TalkAndroid Daily Dose for August 5, 2014

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With hectic schedules, it can be hard to keep track of everything in your news feed. That's why we created the TalkAndroid Daily Dose. This is where we recap the day's hottest stories so you can get yourself up to speed in quick fashion. Happy reading!!

Reviews

LG G3 Review: Everything you want in a smartphone

Apps

Google Hands-Free showing up in Google Search

Carriers

Samsung Galaxy Alpha variants unofficially confirmed, AT&T and T-Mobile models included

SoftBank selecting Brightstar’s Marcelo Claure as new Sprint CEO

T-Mobile to start Summer Savings Upgrade Offer for select customers

Deals

[Deal] Amazon drops the price of the 32GB Kindle Fire HDX to $299 for one day only

Gaming

Humble Mobile Bundle 6 arrives with six games in exchange for a donation

NVIDIA SHIELD Portable update features SHIELD Controller Support and SHIELD Hub App

Google

Google bans offensive “Bomb Gaza” game from Google Play store

Google expands the universe of email addresses it will recognize in Gmail

Google Play announces Spider-Man films and TV shows sale

Phones

Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro announced, carries a stunning 6-inch QHD display

LG’s 5.9-inch ‘G3 Stylus’ makes appearance in promotional video, will compete with Samsung’s Note 4

Unidentified Motorola box shows up at Verizon, model number is XT1096

Moto X eventual update to Android L confirmed by Motorola’ VP of Product Management on Google+

Moto G successor may have bigger screen, but same processor and specs

Oppo N1 Mini already available in Malaysia

Samsung Galaxy Alpha variants unofficially confirmed, AT&T and T-Mobile models included

Pictures of Galaxy Alpha alongside iPhone 5s leak online

Blue Samsung Galaxy S 5 coming to Best Buy August 17

Xiaomi sells 15,000 Mi 3 smartphones in 2 seconds

Smartwatches

Spare LG G Watch charging cradle now available in Play Store

Pebble releases limited edition green, pink, and blue smartwatches

Updates

Moto X eventual update to Android L confirmed by Motorola’ VP of Product Management on Google+

Miscellaneous

LG forecasted to hit 60 million smartphones in worldwide sales for this year

Android smartphone vendors expect poor sales numbers for second half of 2014

Samsung announces reduction in business with supplier involved in child labor

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.