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Blind Tech Guys

105 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratings

Blind Tech Guys is here to bridge the gap for blind and visually impaired users of technology. We discuss all things related to tech; however, we mainly focus on Android, iOS and mobile devices from a blind and visually impaired perspective. If you have any questions or suggestions for future podcasts, please send an email to [email protected].

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Episodes

Exploring The Power Of OCR and Navigational Apps

September 28, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 97.6 MB

Hello, and thank you for joining us for the 53rd episode of the ANATAD Podcast and the team would like to wish Google a very happy birthday! In the News Google celebrates its birthday in some countries with store deals Google confirms September 30 launch for Pixel 5, Chromecast, new Nest speaker GALAXY S20 FE 5G Main Topic In this week's main section of the podcast: we demoed the Envision app both on iOS and Android, and discussed its features. While doing so, we discussed f...

Envision AI: Making The Impossible Possible

September 20, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 125 MB

Hello, and thank you for joining us for the 52nd episode of the ANATAD Podcast and it would be remiss of us not to join in and wish all Israelis and other Jews a happy new year. In the News Apple September 2020 event: Everything announced What's New in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14: Accessibility Features The Accessibility Bugs Introduced and Resolved in iOS 14 The iPhone 12 might not be as cheap as the iPhone 11, new leak claims Guest Interview Karthik, an app engineer who works on E...

Productivity: Is This Possible For Blind And Visually-impaired Smart Phone Users

September 11, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 96.5 MB

Hello, and thank you for joining us for the 51st episode of the ANATAD Podcast. We are so lucky to have you all onboard with us each and every week and we truly do appreciate you being a part of our ever-growing ANATAD family. In the News Rootmetrics comes out with a new “State of the Union” report for 1st half 2020. Learn more from Businesswire. OnePlus Watch to have a circular design like the Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 according to AndroidAuthority. This article from phonearena te...

Bottoms' Up: Let's Celebrate with Anatad #50!

September 07, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 95.7 MB

On the 50th episode of the ANATAD Podcast, we celebrated the fact that we are going from strength to strength and it's thanks to our ever growing family that this is the case, so a massive thank you from us to you for joining us for this significant milestone. If you are looking for a more serious podcast, please come back next week as we will hopefully be back to normal. Cheers! In the News: As this was a special episode, there was no news section as such. We did address last wee...

Android vs iPhone: Braille Input And Web Accessibility

August 30, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 88.8 MB

Welcome to episode 49 of the ANATAD Podcast. The team would like to thank you all for tuning in this week and a special welcome to our many new listeners. What's New In The News Marco discussed the retirement of Dan Clark and His 25 Years of Service to Blind and Low Vision Users; Nimer advised on how to obtain your free Samsung Headphones if you received a Samsung device without them by filling out this simple form, courtesy of AndroidAuthority; Marco debated whether many iPhone...

Unboxing The OnePlus Nord

August 28, 2020 07:00 - 17 minutes - 24.7 MB

In this special mid-week bonus episode, one of our listeners sent us a live submission of an unboxing of a brand new OnePlus Nord. To find out more about this exciting mid-range offering, head on over to the OnePlus Nord Series website. In conclusion • To get in contact, feel free to send us those via email at [email protected]  • Please share this podcast, and subscribe using your favorite podcatcher. Links can be found at the Anatad Podcast website. • Please find us on ...

Android vs iPhone: The Battle Of The Chat Apps

August 24, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 95.4 MB

Welcome to the ANATAD Podcast.   In the News According to Applevis, Apple Warns VoiceOver Users Not to Install watchOS 7 Beta 4 or the first Public Preview (Update: issue resolved in beta 5)  We talk about the Top Ten Cheap Android Smartphones As well as mentioning this article about the Top ten August 2020 Android phones Find out what we think about this article to do with Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Structural Defects being Reported This CoolBlindTech article is about an analytics ...

Unboxing A Google Pixel 4a And A Shiny New Samsung Galaxy Note 20 5G

August 20, 2020 12:00 - 42 minutes - 59.1 MB

In this mid-week bonus episode of the ANATAD Podcast, Nimer, Warren and Marco got to unbox a couple of shiny new toys and what a fun and informative episode it turned out to be. Warren kicked off the show by unboxing a Google Pixel 4awhich arrived at his residence earlier on in the day. The 4a is a mid-range phone recently released by Google priced at around $350 U.S. The second unboxing was done by Nimer of another exciting phone only just released, the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ult...

