thEndUsr Episode 54: The Android Singularity

Chris and Taylor talk about Google IO, Microsoft buying Skype and Qik, Media Center PC’s and much more! Mash play to find out.
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Top News

• Music Beta

  • Upload Music similar to Amazon, no deals yet
  • Stream to browser,phone
  • pin songs for offline listenting
• Android@Home
  • Home Automation with open wireless protocol on 700MHz that it won the auction for(whitespace), avoids wifi interference
  • LED lightbulbs connect to android tablets
  • Partnering with Arduino for prototyping with Accessory Development Kit

• Movies

  • Rent, stream movies, 30 days to watch, 24 hours once you’ve started HD typically $4.99
  • pin movies for offline listening

• Chromebook

  • From Samsung Series 5 and Acer on June 15
  • $28/month for business and $20/month for school,$300-$500 outright
  • Dual Core Atom
• Microsoft buys Skype($8.5 bill) and Qik(Previously Acquired by Skype for $121 mill)

Afterburners

• Star Wars Blu-ray set ships Sept. 12th/16th (world/NA), has 40 hours of special features via Engadget
• WatchESPN app is now on A

thEndUsr: What we are excited about

• I developed a .net app for media center!
• Windows 7 twitter app, metrotwit
• Ordering a Second Monitor, and Why
• Google overhauled the music app, sort of
• Sharing your InfiniTV 4 over the network is now a wizard away via Engadget
• Mac Mini is now my only DVD player
• Front Row and how the Mac Media Center works
• Hundreds of Miles of Wind Farms, Networked Under the Sea via PopSci

Tip of the Week:Google task extension for chrome and Astrid for android

• World’s smallest Donkey Kong cabinet delivers authentic arcade experience for tiny fingers via Engadget
• Flexible PaperPhone wants to get bent out of shape via Engadget

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