HTC targets January 25th to start sending out Android 6.0 to the T-Mobile HTC One (M8)

A week from tomorrow is January 25th and that is the date when T-Mobile subscribers sporting the HTC One (M8) could start receiving Android 6.0 via an OTA update. A tweet sent out on Friday by Mo Versi, HTC’s VP of Product Management, said that the update is still in the lab. He added that there is a January 25th target for its dissemination.

This could be the last major update for the HTC One (M8), which was launched with Android 4.4 pre-installed back in March, 2014. Since then, the phone has been updated to Android 4.4.3 and Android 5.0, Android 6.0 brings with it Doze, which extends … – Source

HTC targets January 25th to start sending out Android 6.0 to the T-Mobile HTC One (M8)

New phones of the week

This week we got phones ranging from 4.5″ to 5.5″, each of them ranking high on feature and low on price. Xiaomi kicked things off with the Redmi 3, a phone that barely crosses the $100 mark, but brings an all-metal body, a 5″ display, octa-core chipset and a surprisingly big 4,100mAh battery for its 8.5mm of thickness.

A few days later the company launched the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3… no, not this one, this one. The 5.5″ phablet aimed at the international market and swaps the Helio chipset for a Snapdragon 650 and upgrades the camera to 16MP along the way.

On the other end of the size scale is the Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016), which tiptoed into official status. It has a 4.5″ screen (Super AMOLED), a quad-core chipset and a 5MP camera. Its official price tag of $135 is $10-$20 above what can be found with a bit of shopping.

The Lenovo Lemon 3 competes with the Redmi 3 with a 5″ screen (with a higher resolution, 1080p) and a similar just-over-$100 price tag. It has a 13MP camera and the same Snapdragon 616 chipset.

The Asus Live is another 5-incher. It’s heading to Brazil where tech gets a hefty markup. The phone features a 720p display, 8MP camera, two SIM slots and a built-in digital TV…

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New phones of the week

Zinnia is first flower grown in space

The first flower has finally bloomed in outer space. Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly has tweeted a photo of the first ever flower grown in space on Saturday. The flower was grown as part of an experiment that Nasa astronauts are conducting on how plants grow in microgravity.

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Zinnia is first flower grown in space

Second largest black hole detected in Milky Way

Astronomers have detected signs of a black hole with a mass 100,0o0 times that of Sun around the centre of our galaxy Milky Way. The team assumes that this possible “intermediate mass” black hole is a key to understanding the birth of the supermassive black holes located in the centres of galaxies.

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Second largest black hole detected in Milky Way

Daredevil little girl uses a Nerf gun to extract her loose tooth

It’s so exciting when you finally have a loose tooth that’s ready to go under the pillow — the only problem is getting the thing out

Clearly, little Addy was tired of wiggling her loose tooth around, and desperate times call for desperate measures. So her dad had the brilliant idea of attaching her tooth to a Nerf gun and firing it across the room. Luckily, Addy’s tooth was most of the way out already.

Next time, maybe just let the Tooth Fairy handle it.

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Little girl is not fooled when tricky dad tells her about weird thing called ‘snow’

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[Bonus Round] Ancestor, Defenders 2, The Pit, Galactic Nemesis, Rocket Ski Racing, TMNT Portal Power, And Wild Kratts Baby Buddies

Welcome to the latest entry in our Bonus Round series, wherein we tell you all about the new Android games of the day that we couldn’t get to during our regular news rounds. Consider this a quick update for the dedicated gamers who can’t wait for our bi-weekly roundups, and don’t want to wade through a whole day’s worth of news just to get their pixelated fix. Today we have a gorgeous platformer, a well-received tower defense sequel, a spunky endless runner, a retro take on Space Invaders, a simple and goofy racer, and two surprisingly decent licensed games.

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[Bonus Round] Ancestor, Defenders 2, The Pit, Galactic Nemesis, Rocket Ski Racing, TMNT Portal Power, And Wild Kratts Baby Buddies

Louis CK has a logical explanation for why he's waiting to do more 'Louie'

PASADENA, California — Bad news: Louis CK is no closer to having a new season of Louie ready for viewers’ eager eyes than when we last got an update

The good news: The delay seemingly isn’t a result of his disinterest in doing another season; it’s kinda of because he’s been ridiculously busy

See also: Fancy clown Zach Galifianakis wants to put his best nose forward in ‘Baskets’ promo

Or, as the comedian puts it, he hasn’t had a lot of time to think about it

“You have to be able to put other things completely aside when you’re not thinking about them,” he told reporters Saturday at a panel for FX’s upcoming comedy Baskets. “So I’ll have a Baskets day and I’m not thinking about these other things.” …

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iTunes Radio will no longer be free; only paid Apple Music subscribers will be able to access it

Apple has announced that it will begin charging for its iTunes Radio service from this month’s end. Launched back in 2013 alongside the iOS 7 and available only in the US and Australia, the service has been free (ad-supported) all this while.

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However, that will change as starting January 29, it’ll become paid. Further, you’ll only be able to access the service – which competes with Pandora – if you’re a paid Apple Music subscriber. For those who aren’t already aware, Apple Music costs $9.99 a month.

“We are making Beats 1 the premier free broadcast from Apple and phasing out the ad-supported stations at the end of January,” the Cupertino-based company said in a statement.

“Additionally, with an Apple Music membership, listeners can access dozens of radio stations curated by our team of music experts, covering a range of genres, commercial-free with unlimited skips. The free three-month trial of Apple Music includes…

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iTunes Radio will no longer be free; only paid Apple Music subscribers will be able to access it