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ESPN SportsCenter update: watch and listen to live streams

With the NFL season starting next week (that’s American football, not the other kind of football to you), sports fans for sure will be enthusiastically logging on to their various sports app to keep updated with their favourite teams. The ESPN SportsCenter app for Android will not be left out in the cold as the latest update now includes the ability to listen to the radio streaming and watch the latest videos from the sports channel.



It’s been proven that sports fans love to consume digital content as much as they love to watch their favourite teams duke it out on the field or court or pitch or wherever they play. One of the foremost updates in the ESPN SportsCenter app is bringing football fans better NFL and College Football mobile coverage. And if you choose which teams to follow in whatever sports you’re interested in, they are now grouped at the top of the SC scores panel.


But probably what would interest users more is the OnAir feature which gives them one-click access to the latest radio streaming of whatever sporting event is being covered and also access to WatchESPN videos. This will become crucial if you’re stuck at work or at a party while an important game is ongoing and you have no access to a TV. The alerts will also now take you directly to the stories and videos that you are interested in.


So to prep yourself for another season-long of excitement and/or heartbreak for your football team, go and install the newly updated ESPN SportsCenter app on your smartphone. You can download it for free from the Google Play Store.


Samsung Is Ditching Google Maps for Nokia's Here

Samsung Is Ditching Google Maps for Nokia's Here


However good Google Maps might be, Samsung has decided that it can do better. Teaming up with Nokia , a beta version of Here for Android is being made available exclusively for Samsung.


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Finally! Yahoo Aviate adds custom collections

This news is definitely a long time coming. Yahoo Aviate has announced the addition of a single, "small" feature that increases the launcher's usefulness quite dramatically. Now users will be able to create their own custom collections and will no longer be bound by the categories that Aviate has defined for them.



Aviate is made up of four "panels": the dynamic context-based Spaces panel, the space-limited Home screen, the semi-dynamic Collections, and the Apps list. The Collections part, which, as the name suggests, groups your apps into themes, is only partly dynamic because Aviate automatically tries to fill it up with related apps. These collections can then be used in their own specific panel or added to the dynamically changing Spaces panel. Unfortunately, ever since the launcher's debut, users were limited to choosing from among Aviate's curated set of default collections, ranging from Entertainment to News to Home to Cooking. Sure you can manually add apps to those collections, but you will inevitably hit a wall when it comes to mixing up your own preferences. Well, not anymore.


You can now create your own Collection, though it won't be as automated as pre-made ones and won't have the "Show suggested apps" button. Creating your own collection is quite simple. Scroll down to your list of collections, tap on the Add Collection button, and then scroll down to the bottom of the list again to see the Create Your Own label. All that's left for you to do is to give it a name and fill it with apps. Such a simple functionality that makes you wonder why it took them this long to implement.


Yahoo Aviate is an interesting take on an Android launcher. It adds a dash of context-based features and doesn't follow the conventional aesthetics of majority of launchers in the market. The update is already available on Google Play Store and should be rolling out to users. If you don't have it yet, give it a try. After all, it's free. Or you can also take a peek at our early hands-on experience or see how Aviate measures up to other "smart" launchers on Android.


SOURCE: Yahoo Aviate





Motorola’s Droid Razr M rebranded as Luge for Verizon

If Verizon’s new smartphone offering, Luge by Motorola, sounds and looks familiar, well, it should be if you know your Motorola stuff. It is actually a rebranded Droid Razr M and is now being positioned as a big screen device powered by the carrier’s 4G/LTE network. It is being offered as a pre-paid no-contract handset with a $100 discount from its original price.



Since it’s basically a 2-year-old phone, with the Droid Razr M having been released back in 2012, you would not expect specs that can match up to the standards of newer phones in the market today. It’s 4.3” qHD edge-to-edge display may be pretty attractive to those who prefer having bigger screens to read their emails and browse the web. They’re also showing off the Super AMOLED Advance display which allows you to take videos that have zero-motion blur.


The Luge runs on a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, has 1GB RAM, an 8GB internal memory and has a 2,000mAh battery. Its main camera is 8MP but the front-facing camera is a bit dated with 0.3MP. One main difference the Luge has with the Droid Razr M is that it’s running on Android KitKat 4.4.2, which of course wasn’t in existence yet 2 years ago. It is also water-repellent and scratch-resistant, in case you live an active lifestyle.


The new/old smartphone is being offered under Verizon’s prepaid plan, which will not require you to be tied down to the carrier on any contract. The full retail price of the Luge is at $299.99, but Verizon’s online retail store is selling it at $199.99 starting Thursday.


