{"id":3572,"date":"2017-12-10T11:18:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T21:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=3572"},"modified":"2017-12-10T11:18:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T21:18:58","slug":"mobileviews-podcast-234-watch-os-4-2-pogoplug-rant-chromebook-offers-from-google-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/10\/mobileviews-podcast-234-watch-os-4-2-pogoplug-rant-chromebook-offers-from-google-more\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews Podcast 234: Watch OS 4.2, Pogoplug rant, Chromebook offers from Google, &#038; more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/2ut4v-7ecc99?from=yiiadmin' data-link='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/2ut4v-7ecc99?from=yiiadmin' height='100' width='100%' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' data-name='pb-iframe-player' ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In podcast 234, Jon Westfall and I discuss:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Paul Lawler, Ricky Li, and I attempted to record an in-person mini-podcast. However, there was too much microphone bleed which resulted in a horrendous &#8220;echo.&#8221; I&#8217;m trying to install a filter for Audacity to reduce the echo so it can be posted someday. &#8211; SEE MobileViews Mini-Podcast 30<\/li>\n<li>Rant: Lost access to my PogoPlug a couple of weeks ago.<\/li>\n<li>Ref: <a href=http:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2017\/12\/05\/watchos-4-2-release-notes\/\">iDownloadBlog<\/a> Apple Watch OS 4.2<br \/>\nSend, request and receive money from friends and family with Apple Pay Cash in Messages or by asking Siri (US only)<br \/>\nAdds support for HomeKit sprinklers and faucets in Home<br \/>\nAdds support for a new workout type for third-party apps to track distance, average speed, number of runs and elevation descended for downhill snow sports with Apple Watch Series 3<br \/>\nResolves an issue where Apple Watch would sometimes restart when asking Siri about the weather<\/li>\n<li>Carrot Weather<\/li>\n<li>McDonald&#8217;s mobile order<\/li>\n<li>Google shutting down Chrome &#8220;apps&#8221;. Ref: <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2017\/12\/google-shuts-down-the-apps-section-of-the-chrome-web-store\/\">ars technica<\/a>. And, while Google said that no one uses these Chrome apps, one of our mutual friends said that his app has 250,000 users and is getting 100 email messages a day about this. For Google, the math is 250,000 equals zero.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/chromebook\/offers\/\">Special offers from Google<\/a> for Chromebook owners. I had already redeemed a $20 Google Play credit and 100 GB of Google Drive storage for two years. Google recently added a Netflix free for 6 months deal which I applied to an existing Netflix account. These offers expire on December 31.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/photolemur.com\/\">Photolemur 2.2<\/a> single click photo enhancer for MacOS\/Windows &#8211; Disclaimer free review copy. $29 for one device license. $49 for five device &#8220;family&#8221; license.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Available via <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/listen?u=0&#038;gclid=COid8dLi6s0CFQrQfgodJ_8CsA&#038;gclsrc=ds#\/ps\/Ioaoswyblmdonyb42jg6stsl6om\">Google Music Podcasts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/mobileviews.com-podcast\/id301171904?mt=2\">Apple iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In podcast 234, Jon Westfall and I discuss: Paul Lawler, Ricky Li, and I attempted to record an in-person mini-podcast. 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