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One of the accessories that really makes the Nexus 9 a productivity powerhouse is the Folio Keyboard for the tablet. Priced at $60, nearly $100 less than what it was a debut, this magnetically attaching keyboard and cover gives you a great feeling and functional keyboard while providing protection for your tablet at the same time.  I have been using the Folio Keyboard over the course of the last several weeks and I have to say that I am impressed with the performance and ease-of-use.  While not everyone needs a keyboard for their tablet, if you have a Nexus 9 and need one, this is not a bad option to consider.

The Bank of America app for Android has been updated and with it comes support for fingerprint support for sign in.  Now if you have an Android phone running Android Marshmallow that has a fingerprint scanner, you can now use it to sign into the app to get to your accounts.  The update takes advantage of Marshmallow’s fingerprint API and adds to the app’s already support of Samsung’s fingerprint API.

Project Fi users, there is an update to the app for your Android phone that will bring you a long requested feature:  A Home Screen widget.  The updated version is rolling out to the Google Play Store now and you should have the update come to you via an OTA update over the course of the next few days.  The widget, which is a dial that shows you how much you data you have used for your current billing cycle and will show you how may days you have left in the cycle.

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has just released their financial reports for the first quarter of 2016 and they are impressive.  Overall the company had $20.2 billion in revenue for the first three months of 2016 with an overall GAAP Income of $4.2 billion.  While the company reports as a whole, the financial press release covers Google separately which is the real telling number.  The bottom line is Alphabet is fundamentally Google when it comes to revenue and profits.