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Cruising around Reddit, I came across this Last of Us/Scott Pilgrim mashup that just so happens to make the perfect wallpaper for your Android device. Enjoy.

Mark Zuckerberg is an interesting fellow. If he’s not living on what he catches, or scouting the world for new talent, then he’s heading out to South Korea to talk to Samsung execs about finding ways to better promote Facebook through their product portfolio. Sadly for us, not many details can be made, but we can make some educated guesses as to why he’s there in the first place. Sadly for Zuckerberg, the shares in Facebook he put up to market in May of 2012 haven’t really soared as much as he had planned to. So it’s likely with some diligent decision making that he’s headed out to the land of the most successful mobile phone company in the world, to actively seek ways to secure his investments and gain market share. Or at least we suspect. Although Zuckberg himself didn’t make a statement while being caught leaving Samsung HQ, Samsung President Shin Jong Kyun did talk about “the state of the information-technology industry”, according to the President himself. Then, if that wasn’t enough, Zuckerberg was scuttled over to the President of South Korea herself, Ms. Park Geun Hye. Talking to her, he reportedly theorized about ways that Facebook can make a bigger impact in the international mobile market, and what kind of effect it can have on business and trade relations. Samsung and HTC were the first to feature the Facebook application on their Android OS respectively, however Facebook itself has struggled to maintain stability in the financial market. Its share has seen a massive drop of 9.8 this year alone, which has investors and users alike worried. SOURCE: Edmonton Journal Story Timeline Samsung GALAXY S 4 Review Facebook Home reaches 1 million downloads, usage on the rise HTC First 'Facebook Phone' gets Sense by way of custom ROM Facebook invite teases arrival of a "new product" next week

On today's episode of All My Mergers And Acquisitions, the long-running Sprint bidding war between Dish Network and Japanese carrier SoftBank appears to be over, at least for the moment. After SoftBank increased its Sprint bid to 21.6 billion dollars for 78% of the company last week, and Sprint subsequently sued both Dish and Clearwire for getting in the way of its corporate matchmaking, Dish has withdrawn its offer. According to Reuters, the company stated that submitting a new offer by today's deadline was not practical. Dish is still hungry for wireless spectrum, and intends to buy shares of LTE provider Clearwire for well above market value - at least, it intends to buy the portion of Clearwire that isn't currently controlled by Sprint. Done With This Post? You Might Also Like These:SoftBank Raises Bid For Sprint To Ward Off Dish Network: $21.6 Billion For 78% Stake In Wireless Carrier [Drama] Sprint Sues DISH Network And Clearwire For Butting In On Its SoftBank Love Triangle DISH Proposes Alternative Sprint Buyout Plan, Is Not So Secretly Gunning For Clearwire Holdings Softbank Wants A $23 Billion Loan To Buy 70% Of Sprint Dish Network Bows Out To SoftBank And Abandons Its Bid For Sprint, Re-Focuses On Buying Clearwire was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Only just recently we discussed how Samsung was looking into switching it up color-wise for their Galaxy S 4 Line, and now AT&T has come in with their brand new “Aurora Red” paintcode. Spicing up (most literally) the S 4, this vibrant red is only available to AT&T customers on a two year agreement for $199, or can be picked up on its own, off contract, for $639.99. The Samsung Galaxy S 4 AT&T “Aurora Red” edition comes with all the same specs as the standard S 4. The Samsung Galaxy S 4 line is currently expanding as well, with the introduction of the Galaxy S 4 Mini, the S 4 Active, and the S 4 Zoom. We ponder whether all of these will get some interesting colors as well. However, as of most recently, there have been hints that Samsung would offer the original Galaxy S 4 in more colors. The new red color from AT&T does confirm that more variants are on the way, and we wouldn’t be surprised to see some really interesting colors popping in our pockets. If you’re not into waiting, ColorWare currently offers your own custom S 4 colors… at a magnificent $1000 a pop, not including price of the phone itself. The Samsung Galaxy S 4 AT&T Aurora Red Edition can be picked up now at any AT&T or Samsung certified retailer. If you’re not into red, we suggest playing that aforementioned waiting game; There could be something different in store for you. What colors would you most like to see? SOURCE: Samsung Story Timeline New Samsung Galaxy S III colors landing at Verizon soon Samsung planning three new colors for Galaxy S III Mini, Note II Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 leaks in new Brown Black color Samsung Galaxy S 4 gets custom colorful paint by way of Colorware

Voice commands are becoming a staple when it comes to phones and tablets these days. Apple pushed it into the lime light with Siri and Google refined it with Google Now. While some of the features seem to be for novelty sake companies like Samsung and LG are taking a look at using it for navigational purposes. With that being said it appears that LG is working on a phone that will debut some time in 2014 that will feature voice commands at the core of its system. This functionality will be used to navigate through various system functions. This will help, for example, in the car where handsfree voice navigation is crucial. One function may include zooming in and out of maps, but from what it sounds like voice navigation will work throughout Android itself. That’s about it on the software front. On the hardware side of things the device may sport a Snapdragon 800 processor which should help the software run smoothly. Other than that there isn’t much to go on. LG hasn’t said anything regarding such a device. Voice navigation seems to be a logical step in a hands free world. How about you folks out there? Does the idea of voice navigation on a system wide level intrigue you? source: GottaBe Mobile Come comment on this article: LG said to be working on a phone with always on voice commands that will arrive in 2014 Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more!