Android vs iPhone: The Heat Is On

August 16, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 99.5 MB

Hello everyone and thank you for joining us for this week's ANATAD Podcast. Firstly, a very happy independence day to our listeners located in India and we trust that you celebrated accordingly.   In the News     Google wants to hear from users who are running the final beta of Android 11 before the public release next month with respect to what works, what needs to be changed, etc. You can learn more in this article. Google Meet is rumoured to take over the running of Google ...

Android vs iPhone, The Battle Begins

August 08, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 88.4 MB

Welcome to Episode 46 of ANATAD Podcast. Over the next few weeks, we will be comparing Android vs iPhone and seeing who comes out on top. We started off this episode by thanking our podcast host Buzzsprout for the excellent work they have done on accessibility with their website. They have added headings on pages to help with navigation, added buttons to the tab order to easily be reached with the keyboard, and added keyboard shortcuts for items in the editor toolbar to help with e...

Harry Potter and the Magic of Root and Rom

August 02, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 86 MB

A massive episode 45 has just hit your podcatcher and what an episode it was. We kicked it all off with a huge thanks to Buzzsprout who we have chosen to host our podcast. The amount of work and goodwill from these guys to make their website truly accessible to all blind and visually-impaired podcast creators and users is immense and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. In the News: This week, we started with TikTok and the possible ban being proposed by many countries. W...

Let's Make Your Phone Purr

July 26, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 98.1 MB

In the News: Warren mentioned The war between china and Nokia. You can learn more by visiting this CNET article. While reading this page, Warren demonstrated how to adda shortcut to any web page on your home screen. Nimer spoke about AT&T announcing they now have a national 5G network. You can learn more on the AT&T site. Marco discussed the OnePlus nord release. You can find out more on the OnePlus site. Marco brought up the upcoming Samsung Unpacked event. You can find out mo...

VPN, OnePlus, an Lots of Fun

July 19, 2020 01:00 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MB

Anatad Podcast Episode #43: VPN's, OnePlus, and lots of Fun    by Nimer Jaber, Warren Carr, and Marco Curralejo News: The recent Twitter hack was in the spotlight, so we talked about that. You can learn more by visiting this link. We discussed at length the upcoming OnePlus phone simply dubbed the OnePlus Nord. Nimer talked about some news from T-Mobile, the "Uncarrier" and the latest uncarrier move. T-Mobile is allowing users to protect themselves from scam calls. You can read ...

Check That Email

July 17, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 84.4 MB

As we chug along and reaching episode 41, we turn our attention to the email clients, but first we talked about certain things making the news, including the price increases of YouTube TV, T-Mobile phone services, AT&T and the fact that the companies that gave out some freebies are now asking for pay. We of course, moved onto the main topic of the episode and that will be the Email clients. We discussed clients like: Gmail, Outlook, Fairmail, Aquamail, etc. From here, we headed o...

To 5G or not to 5G

July 17, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 97.9 MB

During the 42nd episode of the Anatad podcast, Marco, Nimer, and Warren started out by discussing the news. This included discussion of the Pixel 4A, 4A 5G, and Pixel 5 rumors. Also in the news, the NFB convention takes place next week, and Google will be present with a booth during the exhibit hours. Finally, we discussed the specs of the Oneplus Nord. Next, we discussed phone carriers in the United States and Australia. We discussed our impressions of the carriers, as well as the ...

Android 11 Beta 1.5 and the revival of Oxygen

July 17, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 95.2 MB

With the many changes coming in fast on Android 11 beta, we had to do yet another episode where the main thrust is Android 11 with the just dropped update to Android 11 beta 1.5. We had to talk about the upcoming OnePlus Z that is scheduled to be unveiled in India on July 10th. We talked about it briefly and what that means to the every-uncertain release of the Pixel 4-! We moved onto apps and I, Warren, demonstrated the "Simple Dialer" from "Simple Mobile Tools" found at: https:...

