HTC One GPE Receives Android 4.4.2 KitKat OTA Update

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Google made it official last month, via its official Android Google + account that Android 4.4 KitKat update for Google Play Editions (GPE) of Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One gadgets have been released.

Now, latest news is that up-to-the-minute version of Android 4.4.2 KitKat with build number KOT49H is hitting HTC One Google Play units. Users may check for the OTA update by navigating to Settings>> About Phone>> System>> Updates>> Check now.

Android 4.4.2 KitKat for Google Play Edition is rolling out in stages, it might not have hit all the devices yet. However, the rollout is expected to complete before Christmas.

In addition to Android 4.4.2 KitKat. HTC has also released updated Google Play Edition kernel source code for the Android 4.4.2 update and the framework files for the HTC One.

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Moto X wood back officially teased, likely coming very soon

Since the August launch of the Moto X we’ve been waiting for the exquisite wood back option from Motorola, which was rumored to be a fourth quarter option for $50. According to Motorola, it should be available very soon.

The wood backs we saw on the Moto X at the phone’s launch in August may be available any day now based on a teaser from Motorola. On the company’s official Google+ page on Sunday, it showed off a wood back template for the Moto X with the following comment: “Put this DIY project on hold. Trust us.”

Previously, it was unofficially leaked that the wood back option for the Moto X would become available in the fourth quarter of this year for an additional $50. As the quarter is coming to a close, that rumor is looking good. I suspect Motorola will announced the wood back option this week — that’s just a guess of course — for new Moto Maker orders.

While it would be ideal for current Moto X owners to get a wood back, it’s likely this will only be for new customers. I suppose Motorola could offer a mail-in service to send in a current Moto X for a wood back swap, but the odds are unlikely. If the company did offer it, however, I’d likely take advantage of it, even if it meant being without my Moto X for a few days. I saw the wood backs in August and they looked fantastically unique and well made.

MOBILE PHONE EXPOSES ARMED ROBBER

A 36-year-old Bulawayo man was exposed when an unsuspecting buyer  used a stolen phone.
Nhlanhla Ndlovu, 36, has appeared before the courts facing three counts of armed robbery, aggravated indecent assault and malicious damage to property.

He pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Gladmore Mushove and was remanded in custody until December 27. It is the State case that on December 2 Tinashe Chimeramo, 20, and Francisca Thandi were driving between 12th Avenue when they stopped at a traffic light.

While the couple waited for the green light, Ndlovu and his unidentified colleague smashed the car window on the driver’s side and grabbed the ignition key.

The court heard that Ndlovu produced a knife and ordered the complainant to unlock the doors before commandeering their vehicle to a secluded place along Robert Mugabe Way. On arrival, Ndlovu and his unidentified colleague ordered their victims to surrender all their possessions which included a Samsung and Nokia X2 cell phones and a Nokia digital camera at knife point.

Ndlovu indecently assaulted the woman by inserting his fingers into her private parts suspecting she had hidden something between her legs leaving the complainant with some bruises. He went on to sell the loot to Boyed Nyoni, Nkosi Mayibongwe and Charumba Nomatter who turned State witnesses after being caught by the police in possession of the stolen goods.

Mayibongwe sold the Nokia X2 to Precious Masuku who used the mobile phone without changing the chat application account, leading to her arrest.
Nyoni was arrested when Masuku led the CID homicide detectives to the person who had sold the mobile phone. daily news

Sprint Considering Bid for T-Mobile

Sprint Considering Bid for T-Mobile

A just released report from the Wall Street Journal has Sprint mounting a bid for rival wireless carrier T-Mobile. In what could be an uphill battle on Sprint’s part, the company will face challenges from all sides citing possible duopoly.

An effort to combine Sprint and T-Mobile will probably also face backlash from regulators, lawmakers, and consumers, though perhaps not as much as AT&T and T-Mobile.

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Apple Store Free iBook, Path API, Chase Joins Isis Mobile Wallet

the Apple Store app is now offering iPhone users an iBooks freebie, which appears to be part of a new initiative to get retail store customers to download the app. The free title is Away in My Airplane by Margaret Wise Brown, and the app claims the e-book is "free for a limited time -- exclusively for Apple Store app users." According to one Apple employee briefed on the offer, the freebie expires on August 28 and is limited to the United States and only four other countries, and is the second such Apple Store offer this month.