SOURCE: Verizon


OneDrive for Android now combines Personal and Business

There used to be a time when our personal and business life, whether real-life or digital, were two separate entities. But as mobile devices and interconnectivity continue to dominate most of our lives, it suddenly becomes important that the two sometimes become seamlessly integrated. Microsoft's OneDrive for Android’s latest update does just that, giving you just one app to access both your personal and business accounts.



Previously, the mobile app only supported the OneDrive for consumers and you were only able to access your OneDrive for Business files through your desktop. But this time around, you just have one app where two can be found, but separately of course. Don’t worry, there will not be any confusion as to which photos are of your latest vacation and which are the ones to be included in your business presentation.


There is a shelf user interface that slides in from the left, where you can choose which of your OneDrives you should access. If you backup your mobile photos on OneDrive, they will only be saved in your personal files, not your work files. Another new feature is that you can protect your files by locking it with a four-digit PIN, an important option especially if you have sensitive office documents in your cloud. You can also now open files from OneDrive in your other apps, which makes it easier to integrate the app with other aspects of your mobile life.


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The update has already been rolled out to users. If you still don’t have OneDrive on your smartphone, you can download it for free from the Google Play Store.


SOURCE: OneDrive





LG G Watch R revealed to have a hefty price tag

LG has just showed its new hand in the smartwatch market by unveiling the round G Watch R just days before IFA 2014 commences. But while it may have stolen the spotlight from the equally round Moto 360, LG's German outfit has revealed the Android Wear device's biggest, and perhaps only, flaw: it's price.



The G Watch R is practically the G Watch encased in a more stylish circular frame. You will enjoy the same hardware and same Android Wear features, including the 1.2 GHz Snapdragon 400, 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of storage, and an Ingress Protection (IP) rating of IP67. But it also adds just a bit more, with a higher 410 mAh battery and, for the first time, a heartrate monitor. Unlike the Moto 360, however, LG utilizes the whole surface of the 1.3-inch 320x320 Plastic OLED (P-OLED) display, giving it a much bigger effective area to utilize.


But do those improvements, as well as the round watch face, warrant a drastic increase in price? Unlike the global announcement, LG Germany has revealed that the SRP for the G Watch R stands at 299 euros. Directly converted, that's around $395. In contrast, the LG G Watch only costs $229, and that is already higher than the Samsung Gear Live's $199. But even if it were to surprisingly only cost $299 in the US, that is still quite a price jump.


That said, we still don't know the Moto 360's price tag, or its features for that matter. Motorola's first Android Wear smartwatch might win against the LG in that category only. Plus wireless charging, if that indeed comes to pass. A bigger battery, a heartrate sensor, and a circular face are definitely enticing new features that would make you want to reach out for a LG G Watch R, but are you also willing to pay the price for it? Let's find out when come face to watch face at IFA 2014 next week.


SOURCE: LG





Project Wing revealed to be Google’s drone deliver moonshot

Google, or to be specific, Google X, really loves stretching the boundaries of technology, and maybe the law as well. Seemingly taking after Amazon's own drone-powered delivery plans, Google X has revealed it has its own "Project Wing" delivery system already in the works, with a slight twist.



To be fair, Wing isn't really an imitation of Amazon's drone dreams. Project Wing was said to have been in development for already two years now. And it wasn't initially conceptualized to deliver packages. It was first intended for emergency situations, delivering defibrillators to heart attack victims, where speed of deployment is of the essence. Unfortunately, the red tape involved in integrating it with a 911 system and other considerations negated whatever speed benefits Project Wing had to offer. And since Google has already started its own same-day express delivery service, why not reuse Wing for something less life critical and more sensational?


Project Wing neatly ties into Google's latest obsession: automation and robots. Unlike most commercial drones in the market, though, Project Wing is quite unique, part plane, part helicopter. Like a helicopter, it takes of vertically, almost like a rocket with its nose pointed up. Then it rotates on its pitch to a conventional lateral position as it flies to its destination. You might imagine it would then fly down to your door (and maybe even ring your doorbell) to deliver the package, but not so. It remains hovering in the air and will instead lower the package to the ground with a cable.




The public reveal of Project Wing was prompted by growing rumors and leaks, but Google hasn't said yet if it's ready to be delivered. Even if it technically ready, it still has to pass one of the hardest and most painstaking hurdle of all: getting it legally certified. At the moment, Google X is conducting its Project Wing tests in Australia, where drones aren't yet the subject of government scrutiny the way it has lately been in the US.


SOURCE: The Atlantic

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