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Apps
Facebook introduces beta program for Messenger
New Swiftkey Beta includes Evernote and Google+ personalization
Motorola Care app updated to become Motorola Help
Sonos details new music controller app to be released later this year, Android beta available now
Updated Skype application promises to save more battery life
Beautiful Widgets update brings new Color Widgets
Dayframe 2.3 updated to make Chromecast slideshow feature free
Carriers
Android 4.4.2 update released for Moto X on AT&T
Chromecast
Chromecast arrives in 11 new countries
Dayframe 2.3 updated to make Chromecast slideshow feature free
Gaming
Latest Amazon set top box rumor puts release in April
Google officially enters the wearables game with Android Wear, smartwatches coming later this year
Android Wear UI explained and detailed
Google may be partnering with LG for the LG G Watch
Google could be preparing to kill off Google Voice, merge into Hangouts
Phones
Report: Amazon smartphone could finally land in 2014
New HTC One (M8) to be available in U.K. on March 25
Moto X coming to India tomorrow
Android 4.4.2 update released for Moto X on AT&T
Nexus 5 and 7 now available in 20 total countries
Oppo preparing a 5-inch mini version of Oppo N1
Samsung to announce “high-class device” tomorrow, likely just some fancy colors
Samsung to offer low-end smartphone running KitKat
No delays for Sony Xperia Z2, but supplies could be limited
ROMs
Paranoid Android ROM gets new Peek feature, similar to Moto X Active Notifications
Smartwatches
Google officially enters the wearables game with Android Wear, smartwatches coming later this year
Android Wear UI explained and detailed
Google may be partnering with LG for the LG G Watch
Motorola announces the Moto 360, an Android Wear smartwatch coming this summer
Learn more about the Moto 360 smartwatch during tomorrow’s Google+ Hangout
Qualcomm says Snapdragon power coming to smartwatches
Samsung Tizen SDK now available for all, more apps incoming
Is another Samsung Gear 2 variant on the way?
Tablets
Nexus 5 and 7 now available in 20 total countries
Updates
Android 4.4.2 update released for Moto X on AT&T
Wearables
Google officially enters the wearables game with Android Wear, smartwatches coming later this year
Android Wear UI explained and detailed
Samsung’s Activity Tracker (formerly known as S Band) gets introduced in Germany with a modest price
LG’s awkward slap-bracelet stylus leaks
Miscellaneous
Latest Amazon set top box rumor puts release in April
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