Joyful Machine

July 17, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 114 MB

We are joined by a special guest, Ian Hanson from "Joyful Machine." The spotlight is on the "Modality Keyboard." Mr. Hanson discussed what he would like to do with respect to the keyboard becoming accessible. We talked about some of the challenges that developers face, especially when it comes to keeping projects going. We moved on to a rather surprising phase where Nimer surprised us by showing his SE 2020 from Apple and discussed some of the challenges he had in getting access...

Android 11 Beta One

June 14, 2020 11:13 - 1 hour - 45.1 MB

We welcome two guests to episode 38--Android 11 Beta 1 and a guest all the way from "down under"--Marco, another Android fanboy.We opened up the session with a good discussion on the first beta of Android 11 that dropped on June 10, 2020.We talked a little bit about what type of backup is available on Android 11 beta and then we moved on to the "multi-finger" gestures that Android 11 came with that can be enabled by going into Talkback Settings, then tapping on the "developer Settin...

Android TV's from TCL

June 14, 2020 11:10 - 1 hour - 43.9 MB

Episode 37 brings us to TCL's Android TV.We discuss these two Android TV's from TCL--the 32 and 40-inch TV's.The 32-inch sells for $139 and the 40-inch goes for $199.Both TV's can be picked up from the following Best Buy URL's:32-inch:https://bit.ly/2Mzj1rF42-inch:https://bit.ly/2A0sKoAWe then moved on and talked about the two phones from Motorola--The "G Fast" and the Moto E."Next, we discussed HTC's upcoming phone, the "Desire 20 Pro," followed by the controvertial move from Zoom ...

Plus Codes from Google

June 14, 2020 11:07 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MB

Episode 36 is our very first YouTube Live Stream!We discussed "Plus Codes" from Google, the "StrandHogg" malware, an update from Nimer regarding the Motorola Edge Plus and the "Bixby" app from Samsung.In the "app of the week" section, I Warren, demonstrated an app on Jerusalem tour.This app has a Hebrew name (Check out "?????? ?????? - ???? ??????"), so the icon isn't read by English TTS enginesThe app is located at:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mytoursapp.androi...

Global Accessibility Awareness Week

June 14, 2020 11:05 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MB

Welcome to episode 35 where we salute the "Global Accessibility Awareness Week."We showcase some of the apps that Google released during the "Global Accessibility Awareness Week"--Action Blocks, Sound Amplifier, Google Maps and "live Transcribe."Sound Amplifier is located at:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.accessibility.soundamplifierwhile "Live Transcribed is found at:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.audio.hearing.visualizati...

Pretty Woman--The Motorola EdgePlus

June 14, 2020 11:02 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MB

Motorola finally delivered a flagship phone worth talking about since the Moto Z2Force, thus, the title of this episode--Pretty Woman!This is a gorgeous phone that is reminiscent of the Samsung Edge-series, except that Lenovo went all in with the "edgey" thing!Nimer unboxed the phone and went through the setup process and everything went well, except that the in-display fingerprint reader was a nightmare!We moved on from the "Pretty Woman" and I demonstrated "new Pipe," an app that ...

Rolling back Android 11 to 10 And Chat

June 14, 2020 10:58 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MB

In our last episode--Episode 32, we discussed Android 11 Preview 3.In this episode--Episode 33, we discussed how to roll back to Android 10.On June 3rd, less than a month from today, Google would be doing an event during which the public beta of Android 11 will be announced, meaning that folks can enroll to get the OTA without the need of using the "Flashing tool" from Google.This announcement can be viewed at the following YouTube URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=19&...

Android 11 DP3 and Flashing

June 14, 2020 10:56 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MB

Welcome to Episode 32 of the ANATAD Podcast for this May 3, 2020.We discussed what Android 11 (Android R) Developer Preview is all about and how you can go about flashing it to any of your Pixel 2 through Pixel 4 XL.We also talked about the changes that would be coming to Android Accessibility found at:https://developer.android.com/reference/android/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityServiceWe opened the show with a breaking news about some hacker who broke into the webpage of the Li...

Contact Tracing and Phone

June 14, 2020 10:54 - 1 hour - 42.8 MB

As April winds to a close, the 25th of the month places us right on Episode 31.In Episode 31, we discussed the project that both Google and Apple are planning on releasing to the public in an attempt of tracking the current pandemic--Coronavirus (AKA) CovID19.This article is found at:https://www.imore.com/contact-tracing-guide-one-possible-pandemic-solution We also discussed the recently release phones, especially OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 pro.We also talked about the flagship phone f...