Path Joins API Hands with Developers

Path announced Monday that the private social network is expanding its connectivity to other apps and services, starting with a group of "hand-selected developers we admire for their innovation and quality." The first 15 developers with access to the Path API include familiar names such as WordPress, Viddy and Over, and a number of lesser-known photography apps such as PicMix, PicFrame and Pic Stitch. The blog post notes that updates to some of the apps are available now, with others arriving in the coming weeks, along with additional developers who can apply for API access for sharing from their own apps to Path.

Chase Commits to Isis Mobile Wallet

Mobile wallet solution Isis announced Monday that Chase has joined the ranks as part of the service's national rollout later this year, which will include such popular credit card products as Chase Freedom, Sapphire and Slate. After extensive pilot programs in Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City, Utah, Isis is expected to go nationwide in the next few months, complete with iPhone support. The joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon is hoping to succeed where Google's own Wallet initiative has thus far floundered, allowing near-field communication (NFC) payments from mobile devices at retail.

iOS App Store Still Reigns Supreme Over Google Play

Distimo released its July 2013 list of the global top apps on Monday, and Apple's iOS App Store again holds a strong defense against the Android-based Google Play, at least where paid apps are concerned. Aggregating data from 18 of the largest countries, Apple's mobile marketplace smoked Google Play almost everywhere except South Korea -- not much of a surprise, considering that's the home base of rival Samsung. Curiously, Russians spent more money on iPad apps than on the iPhone, but the U.S. spent more than any other country overall.

Google Shells Out $2M to Squash Bugs

The Google Online Security Blog announced Monday that it's handed out more than $2 million dollars over the last three years since launching its Chromium and Google Web Vulnerability Reward Programs. The initiative rewards users who find and report bugs on these platforms, with more than 2,000 such issues reported and subsequently fixed. In an effort to step up patches on Chromium, Google is raising its reward level from $1,000 to $5,000 per bug, so it certainly looks like it pays to get out there and dig 'em up.

Nokia partners Airtel, launches mobile phones for youths •Denies importing sub-standard phones into Nigeria

THE new Nokia Asha 210 and 501 provide a cloud compress of about 85 per cent smarter and affordable internet fit for the Nigerian market.

This was the submission made when Nokia, maker of the mobile phones partnered with Airtel, one of the Global Systems for Mobile communication(GSM) operators in Nigeria to launch the two products at the Airtel office on Tuesday in Lagos.

Describing the products as the latest stunning devices by Nokia, Operations, Accounts Manager, Airtel, Beatrice Olumhense said the Asha 210 and Asha 501 are what the youths really need in Nigeria.

Vice president, data and digital services, Airtel, Nitin Anand, said Nigeria is one of most important countries in the world in terms of technology, “there is no company that will not look at Nigeria whenever it wants to launch it’s devices.”

Olumhense said the Asha 501 has a bright and deep body with scratch-proof colours, it can swipe through and has a multi window browsing ability.

“The Nokia Asha 501 has an ecosystem that supports and brings new applications and old ones like the Facebook, Whatsapp, Games Apps and other important chat Apps for the youths. It has smarter internet and is affordable too” Olumhense explained.

According to her, the Nokia Asha 210 with about 64MB on-board memory space and 4GB memory card provides relevant social networks, has two smart buttons for social networks and camera, “it has top Apps that are ready to use. The phone is available in the market and youths will like it.”

Also, the managing director, Nokia Nigeria, Chris Brown has debunked allegations that the company was bringing substandard phones into Africa, especially Nigeria.

He said the company had no reason whatsoever to produce a type of quality of product for some continents and then go ahead to produce a lesser quality for other continents.

Responding to the accusations of having the company produce Nokia products that are more durable for continents such as Europe and America, Brown said “it will be illogical and a total waste of resources to have our manufacturers in China produce a particular quality for some countries and demand for the production of inferior quality which would be supplied to Africa.”

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