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RSRSS, August 8

Today's Headlines:
SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: August 8, 2012 - SlashGear

Jelly Bean App Encryption Breaks Thousands of Apps in the Play Store - Google Disables DRM For Now | Android Police

Huge Samsung iPhone report could be Apple’s smoking gun - SlashGear

iOS to Get Advanced Google Voice Search in Coming Days, Still Nothing for Android Users Below Jelly Bean – Droid Life

Google Maps expands live traffic reports to over 130 new U.S. cities | Android Authority

New ClockworkMod Recovery Can Create Flashable Update.zip Files of ROMs – Droid Life

Google Knowledge Graph goes global - SlashGear

For the US, July was the warmest month ever of the hottest year ever | Ars Technica

Starbucks Bringing Square Payment Tech to Its Cafes | GottaBeMobile

Facebook's World HACK Dates and Destinations Announced | TheNextWeb

Google keeps the interactive Olympic doodles going, tests your spacebar with a game of hoops -- Engadget

From BuzzFeed to Flipboard, "The Clip Report" Vol. 2 predicts the future of media | TheNextWeb

Apps and Tech:
Galaxy Nexus gets another custom Jelly Bean ROM | Android Authority

Nova Launcher update brings Jelly Bean features to Ice Cream Sandwich | Lifehacker

Jelly Bean Arrives in AOKP Form for Galaxy Note, Skyrocket and EVO 4G; Galaxy Nexus Soon | DroidDog

Trello Organizes Your Projects and Makes Collaboration a Snap | Android Police

Current Caller ID app makes caller ID social | Phandroid

Super Download Lets You Harness Both Mobile Data And WiFi For Insane Download Speeds | DroidDog

Similar concept to the one above: Connectify Dispatch Lets You Combine All Your WiFi Connections Into One Super Connection | TechCrunch

McAfee debuts "Social Protection" app, ups your social network security | Gizmodo

Five podcast apps for Android now that Google Listen is dead | Android Central

Splashtop 2 now available, provides remote access with an annual subscription | Phandroid

Gallery Lock review - where to hide pictures on your Android device | Android Central

Satechi’s tiny Swift Bluetooth Speaker now available for $29.99 - SlashGear

What's next, an Android microwave?? Nikon may unveil Coolpix S800, an Android-powered camera with Google Play access, on August 22nd | BGR

As a matter of fact.. Android Microwave Oven Cooks Food, Suggests Recipes Too - Muktware

A Google-a-Day Puzzle for August 8 | Wired.com

Gaming and other stuff:
Ouya Gets More Partnerships, Four Controller Support - IGN

Valve launching non-game software on Steam this September | Joystiq

Sony livestreaming Gamescom 2012 press conference | The Verge

Former Neversoft and Tony Hawk developers trying to Kickstart Epic Skater for iOS/Android | Joystiq

Pay what you want deals and indie books meet with StoryBundle | The Verge

From today's "lolwut?" column: Man Orders TV Through Amazon, Gets Assault Rifle | Wired.com

Finally a legit reason to fire-up BitTorrent: Internet Archive makes over 1M legal torrents available | 9to5Mac

Another great read from one of the best blogs out there: A timeline of future events from sci-fi authors of the past and present | The Verge
 
ryancmatchett said:
Hey all hope everyone is having a good week.
We are busy getting wedding stuff done, and I have 1 more project to finish....an led light set, controller and hanging canopy/frame for that fish tank friend I was helping...

However...today was not so great. I had received some news from my oldest daughter about a week ago...and apparently she is having a hard time dealing with it. Ever have one of those days where you wish you could protect your children just a little longer..especially when you realize that they are having a heck of a time dealing with life? Oye...anyways thanks for letting me vent...just ready for this day to be over...bring on the cheer tomorrow!! Closer to the weekend....I hope!!
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Here is for cheer tomorrow, positive energy and prayers for you and your daughter!
 
halon said:
I've been using lean for awhile and I like it. I used the one that comes with CNA for two days and I felt my battery was draining faster.
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Thanks Halon, I will see what the new release does, but I may flash lean kernel if battery drain continues.
 