Catching up with Shaswat from the Eye-D Development Team

June 14, 2020 10:50 - 1 hour - 54.4 MB

Nimer celebrates his birthday on this day of the recording of the 30TH episode of the ANATAD podcast on this Friday, April 17, 2020.Of course, I sang him a terrible version of the "Happy birthday to you" tune!We then moved on and talked about a couple news articles--The "Xhelper" malware and the upcoming Google Pixel 4-A.The "XHelper" news is located at:https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/04/17/months-of-research-finally-crack-android-malware-that-could-even-survive-factory-resets/wh...

Android Accessibility 8.2 Public Release

June 14, 2020 10:46 - 1 hour - 42.4 MB

It was mid-week last week when the public release of Talkback 8.2 dropped.There are still a lot of people that the update hasn't been rolled out to as of this podcast.Nimer and I talked about the update with respect to what it brought to the table and the fact that it might take a little while before it reaches folks.We moved onto the news section and we had a rather long discussion on generosity or the lack thereof, from big companies.The next section opened with me talking about t...

A Special Guest--Emre Sarbak from Mediate Labs (Where Supersense comes from)

June 14, 2020 10:43 - 1 hour - 61.4 MB

In episode 28, we welcome a special guest, Emre Sarbak from "Mediate labs," the folks who brought us the ever-popular app--Supersense.We talked about the origins of the app, what led to it and where it is headed.We moved on to the "apps section" of the podcast, and I, Warren demonstrated a little recording app from the folks who brought us the "Dolby sound" called "Dolby on" found at:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dolby.dolby234Nimer demonstrates the "Sensors Mult...

Android Accessibility Suite and Samsung Voice Assistant

June 14, 2020 10:38 - 1 hour - 51.8 MB

"Going back to Basics" is what we would like to call this episode of the ANATAD" podcast.This is episode 27, marking the 2nd episode with our new name "ANATAD."Nimer and I talked about the Android Accessibility Suite and the Voice Assistant found on Samsung devices.I gave a quick overview of the Android Accessibility Suite while Nimer demoed the Voice Assistant on the Galaxy S20 Ultra.We mentioned in passing, that Google Duo now allows up to 12 participants on a group call.We closed...

A Pretty Mexican Girl

June 14, 2020 10:33 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MB

In our 26th podcast--the rebirth of the ANTAD podcast to "ANATAD," we thought we should dub it the "pretty Mexican girl."We took a brief look at the Android 11 Developer Preview 1.Alan from Australia who joined us for the first time, demonstrated some of the features found on this preview of the 2nd Developer Preview.We mentioned in passing, "AGM Mobile," a rugged phone from a U.K. manufacturer that might come in handy for some blind folks who prefer physical keys over the touch scr...

Scoped Storage

June 14, 2020 10:28 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MB

In this 25th episode, we take a look wat what is coming with android 11--Scoped Storage and what it MEANS.We also spotlighted the Google Assistant and its new web reader feature which sure comes in handy when reading articles.On the "apps side of things," I demonstrated the new VoiceDream Scanner in its beta state from the guys who brought us the "VoiceDream Reader.The app is still in its early access stage and costs $6.99 to beta-test it.Should you want to try it, then it's located...

Android 11 Dev Preview 1 Not quite Ready for Daily use

June 14, 2020 10:25 - 1 hour - 43.6 MB

In this episode of the ANTAD Podcast--Episode 24, we discussed some vulnerability found in certain chips and routers.The article can be found at the following URL:https://www.xda-developers.com/kr00k-wifi-vulnerability-broadcom-cypress/We then moved on and talked about the Android 11 Developer Preview 1.Alongside with that, we mentioned the fact that the Essential PH1 phone has gained some sort of an update from the guys from Essential, making it possible to download and install a t...

A Hero's Departure

June 14, 2020 10:22 - 1 hour - 56.1 MB

While lovers and well-wishers are out and about eating dinner on Valentine's day evening, Nimer and I, Warren are busy recording episode 23 of the "ANTAD" podcast.In this episode, we put the focus on the happenings of the week--From the Samsung unpack of the Galaxy S20 series, to the cancellation of MWC, the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile and most importantly, the departure of a hero, from which this episode's title is derived!We say goodbye to, perhaps the best Android phone ever bu...

