iA Cast

Show Notes

On this episode of the iACast, Aleeha, Michael, and Sarah discuss how to put together a website using WordPress.

News

Samsung will be pulling their preorders for their foldable phones at the end of May while Best Buy has already started to cancel preorders for the phones.

Picks

• Aleeha: OrCam
• Michael: New 2019 MacBook Pro
• Sarah: Sarah’s Blog

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Show Description

On this episode, Michael, Aleeha and Jason unbox the new 2019 15 inch MacBook Pro.

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Show Description

On this episode, Michael, Aleeha and Jason unbox the Google Home Hub, which is now known as the Google Nest Hub.

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Show Description

Jason and Aleeha give an overview of basic navigation commands with the ChromeVox screenreader running on a ChromeBook.

Jason goes through the ChromeVox tutorial, visits the Options page, navigates a website, and demonstrates using ChromeVox inside an Android app.

If you’d like to learn more about Chromebooks and ChromeVox, you can visit the ChromeVox website, join the ChromeVox discussion group, and visit Google’s Chrome OS page. You can also check out Google’s Youtube video playlist on Chrome and Chrome OS accessibility.

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Show Description

On this episode of the iACast, Aleeha, Jason, Michael, and Sarah discuss the Google IO Event.

News

U.S. Supreme Court rules that the lawsuit regarding the app store can proceed. The lawsuit claims that Apple has a monopoly and their 30% commission is inflating prices.

Google pulls the Android License for Huawei!

Google responded to concerns, although some news sources report that this is not a surprise. However, consumers who have Huawei devices should not fear being able to update their security due to an extension by Google of the Android License. This 90-day extension comes after the U.S. relaxed some trade restrictions.

Google IO

You may not be able to control your Nest Thermostat with your Echo. Google has rebranded the Home Hub as the Nest Hub, and there are concerns as to how this integration and brand will allow consumers to use their Alexa enabled devices to control current Nest gadgets.

Duplex is expanding to the web.

In Assistant news, you are now able to simply say “Stop” for an alarm or timer rather than “Hey Google, Stop”.

Picks

Sarah: iHeart Radio skill for Alexa as well as Google devices.

Jason: Netflix.

Aleeha: Anker Lightning to USBC Dongle.

Michael: The Secure Shelfish App

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