Thanks for the links Razor!
I loved that article about the guy who got the assault rifle in place of a TV. Lives in DC too. We do have some really strict gun laws here so I imagine the police were very :confused:.
Edit: Oh and now they're talking about it on the local news.

Morning everyone!
 
Copacetic said:
Did you tweak anything?
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Nah I didn't tweak anything in the way of battery life stuff. Nothing I've ever done has managed to increase or decrease my battery life by a significant amount other than a couple of times when I flashed a ROM and a service got stuck running in wakelock...that drained me down in about 4 hours from a full charge.

Good morning to everyone else! Had to wake the nieces up this morning and tell them goodbye before I left. Gonna miss them!

For the record...the wife and I have a king bed. Extremely nice, but we only use about half of it...even at that, we still find it uncomfortable when we go to either of our parents' houses and have to sleep on the full size they have in their spare rooms.
 
Watched the Beach Volleyball finals last night. Can't believe that was Misty and Kerri's last match together. Legends of the sport.

3 Olympic Gold Medals
44-0 record in Olympic competition
88 sets won
1 set lost
 
Good morning everyone - happy Friday eve!

GO USA!

Does anyone use KeePass or LastPass for password management? This whole Mat Honan story has got me up on my toes. I know I am not a target or anything, but I want to be safe. I have two factor auth on and I do local backups. I want to start strengthening some passwords, but wondering what people use. KeePass seems really nice because its local and can by sync'd with Dropbox and its open source and free.
 
Good morning everyone. Woke to gray skies today which probably means a little shopping today!

Stingy - I know DarthSilentBob uses KeePass and likes it. I have it downloaded but haven't done anything with it yet so I can't give any first hand info or experience yet.
 
I just downloaded KeepPassDroid to my phone - just playing around with it now. I'll report back with my thoughts on it. I just hope I don't forget the password into the application.

Application looks a bit dated, but honestly function over form for this one. Definitely want to just strengthen some passwords I use especially for banking and personal stuff.
 
I've used it extensively for several years no and we have our lives in that file.

I extended the number of permutations it took to open the file to increase security so it can take up to 30 seconds to open on the phone or tablets. Having said that we love it.
 
Only a concept. I like it.

Google Nexus D is a curved concept with a kickstand | CNET UK

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/08/08/heres-what-happens-to-google-employees-when-they-die/


Should a Googler pass away while under the employ of the 14-year old search giant, their surviving spouse or domestic partner will receive a check for 50% of their salary every year for the next decade. Even more surprising, a Google spokesperson confirms that there’s “no tenure requirement” for this benefit, meaning all 34 thousand Google employees qualify.
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svt_gEEk said:
Watched the Beach Volleyball finals last night. Can't believe that was Misty and Kerri's last match together. Legends of the sport.

3 Olympic Gold Medals
44-0 record in Olympic competition
88 sets won
1 set lost
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It was nice to watch, but the real match was the semis against China. Wow, was that a match for the ages.
 
halon said:
Only a concept. I like it.

Google Nexus D is a curved concept with a kickstand | CNET UK
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Interesting - I would have loved a kickstand on the GNex, but I'm not a huge fan of that dramatic curve.
halon said:
Here's What Happens To Google Employees When They Die - Forbes
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I saw this as I was prepping the RSRSS last night, good on Google for doing this. I'm especially appreciative of the inclusion of the "domestic partner" part, Google is setting a great social example and I'm hoping it's only a matter of time before other companies follow suit in recognizing gay couples as full equals.
 
Newest photo from Mars rover Curiosity and it's not pretty!

They're closer than we ever thought! :eek:

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:D

EDIT: As far as battery life on CNA goes, I just flashed the franco 231 kernel this morning. So we'll see how that stretches things. Granted, I may not be the guy to ask about battery life, because I kill my battery streaming Google Music 8-10 hours a day. So not a lot of standby time on this rig.
 
So I've been using KeePass to generated random passwords to strengthen some accounts that I don't want people to brute force and to keep my passwords across sites different. Quite cool what it comes up with.

One of the randomly generated passwords it gave me (not using) is: "(:c)[Xf)jz}u(H

Yeah good luck figuring that out.
 
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