TalkAndroid Daily Dose for December 9, 2013

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!!

Accessories

Get into the holiday spirit with Ornamental Androids from Dead Zebra

Apps

Motorola launches Active Display in the Play Store and fixes lag

Hangouts 2.0.2 released adding import SMS option, group messaging toggle and MMS bug fixes

Carriers

AT&T strikes deal with Rogers to allow 4G LTE roaming in Canada

Android 4.3 finally on its way to T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2 users

Verizon rolling out update for Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Google

Google lets you create your own Street View

Hardware

Qualcomm’s new 64-bit chip targets entry-level devices

Phones

HTC One Mini sales resume in the UK until December 12 hearing

Smaller LG G2 may be in the works, matches internal specs of bigger sibling

LG G2 sales fall short of expectations, but not by much

Moto X owners get a new holiday boot animation [Update: Moto G as well]

Nexus devices receiving Android 4.4.2 (KOT49H), manual update ready

Samsung SM-G900F is latest Galaxy S 5 or F Series candidate to show up in benchmarks

Samsung makes Galaxy J official in Taiwan

Samsung cuts forecast 2014 smartphone sales down to 330 million

Verizon rolling out update for Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Android 4.3 finally on its way to T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2 users

Xiaomi’s Magic Cube to take on Motorola’s Project Ara in the modular smartphone revolution

ROMs

CyanogenMod announces WhisperPush SMS system for CM 10.2 nightlies

Tablets

Amazon slashes prices on the Kindle Fire HDX and Kindle Fire HD again

Nexus devices receiving Android 4.4.2 (KOT49H), manual update ready

Winners of Nexus 7 tablets from KitKat promo in India getting the 2012 model

Updates

Nexus devices receiving Android 4.4.2 (KOT49H), manual update ready

Android 4.3 finally on its way to T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2 users

Verizon rolling out update for Samsung Galaxy Note 3

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