TalkAndroid Daily Dose for January 13, 2014

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!!

Apps

Talon released in the Play Store, a Twitter app from the makers of Sliding Messaging

Swim by American Red Cross now available in Google Play

Motorola Assist update brings hands-free texting

Carriers

AT&T Chooses Samsung Smartphones to Test Out VoLTE Ahead of Rollout

AT&T Customers to Get Special Deal When Beats Music Launches on January 21st

Sprint’s One Up program is already being killed off in favor of the Framily Plan

Sony Xperia Z1S now available from T-Mobile, $22 per month with $0 down

Latest leak says Nexus 7 finally ready to debut on Verizon

Google

Google acquires digital device maker Nest for $3.2 billion

Hardware

Benchmark scores prove dominance of upcoming NVIDIA Tegra K1 chip

Samsung demoed foldable display prototype with VIPs at CES

Phones

HTC One X and One X+ won’t get any more Android updates

LG D830 spotted online once again, more specs revealed

Motorola sending KitKat update to Droid Maxx and Droid Ultra

Nokia’s Normandy Shows Up Without Protective Shell

Nokia Normandy press renders leak showing phone UI

OnePlus One eyeing mid-2014 release, design may rival Apple’s iPhone

Insider claims to confirm several Samsung Galaxy S5 specs

Samsung GT-I9405 appears in Zauba database

Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005) now getting Android 4.4.2 KitKat officially

AT&T Chooses Samsung Smartphones to Test Out VoLTE Ahead of Rollout

Sony Xperia Z1S now available from T-Mobile, $22 per month with $0 down

Xiaomi rumored to be working on a $50 smartphone

ROMs

OnePlus One eyeing mid-2014 release, design may rival Apple’s iPhone

Tablets

The Acer Tab 7 features Android Jelly Bean and is ultra-cheap

Latest leak says Nexus 7 finally ready to debut on Verizon

Updates

Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005) now getting Android 4.4.2 KitKat officially

Motorola sending KitKat update to Droid Maxx and Droid Ultra

Miscellaneous

Support for Ubuntu Touch ending on Galaxy Nexus, 2012 Nexus 7, Nexus 10— Nexus 5 support will not come

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