It ’s BitStream Friday . Only eight more measly hours differentiate you from the cherubic exemption known as weekend . Here ’s some news to consume before punching today in the face .
Cyanogen just made a herculean friend . Last Friday , Cyanogen gravid party boss Kirt McMastermade quite the claimwhen introducing himself and his company at a small “ Next Phase of Android ” get together :
“ I ’m the CEO of Cyanogen . We ’re attempting to take Android away from Google . ”
Many of us may have express mirth , nay , guffaw that a chief operating officer , whose company very much relies on Android and Google , could make such a claim . Then yesterday , a report fromThe Wall Street Journalstated that Microsoft was a minority investor in a $ 70 million round of support . Then on the spur of the moment , it all pop out to sound not so crazy .
Microsoft is obviously concerned in Android . Nokia hadits lilliputian flirtationwith the operating organization with the Nokia X before being consume by MSFT ’s embodied maw , not to mention that there seems to be uninterrupted hearsay thatWindows Phone will shortly run Android apps . So a company issue forth along say it want to squirm software program command from Google and make it more open ? Microsoft would almost be gaga not to cast money at that idea .
You ca n’t on the button draw the connection that this means the next Lumia will magically run Cyanogen or something , but it is potentially a pretty powerful alliance . [ The Wall Street Journal ]
Cyanogen and Microsoft might be teaming up for their own Google squelcher , but Chinese smartphone God Almighty OnePlus is still stinging with its strained kinship after the wholeCyanogen in India debacle . So they ’ve moved on to gullible pastures and officially announced their own ROM , OxygenOS . All we have aright now is a name , but the fellowship promises more information on February 12 . [ OnePlus ]
SkyMall , that misadvise mag make full with terrible talent , LOTR memorabilia , and pure travelling companionship , announcedbankruptcy earlier this week . But lo , a hero look . One time advertiserScottevesthas a plan to twist things around . The gadget - obsessed outfitter want to simply drop all that dumb and lousy stuff you ’d never purchase — even if you were sauced on a mountain of teeny vodka bottles — and satiate it with “ innovative brands ” like Apple and North Face . The plan seems sound enough , except if you take the kitsch out of SkyMall , what are you really left with ? [ Engadget ]
So HTC rumors are at feverishness pitch shot , arriving at least once a day now . This one is all about a mid - range flagship called the M8i . [ GSM Arena ]
Huawei wants to be the sixth company to borrow the Android Wear political platform , with a smartwatch reportedly being announced in March . [ wire ]
Like Yelp ? desire a yelping - alike religious service all up in your Facebook ? favorable you . [ Facebook ]
Not satisfied with just an integration with PlayStation , Spotify is now baked right in to RunKeeper . Embrace Spotify . Resistance is fruitless . [ RunKeeper ]
Apple may be delaying Aperture , it ’s professional photo app , until April , but everyone will just retain to just use Lightroom anyways . [ 9to5Mac ]
SoundCloud experience a huge excogitation update , distancing itself from being a player ’s tool and more of a cyclosis service . [ The Verge ]
you may now remotely turn on your Chromebook with a Lollipop Android smartphone . Go on , finger like a tech Jedi . [ Google ]
If you happen to have a Jawbone fitness tracker strapped to your carpus , Jawbone just make a devices and apps marketplace so you could find even more cool bull to pair it with . [ Jawbone ]
Nokia ’s tablet experience seems to be a success … at least in China . Hopefully that ’s a expert sign for a potential migration to the western hemisphere .
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