• Verge poll finds that Techlash is a Myth
• Update: South Carolina weatherperson uses Facebook Live filters, apologize

Picks of the Week

• Jason's Tool: You can now jailbreak an iPhone with an Android phone
• Ant's Good Stuff 1: Record Box Loft Helping Local Photographers
• Ant's Good Stuff 2: Jason Miller's shoot (@jasonmiller1981 on Twitter)
• Stacey's Thing: Helium Router
• Jeff's Numbers 1: Amazon removes 1m products for virus gouging, lying
• Jeff's Numbers 2: Where to buy Amazon and Walmart returns in bulk
• Jeff's German Word of the Week: Der Hamsterkauf: from the verb hamstern, which means "to hoard or panic buy," since hamsters are known for filling their cheeks with food. It's used to describe the panic buying or hoarding that occurs during times of widespread fear or concern.

Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell

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• Google cancels Google IO 2020
• Pixel Feature Drop brings new... features
• Stadia isn't a hit with indie game developers
• LG V60 ThinQ is launched with dual-screen attachment
• Oppo teases a smartwatch that looks just like the Apple Watch
• Black Shark 3 is a gaming phone for the budget-minded
• Vivo shows off its Apex 2020 concept phone design
• Why Joe Maring is switching back to Spotify from YouTube Music
• Moment is pulling out of the Android development scene
• Mario Kart Tour gets a huge multiplayer update

Read our show notes here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSHBWBauEEQurVOknpj-NNgo2BIXS72SAaRpexKGZDeWe-VRklzbBQHfoe5a6RO5gWcw1KxebBO-uRe/pubhtml?gid=2109682870&single=true

• Ant - Star Walk 2 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitotechnology.StarWalk2Free
• Joe - Must for Movies & TV https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.mustapp.android
• Jason - Election Year Knockout (FREE/$4.99) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exceptionullgames.election.knockout
• This Week's Poll http://twit.to/aaapoll462

Hosts: Jason Howell and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Joe Maring

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Host: Jason Howell

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• First, Jason and Mikah break down the latest cancelations and updates surrounding the coronavirus: Facebook cancels F8 and Microsoft isn't attending GDC.
• Then, Sam Machkovech of Ars Technica takes us inside Amazon's newer, larger Amazon Go Grocery store. He recounts his attempt to trick the cashier-free system with bananas.
• Lastly, CNET's Joan Solsman joins us to discuss Bob Iger's unexpected resignation from Disney.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Sam Machkovech and Joan Solsman

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Google jumped the gun and released the very first version of Android 11 Developer Preview 1 a month earlier than previous versions. Jason shows off the relatively small list of platform upgrades on his Pixel 3a.

• Screen Recorder
• System-wide Dark Theme changes
• Pin apps in the share sheet
• New Permission time frames
• Bluetooth and Airplane mode
• Integrated chat bubbles
• Mute phone while video recording
• Refresh rate overlay

Host: Jason Howell

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• Inside Android 11 Developer Preview 1
• Sony Xperia 1 II is pricey
• Huawei Mate XS might get a wider release than the X
• Honor View 30 Pro lacks Google services
• YouTube Music is trialing user-uploaded music
• Samsung's Find My Mobile push notification error
• HTC plans a 5G flagship for 2020
• Microsoft is bringing its Defender software to Android

Read our show notes here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSHBWBauEEQurVOknpj-NNgo2BIXS72SAaRpexKGZDeWe-VRklzbBQHfoe5a6RO5gWcw1KxebBO-uRe/pubhtml?gid=858174211&single=true

Ant - Filmic FirstLight Camera https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.filmic.firstlight
Ron - SayCheese - Remote Camera (Early Access) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.saychiz.remotecamera
Duncan - Microsoft Authenticator https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.azure.authenticator
Jason - Beat Hazard 2 ($3.99 now at 50% for early access) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coldbeamgames.beathazard2
This Week's Poll http://twit.to/aaapoll461

Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Duncan Jaffrey

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• First, Mikah shares Mark Gurman's Bloomberg piece about Apple potentially allowing its users to change default apps on their devices.
• Then, Jason issues a mea culpa regarding Chinese laser guns before talking about a new round of deep fakes in a Delhi, India election.
• Then, Lauren Gurley of Vice's Motherboard joins us to talk about Kickstarter employees unionizing.
• Lastly, OneZero's Dave Gershgorn gives us an in-depth look at NEC, the technology company that happens to be a major player in facial recognition technology.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Lauren Gurley and Dave Gershgorn

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We love our smartphones. Maybe we love them a little too much sometimes. Jason shows how he has used Digital Wellbeing to be less reactive to smartphone distractions and more purposeful in how he uses his device daily.

• Do Not Disturb
• Greyscale
• App Timers
• Night Sight

Host: Jason Howell

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This Week's Stories

• COVID-19 fallout: IBM quits RSA, Sony quits PAX East
• COVID-19 fallout: will this year's new game consoles be delayed?
• COVID-19 facemasks work with Face ID
• Samsung Galaxy Chromebook coming April 6th
• Jeff Jarvis: "I don't have a Corvette, I have a Chromebook." Who needs a $1000+ Chromebook?
• Android 11 Developer Beta Hands-On Preview
• Pixel 5 Leak - Real or Fake? (hint: faaaaaaaaaake)
• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip - worth the $$$$?
• Beyond Foldable: TCL shows a concept with a slide-out screen
• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold coming this summer
• Google might start paying publishers for news
• Wendy is mean: "Brand Twitter" normalizes Twitter trolling
• Google falls behind in AR?
• Google kills free Station Wi-Fi program
• Bookbot rises from the grave! Return your library books with this Google robot
• Mark Zuckerberg blow-dries his armpits
• Alphabet's Makani energy kites crash
• Reminder: if you signed up for the free Stadia Founders Edition trial, it's not free anymore
• Stadia coming to more than just Pixel phones
• Australian judge: leaving a bad review on Google is illegal

Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell

Guest: Kevin Tofel

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• Matteo reviews the Oppo Reno 2
• Matteo shows off the Doogee S68 Pro, N100 and N20
• Mobile World Congress is canceled
• Essential is canceled too, forever
• Android 11 landing page goes live early
• Differences in 5G among Samsung's phones
• TCL concept phone sports a slideout display
• Galaxy Z Flip display is technically glass, with a catch
• Motorola Razr is incredibly tough to repair
• Gmail APK shows signs of upcoming Inbox features
• Google's Socratic app helps with homework
• HQ Trivia ran out of money but might be saved

Read our show notes here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSHBWBauEEQurVOknpj-NNgo2BIXS72SAaRpexKGZDeWe-VRklzbBQHfoe5a6RO5gWcw1KxebBO-uRe/pubhtml?gid=1989874285&single=true

• Jason - Beta Maniac - Life of a beta tester https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.mirko.beta
• Ant - Photo Mate R3 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tssystems.photomate3
• Matteo - Goat's Battle (Open Alpha) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.aisystems.goatsbattle
• This Week's Poll http://twit.to/aaapoll460

Hosts: Jason Howell and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Matteo Doni

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