Author: todd
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MobileViews Podcast 146
- Paul Thurrott’s Surface Pro 4/Sufrace Book rant: Ref: Thurrott.com
- Greatly improved weather search results in Android Google app. Ref: Google Inside Search Blog
- How much has the free Google Android OS earned? $31 billion! Ref: Bloomberg Business
- Office 365 for iPad & iPad Pro adds new inking tools. Ref: Microsoft Office Blog
- Apple Music Memos for iOS app. Free. Much simpler than Garageband. Not perfect. But, still impressive
- iPhone 5se. 4-inch display. Features of 6s line. Ref: 9to5mac
- Conversation on our mobile setup circa 2016 compared to say 2006
- Jon’s app pick of the week: “Copied†on iOS and MacOS copiedapp.com
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MobileViews Podcast 145: Microsoft R Open, iOS Bridge, Google Maps, Fitbit, Amazon Echo
In this podcast Jon Westfall and I (Todd Ogasawara) discuss:
Microsoft R Open. Formerly Revolution R Open. Free “enhanced” R for Windows, OS/X, and Linux. Free to download, use, and share.
Ref: ZDNet. Microsoft iOS Bridge to Windows 10. “The Windows iOS bridge relies on an Objective-C development environment for Visual Studio to help iOS developers build Universal Windows Platform apps.”
Ref: VentureBeat Google Maps for Android: New Driving Mode infers where you are going next
Ref: USAToday USA Today: Why that Fitbit might not be so good for you
I’ve been using a Fitbit since May 2010 and have never felt like tracking my activity was “work”.
New Amazon Echo skills
– Read Kindle ebooks aloud using text-to-speech
– Announces name of device connecting or disconnecting to Bluetooth -
MobileViews Podcast 144: Interview with Andreas Sj̦str̦m Рused an implanted NFC chip to board a plane
In this podcast I (Todd Ogasawara) interview Andreas Sjöström who recently posted a video to YouTube and blog about how he had an NFC chip implanted under his skin and used to board a Scandinavian Airlines flight in Stockholm
Some of my questions for Andy include:
– What was it like to have the NFC chip implanted? Did it hurt?
– What does it feel like now that it has been under the skin for a while?
– How did you approach Scandinavian Airlines?
– Did Scandinavian Airlines need to do anything to their boarding system to allow your chip to work?
– What about the staff? Were they alerted by management
– Are there any issues you noticed during any part of the process?
– What’s next? -
MobileViews Podcast 143: Happy 2016
– iPhone 7 to be headphone-jackless (3.5mm plug)? Ref: ars technica
– New Apple headphones with no wires between left and right ear pieces? Guaranteed to lose one or both sides. Ref: TheNextWeb
– Wi-Fi HaLow (802.11ah) announced
Todd’s App pick
Microsoft Selfie for iOS – even if you don’t take selfies. Good for any photo with people in it.Jon’s tip
Google Sites: Attach files to page. Right-click on link. Page Settings – uncheck “allow attachments”. Hides the section to reduce clutter. -
MobileViews Podcast 142: Enterprise mobility discussion with Don Sorcinelli
In this podcast Jon Westfall and I (Todd Ogasawara) welcome our old friend and enterprise mobility expert Don Sorcinelli.
– Wolfram Open Cloud. Try Wolfram Language for free in your browser.
– I thought I lost my Moto 360 while walking to work. Big sigh. But, no! Turns out the Android Wear “last seen” feature doesn’t work.
– Google says the requirement of a steering wheel, pedals, and a licensed driver slows down driverless vehicle development – Skynet.
– Project Fi lets you add specific LTE Android & iOS tablets without any extra fee. You just pay for the data used
– Enterprise mobility discussion with Don
– Each year companies do a few “Evil†things (MS & OneDrive this year, Apple not providing 3rd party faceplates for the Apple Watch, Google Fi destroying Google Voice accounts). What are our predictions for “Evil†2016? -
MobileViews Podcast 141: MobileViews Podcast 141: Open Live Writer, Pixel C conspiracy theory, OneDrive mea culpa, & more
In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I (Todd Ogasawara) discuss:
– Microsoft released its old Live Writer blogging tool as an Open Source project: Open Live Writer. Also Todd’s blog entry about this
– Interesting conspiracy theory about Google’s new Pixel C tablet on ars technica: The Pixel C was probably never supposed to run Android
– Microsoft OneDrive mea culpa. Ref: ZDNet
– Amazon Prime premium subscriptions to services like Showtime and Starz.
– Apple released iOS 9.2. Ref: My ExtremeTech article
– Ask Jon about his iPad Pro experience so far (Got much more useful after the Keyboard came in!)
– Jon wiped / re-installed his iPhone (buggy app installs, buggy bluetooth stack).
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The Amazon Echo will pair to an OS/X Mac but not a PC running Windows 10 over Bluetooth. This is not surprising. In the past I found I could not pair BT headsets with Windows PCs either. Todd’s blog entry about this