Google Tracker 2015 (I/O edition): Android M, Chromecast 2, and lots more.#

JR Raphael: "The question everyone always asks is whether Google will somehow "merge" Android and Chrome OS into a single product at some point down the line -- but that question may be missing the mark."#

This is an interesting article about Google's possible strategy for Chrome OS and Android. It makes sense to me that Google would take some of the more "desktop like" features of Android and merge them with Chrome OS.#

I am not entirely sold, however, on the porting of Android apps to Chrome OS. Take for example Evernote. With the Evernote web app, which had been the only way to access Evernote on Chrome OS, all your notes are instantly available just as soon as you log in. In the Evernote Android app running on Chrome OS, however, notes don't start synchronizing to the app to be available until after you start the app and I have found that synchronization to be much slower than on my Android tablet. Part of the reason for this may be that I don't frequently run the Android app on Chrome as I do on my tablet. Still, the end result is that for me the Android version of Evernote on Chrome OS is much slower than on Android, and therefore less useful.#

Willie Horton returns to the site of Tiger Stadium for the first time since its final game in 1999.#

Reading American cities: books about Detroit.#

A Baseball’s Exit Velocity Is Five Parts Hitter, One Part Pitcher. Here is a fascinating article about how MLB pitchers affect the velocity of the ball leaving the bat when it is hit. I think it highlights a difference between pitchers and throwers.#

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