Cellphone Carrier Bonanza, Fast Android Updates, and Cheap Chromebooks

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Tech News, News, How To, Education, Self-improvement

4.6 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2014

⏱️ 55 minutes

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This week on the podcast we’re talking about making your own food substitute, why fast Android updates don’t matter anymore, and a whole bunch of cell carrier announcements. We’re also answering your questions about salvaging old computer parts, saving your Android battery life, and whether or not Chromebooks can work as primary laptops. Looking for the show notes? You can find this episode at http://lifehacker.com/1498059539 (after 5:00 PM PT) and all episodes at http://lifehacker.com/theshow (anytime). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome to the Ask LifeHacker podcast for January 9th.
0:03.6	This week we're talking about making your own food substitute, why fast Android updates
0:07.6	don't matter anymore, and a whole bunch of cell carrier announcements at CES.
0:12.4	We're also answering your questions about salvaging old computer parts, saving your
0:16.0	Android's battery life, and whether or not Chromebooks can work as a primary laptop.
0:20.3	And as always, we'll be going through our favorite tips and downloads of the show.
0:49.4	I am Whitson Gordon.
0:50.6	I'm Adam Dodgers.
0:51.8	And with us today, we have Alan Henry joining us via Google Hangouts.
0:55.8	How's it going, Alan?
0:57.1	Pretty good.
0:57.6	How are you?
0:58.3	Good.
0:59.1	Sorry for those of us that tried to join the live show today.
1:01.8	We had a few weird little problems, but I think we're up and running now.
1:06.2	Also, to remind those of you that may not remember, we're starting the show at a different
1:10.4	time from now on.
1:11.4	We're going 10 a.m. Pacific time
1:13.1	is when we're trying to aim to start the show on Thursdays.
1:16.5	So if you want to watch live,
1:17.8	that would be the time to do it.
1:20.6	Okay, so it's been a while since we've had an episode, guys.
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