TalkAndroid Daily Dose for June 27, 2014

June 27, 2014

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Android Wear

Google Maps updated to include Android Wear support

Apps

Google Maps updated to include Android Wear support

Deals

Amazon hosting two day promotion full of free apps

Google

Matias Duarte talks Material Design

Sundar Pichai talks Google’s platform expansion, open approach, and relationship with Samsung

Google forges partnership with MediaTek for Android One device development

Google+

Google+ Photos introduces new World Cup face paint after-effects

Hardware

Google forges partnership with MediaTek for Android One device development

Phones

Front of the Samsung Galaxy F in gold leaks

Smartwatches

Asus Android Wear device to be thinnest in the category

Updates

System dump brings Android L wallpapers and APKs to the masses, get the new material themed Google Keyboard as well

Android L Preview now has root

Wallpapers

System dump brings Android L wallpapers and APKs to the masses, get the new material themed Google Keyboard as well

Miscellaneous

Samsung announces trial program at select locations

Robert Nazarian Author

Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.