Encryption

June 14, 2020 10:16 - 1 hour - 46.5 MB

Episode 22 of the ANTAD Podcast discusses encryption!In this episode, we talk about the importance of encryption, what it is and why it is important.Starting off with the news section, we discussed the upcoming new take on "printing" in android that would be debuting with Android 11.We then moved on to a Bluetooth exploit called "Bluefrag" that is patched with the Feb. 2020 security patch.We mentioned in passing the upcoming Samsung event scheduled for Feb. 11 where Samsung would be...

Google Apps

June 14, 2020 10:13 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MB

The 21st episode of the ANTAD podcast is about Google apps.We opened the session with some news about "OTP"--One Time Passcode--A project from Apple with Google Chromium team on board.This article can be viewed at:https://www.imore.com/apple-engineers-have-proposal-standardize-two-factor-authentication-messages-and-google-boardmentioning in passing is the EU's vote that mandates USBC as a standard charging cord for devices from the following URL:https://www.androidauthority.com/appl...

Mobile Security

June 14, 2020 10:10 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB

Episode 20 is a mile stone for the ANTAD Podcast, so we focus on Mobile Security.We started off though by highlighting some news and or rumor (The AirDresser) from Samsung and then we talked about the upcoming Google IO scheduled for May the 12th through the 14th at Google's headquarters.Although we don't necessarily endorse nor recommend these "security" apps, we realize that there are those that do and hence the beauty of Android--Choice.Thus, we outline some of the most recommend...

Productivity--What is it?

June 14, 2020 10:07 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MB

Episode 19 of the ANTAD Podcast takes a look at "Productivity," what it means and how it could be defined on an individual basis.We then move on to "Rumorville" and talked about the possibility of Google releasing some three mid-range phones in 2020 and Xiaomi spinning off "Poco," as a separate company, thus, it's likely we'd be seeing a new "Pocophone."Next, Nimer demonstrated the "bad mama jamma"--The Galaxy Note 10Plus and that led us to apps.I demonstrated the official GitHub (e...

Shining the spotlight on Google during the last decade--2010-2019

June 14, 2020 10:04 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MB

In Episode 18, we take time out to shine the spotlight on Google during the last decade--2010-2019, paying attention to the many things that happend during those years, both good and bad.In the news section, I talked briefly about the possibility of OnePlus coming to Verizon sometime this year when the OnePlus 8 hits.Nimer brought us the "tip f the week" where he showcased how one could get infor on one's phone using the natively available methods.For the "App fo the week," I, Warre...

Best Android Phones of The Last Decade--2010-2019

June 14, 2020 10:01 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MB

As 2019 turned the page to 2020, closing the last decade, the ANTAD Podcast Crew, in ANTAD episode 17, takes a look at the last decade with respect to Android, paying attention to the movers and shakers of that last decade.We examine what phone was considered "phone of the year" foe each of those years of that decade, as well as highlighting some great phones that came out in those years during the decade.We welcome your questions and suggestions regarding the podcast by sending us ...

Outstanding phones of 2019

June 14, 2020 09:57 - 29 minutes - 20 MB

For the close of the year, we want to wish everyone who celebrates Christmas a merry Christmas and a happy new year to all!In episode 16, we take a look at some of the outstanding phones of 2019 and some rather great phones that went under the radar.We answered a couple email messages and recommended a printer managemnt app from the "Mopria guys," located at:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mopria.printpluginAgain we want to wish all of you who celebrate Christmas a...

Best Apps of 2019

June 14, 2020 09:53 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MB

As we draw closer to the close of 2019, episode 15 looks back at some of the best apps for the visually impaired with respect to 2019.As always, however, we opened it up with some news-worthy articles, where I, Warren, discussed the "Strand Hogg" malware, located at:https://phandroid.com/2019/12/19/strand-hogg-is-turning-android-phones-against-user/while Nimer discussed yet another issue with the Pixel 4, this time with respect to the Pixel 4 being "discriminatory" against charging ...

FRP (Factory Reset Protection)

June 14, 2020 09:49 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

What a coincidence, but our 14th episode of the ANTAD podcast, falls on the 14th day of December, 2019.In this episode, we kicked it off by talking about what to do when you want to pass down that phone of yours or if you want to sell it for some cash.We talked about the necessary steps that one needs to take prior to doing a "factory reset"--A necessary step to ensure that the person you are giving or selling the phone to, wouldn't be saddled with issues arising from "FRP" (Factory...

