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Google’s Halloween treat was pretty sweet. Google quietly pulled the wraps off of the Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 KitKat, bringing with it a new version of Google Hangouts. It wasn’t but a few short hours later that some .APKs were extracted from KitKat, making Hangouts available for download and manual installation. Today Hangouts version…
Last week some mysterious barges began showing up in the San Francisco bay and near Portland, ME. When word got out that they were owned by Google, it led to wild speculation. Most analysts seemed to think the barges would be new Google stores, specifically to showcase Google Glass. Now word has finally come from…
Ok everyone, there’s a super awesome mega deal going on right now, and you need to get in on it. GameStop is trying to get rid of their 2012 Nexus 7 stock, and are selling the 32GB devices for peanuts. Well, more like 99 peanuts. Err, 99 dollar coins..ok, $99. Can’t find a local GameStop…
Bionic arms, legs and eyeballs? Yes please. A microphone tattoo on the neck? Motorola seems to think so, but no thanks. A new patent that Motorola has applied for depicts a microphone, transceiver and power supply that will be tattooed directly onto the neck. The microphone would trap vibrations from your larynx and send them…
RunKeeper updated its iOS app with support for the M7 chip found in Apple’s iPhone 5S. For those who don’t know about Apple’s new M7 chip, allow me to explain. The M7 chip inside of the new flagship iPhone is known as a “motion co-processor” that helps take pressure off the A7 processor. Now fitness…
AT&T announced that it will sell the hot-new Nokia Lumia 1520, the first ever Windows Phone phablet. And you can already pre-order the big phone; not from AT&T but from Microsoft’s Store which is asking $199 with a two-year contract. Those of you who missed the last few weeks should know that the Lumia 1520…
We’ve already told you that HTC’s next year’s flagship is in works. Codenamed M8, it will sport top-notch specs that include fast Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core chip, 5- or 5.2-inch full HD screen, 3GB of RAM and the new version of Sense UI – 6.0. And now have the phone’s back cover to show you.…
Verizon Wireless announced an update to the LG Intuition that includes Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Also included in this release are many UI updates, including multi-page sharing, as well as newer versions of Backup Assistant Plus Media, Single Sign-On Client and Verizon Tones. In addition, a number of bugs have been squashed, while some of…
Xiaomi not only has some great phones offered at more than reasonable prices, but also an active community that keeps chipping in to improve the “Xiaomi experience.” This experience comes in the form of MIUI that includes a number of customizations built on top of the Android core. The current MIUI 5.0 is based on…
Seriously, Verizon? If the news that the nexus 5 wasn’t coming to Big Red’s network, the delay of the Nexus 7’s release on the network continues to trudge on. Why, you may ask? Well, Verizon is blaming Google for the holdup, saying that the 2013 Nexus 7 hasn’t passed LTE certification tests. Android Police received…