Google adds remote desktop to Hangouts, lets users simultaneously video chat and troubleshoot
“Google+ Hangouts just received a small but potentially quite useful upgrade today — as of now, Hangouts include a remote desktop feature.”
Reddit announces new, simpler privacy policy going into effect May 15th
“Social news darling Reddit has announced and released a preview version of its new privacy policy affecting all users. The policy, which goes into effect May 15th, is designed to be simpler and more straightforward than Reddit’s old privacy policy, using more plain English and less legalese.”
YouTube users now watch 6 billion hours of videos a month — Tech News and Analysis
“People are now watching more than 6 billion hours of video a month on YouTube, the Google-owned video service announced on its blog Wednesday afternoon. That’s twice as much as just a year ago: In May 2012, YouTube announced that its viewers were watching three billion hours of videos a month.”
Samsung Jelly Bean Update Breakdown: Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2 & More
“With the new year in full swing and Android Jelly Bean updates rolling out left and right, many smartphone owners, particularly those on Samsung, are likely wondering about missing updates. Here, we take a detailed look at the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and Android 4.”
Cyanogen: AT&T’s Galaxy S 4 bootloader locked down
“It’s a sad day for hackers and modders. In a post on his Google Plus page, Steve Kondik, AKA Cyanogen himself, has stated, “It’s confirmed. The AT&T S4 authenticates the recovery and boot images before executing them.”
Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean?) spotted running on Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 in our server logs
“Android 4.3 (and various versions of it including Android 4.3.3 and Android 4.3.1) can be seen in the screenshot above. Naturally, user agent profiles can always be faked, but why would anyone go through all that trouble just to try to fool a few tech websites and their readers.”
Top 10 most popular Android apps from last week
“Every week we cover new Android apps with Fresh Meat on Wednesday, followed by on Thursday and Top 10 app updates on Friday. Now every Monday we will look back and see which ones were the most crowd-pleasing among our audience.”
AT&T Galaxy S4 has a Locked Bootloader. – Droid Life
“According to Steve “Cyanogen” Kondik, the AT&T version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 has a locked bootloader. Samsung has typically been pretty open to the developer community over the years outside of their devices on Verizon, so this comes as a bit of a surprise.”
Galaxy Note III Design Still Up in The Air; Three Prototypes Being Worked On
“Over the weekend, we ran a story about a Galaxy Note III prototype, which has since turned out to be fake, which is hardly surprising really. SamMobile are back with what they claim to be more information on the Galaxy Note III.”