Phones

June 14, 2020 09:45 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MB

The ANTAD Podcast crew isn't given to superstition, so we went ahead and recorded Episode 13 of the ANTAD Podcast!In this episode, we saluted the U.S. military by remembering what happend on this day--December 7, 1941, when the Japanese bombed U.S. naval fleet located in Pearl Harbour, HI.In the news section, I Warren, talked about the new feature that rolled out to WhatsApp in the way of a "call waiting."Nimer talked about the deployment of 5G from T-Mobile and what it means to use...

E-Book Readers

June 14, 2020 09:39 - 1 hour - 59.1 MB

Our 12th episode of the ANTAD Podcast comes a day after Black Friday and a couple days after Thanksgiving; as a result, we talked about e-Book readers, meaning, after the shopping is done, then comes the eating and the curling up in bed with a good book to read!I, Warren, opened up with a news article from the Google block, where Google is working hard to protect its users from government-backed hacking as posted on its blog at:https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/thre...

Mystery Guest

June 14, 2020 09:33 - 1 hour - 41.7 MB

All the ANTAD episodes have been great, but I would like to particularly deem episode 11 as "extra special!"I gave this episode the nickname of "Mystery guest."We are graced by the appearance of a highly respect develper--Eyal from "high Mountain," from where we get the "Speak!" app--an OCR package that is free to use for any blind person with an Android phone and it can be installed from the following Play URL:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.toucan.speakEyal took ...

Cash Readers

June 14, 2020 09:29 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB

Upon reaching episode 10, we took a look at something that matters to all--Cash!Most countries of the world don't have Braille or something along that line that makes it easy for blind people to differentiate between the bank notes, so we took a look at Cash Readers!This of course was proceeded by news in which Nimer talked about the recently released RCS by Google--a technology that is intended at making the good ole SMS receive the goodies of modern chat apps like WhatsApp, Telegr...

ADA--Apps Defense Alliance

June 14, 2020 09:22 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MB

On November, 9, 2019, the ANTAD Podcast showcases its 9th podcast, corresponding with the 9th day of the month.In this episode, we opened up with news where I Warren, talked about ADA--?Apps Defense Alliance," a Google-joint  venture with three of some of the leading malware detection companies--Lookout, Eset and Ziperium.The aim of this is to incorporate these tools into the "Google Protect," thus, bolstering the defense against rogue apps on the Play Store.This announcement came t...

Baby Gone Home To Mama

June 14, 2020 09:20 - 1 hour - 41.6 MB

In our 8th episode of the ANTAD podcast, in the news section, we highlighted the fact that for some odd reason, HMD, makers of the Nokia phones whose phones come with bootloaders that cannot be unlocked, the Nokia 7.1 on the other hand, does come with a bootloader that can be unlocked.Also in the news secton, Samsung, during it's recent conference, shone a spotlight on the subject of Accessibility.We moved onto apps and I, Warren, demonstrated a couple apps--"Elocance" from the foll...

Episode 7 Unboxing Pixel4 And Hot Wings!

June 14, 2020 09:15 - 51 minutes - 35 MB

Pixel4 Time!In our seventh episode of the "ANTAD" podcast, we unbox the Pixel 4XL and by the way, it has been confirmed that the screen panel of the Pixel4 is from Samsung while the regular Pixel4 rocks an LG panel!In our news section, Nimer highlights the changes that have shown up on the Assistant and I, Warren talkd about "CCMI" (Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative," an effort by the 4 carriers in the U.S., AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon in bringing RCS across the 4 major carr...

Episode 6 GPS Apps

June 14, 2020 09:12 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MB

In our 6th Episode of the ANTAD podcast, we spotlight GPS apps and paid particular attention to the Nearby Explorer, wherein, Nimer demonstrated the app and its reaches.I Warren, mentioned the Google Maps and the GetThere apps and because we were running out of time, only the Nearby Explorer demonstration is showcased in this episode.Krister touched lightly on the "Speak!" with respect to his experience, while Ravi chimed in about the Lazarillo GPS that he might showcase in some fut...

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