Summary: News: Google takes its same-day delivery service to New York and LA Just over a year after it started offering same-day deliveries to San Franciscans, Google's Shopping Express has finally made its way out of California. The service, which offers expedited shipping from major stores like Target, Staples and Walgreens, but also local businesses, has expanded to parts of New York and Los Angeles. Residents living in Manhattan can now call upon Google to deliver groceries, gadgets and office supplies in super-fast time. Shoppers in Culver City, Inglewood, Marina Del Rey, Santa Monica, Venice, West Los Angeles and Westwood are now also eligible, extending the search giant's California footprint in the process. To kickstart its expansion, Google is throwing in six months of unlimited free deliveries and says it'll add other parts of Los Angeles in the coming months, undoubtedly giving Amazon and other brick-and-mortar stores something to think about. http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/05/google-shopping-express-new-york-la/ GoPlug Kickstater Backpack https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1075774055/goplug-powered-bags/ Omni Pack https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/801609824/omnipack-an-all-in-one-backpack Motion-tracking app Moves said it wouldn't share your data with Facebook, but it's going to anyway A few weeks ago, Facebook purchased the company behind fitness-tracking app Moves— and as is often the case when Facebook snaps up a company, Moves users were immediately concerned about what might happen to their data. The company tried to head that off in its blog post announcing the acquisition, saying "the Moves experience will continue to operate as a standalone app, and there are no plans to change that or commingle data with Facebook." However, in less than two weeks, the company has already gone back on that promise. As noted by The Wall Street Journal, Moves updated its privacy policy last night to state that it may share user data (including personally identifying information) with other companies, "including but not limited to Facebook." (The earlier privacy policy can be viewed here.) That sounds an awful lot like the "commingling" that the company said it was looking to avoid. While Moves is a relatively small app, it comes at a time when Facebook's many recent acquisitions are sparking concerns about what the world might look like as the company integrates itself further and further into users' lives. http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/6/5688334/moves-app-will-share-user-data-with-facebook ************ Geek This Week: Aaron: eBay antics with the iMac. Gozer: Thor 2 & Amazing Spiderman 2 Aaron & Gozer: 24 ************* Feedback and items of Note: Hey guys. Sorry but it has been a while since I have emailed, but I am back! I have managed to get in on the Ara Scouts. If I can, I might get a free early production model. It won't be able to replace my iPhone but maybe it could replace my aging DS lite as I could connect my ouya controller to it and use a DS emulator. Hope I can get one. As always love the show Dawson ************** Sponsors: Check us out on Stitcher! Visit http://www.stitcher.com/geekcast and sign up. Not only can you catch the podcast through the app, but if you use the code ‘geekcast’ within the app and you’ll be entered to win $100! Audible: Try Audible Now and Get 1 Free Audiobook Download with a 14 Day Trial. Choose from over 85,000 Titles. Continue your membership and receive 1 audio book credit a month for only $14.95 per month! Just visit <a href="http://www.audiblepodcast.com/TheGeekcast">AudiblePodcast.com/TheGeekcast</a>
