Nexus 5 by Motorola? [Rumors] 8/11/13

So rumor has it that the nexus 5 will be made by Motorola. This is not surprising considering they now own Moto. I personally am very excited to see what they are going to do because often I have enjoyed Moto hardware but their locked boot loaders and Moto-interface has been terrible. This has been enough that I have owned only 1 Moto android phone in the past and it was because at the time it was the ONLY android phone available for my carrier. There are certain things I really hope for in the nexus 5:
1. AT&T LTE support. (Please?)
2. Perhaps all the software to be released to the AOSP community? I mean Google now owns the manufacturer as well..
3. The usually expected "ooh" and "ahh" features we love from Google.
4. Price. This is where things can get interesting. Motorola has released really good hardware BUT it was never as cheap as the N4. So the question is, can they give me a super phone at a $300-$350 price point?

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Force quit

Normally I post original content but this was worth the share :)

Source: http://loldwell.com/?p=515

Xbox and Time Warner. Match made in heaven?

So everyone knows the Xbox one will have the ability to plug your cable box into it. However what about those that have a Xbox 360? Well today Xbox announced they are going to partner with Time Warner cable and allow you to stream "up to 300 of the most popular live TV channels." I know a lot of people have been ditching cable all together for solutions like Netflix and Hulu but for those that still have it this is nice if you want to have it in another room. The real question is if you ditch your cable box all together. The "rental" fee for having a cable box these days runs about $10-$12. Considering they are already taking your first born it might be nice to save a little bit. Do you guys still have cable TV?
Source: http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/ent-time-warner

Mr. Jingles got a new hat

So today Mr. Jingles got a new hat, and if you click on it you get a surprise :)

Google+ has a new notification look.

Small update rolled out recently. The notifications that are in Google+ as well as GMail and other Google services are being updated. Instead of a box with numbers it is now a bell with a small number at the top if you have any notifications. In addition to this they have made it much more visually obvious to see which notifications you have read or not. The bell was not necessary but the visual delineation is nice.

If you don't see it yet try re-freshing the pages.

Don't like the new Google+ layout? Change it.

If you don't like the new tiles layout and prefer the older single stream you can change it!
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After you change it you will switch to a single stream of content much like the old G+ layout.

How to install google hangout on your device now!

UPDATE: This method only allows some people to get the update sooner. Other are still unable to update.
Second UPDATE: Update your google play services and you should be able to update your hangout app. Reset your phone after just in case.

Get play services here
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/05/13/apk-teardown-google-play-services-3-1-part-2-all-your-app-data-in-the-cloud-a-new-cloud-based-location-service-and-more/


Go to the play store online.

https://play.google.com/store

Find it, then install it through the browser onto your device.
Profit!!!!