Hello my Android friends, I appreciate you guys clicking into another ManDroid Show. I apologize for my 3 minute ramble about E3 last week. Had to let you guys know of my utter disappointment in myself when it came to taking a picture with some of the hot nerdy girls I saw there. Anyways, lots of Key Lime Pie stuff today, so enjoy yourself. News Topics Key Lime Pie rumored for October Moto X Specs hit the web Key Lime Pie concept UI images part 1 Key Lime Pie concept UI images part 2 Download Google Now style wallpaper

The Snapdragon 800 seems to represent a new level of speed for mobile processors. (Credit: Eric Franklin/CNET) The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 will destroy your mobile processor. Not literally, of course. I'm strictly referring to its ability to to render real-time graphics so fast as to make your current mobile processor -- on your phone or tablet -- embarrassingly dawdling in comparison. At an benchmarking event in San Francisco, Qualcomm allowed myself and other journalist to run a benchmarks on a reference Mobile Development Platform (MDP) tablet housing its latest Snapdragon 800 system-on-chip. The results speak for themselves; however, I should warn that these are only benchmark results (3DMark, specifically) and don't necessarily represent the real-world graphical performance of the chip. To that point, Need For Speed Most Wanted didn't seem to be running at a much higher framerate than it does on the Nexus 10; however, that was the only actual game I had time to look at and I didn't have a Nexus 10 handy to do a direct comparison. The real question of the day however is how these scores compar... [Read more]

NVIDIA announced via their blog today that they will now license out their GPU tech -- starting with the Kepler -- to chipset makers for use in their mobile processors.

In the same way that Dragon Naturally Speaking can enhance a PC users day to day life, Nuance Dragon Mobile, which recently bought up Swype, has the ability to make the life of someone on the go a bit easier as well. The new 4.0 update brings some much needed new features, not to mention a slightly more intuitive interface. The Nuance Dragon Mobile 4.0 update brings voice notifications that tell you what your texts say, phone calls and Facebook status updates, voice-enabled email composition and reading, as well as a “Intelligent Driver Mode” which automatically detects when you’ve entered a car and turns your device into a hands free unit. Right now, it can work on Android 2.3 Gingerbread or higher. Dragon Mobile is a free app, so for what it offers, you can’t really go wrong. You wake it up out of its “sleep” state by saying “Hi Dragon” and then it begins to utilize the hands free portion of your device. It’s similar to S-Voice for all androids, but offers more functionality. You can see more in the video below: Nuance Dragon Mobile 4.0 is available now on Google Play. Numerous other functions are available, such as the ability to connect hands free to Bluetooth devices, make outgoing calls, organize your calendar, and browse the internet all hands free. The best part is that Dragon Mobile is free as well, so really, you can’t go wrong. SOURCE: Dragon Mobile Assistant Story Timeline Nuance Dragon speech SDK for Android apps available Dragon Mobile Assistant launches on Google Play Dragon Mobile app update brings new features including support for Android 2.3 Swype update brings improved word prediction and Dragon Dictation UI

GameStick, which has been a continual development of a gaming controller equipped with Android (similar in concept to OUYA) that can be played on your TV, has announced that they will push back the release of the controller itself by at least a month. This follows them doing this once before, as they promised they would have it delivered by the first of this month, and instead put it back yet another month (July 1st). GameStick themselves have been garnering a fair bit of attention due to the fact that they’ve put off the release of the actual controller for the past couple months. In theory, their launch was supposed to coincide with OUYA, but it didn’t. They do have BETA test units out, for some heavy monetary supporters, but they haven’t yet given out controllers to their pledges who have provided $300USD or more, to provide reviews and feedback. They did reveal a brand new “OEM” production line controller, nicknamed “The Kickstarter” controller and announced it would be available for June 1st, then July 1st, and now August 1st. To say that it has some investors getting antsy would be an understatement. They have also shown off the docking units, the way the controller itself is made, what it’s made of, and how viable it is financially. The major hurdle they are claiming to have is the calibration of the UI unit itself. They claim that it’s prepared for DEV distribution, but not for mainstream usage by the general public or the backers of their fund. With OUYA suffering jolts for its build quality, but also positive reviews for its ability to be toyed with, it’ll be interesting to see if GameStick can up the ante and deliver on all their promises. SOURCE: GameStick Kickstarter Story Timeline GameStick Android gaming system shipments delayed GameStick unboxes Kickstarter edition console and controller OUYA teardown shows us the insides of a mini game console GameStick trailer highlights portability and big screen gaming