Looks like we’ll have Android Pay to answer to Apple Pay, and the RadioShack name may wind up in the hands of some millionaire . Welcome to
Android is getting all mixed up in your work, offering business level security so you can finally ditch that BlackBerry. [Google]
This is a neat little neat thing, a door lock that opens your front door with your own custom knock, reviving those old childhood days of secret knocks and pillow forts. [ Kickstarter]
RadioShack name is up for sale for around, oh, 20 million. If it happens to go on a 99.9999999 per cent discount I’m all over it. [Bloomberg]
Google is telling towns to “make it easy” for Google Fibre or “enjoy your TWC,” which kind of sounds like a threat but also the truth. 🙁 [Engadget]
Apps and gadgets
Spotify’s desktop client will turn you into a karaoke star — now offering real-time lyrics with Musixmatch. [VentureBeat
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WordPress has a bazillion Tweet-related plugins, but finally Twitter goes legit with its own official one. [TechCrunch]
Rumours!
Android now has Softcard, so Android Pay is on the way. In fact, rumours say it will be here within a couple months. (Think May). [Ars Technica]
The LG Watch Urbane sounds like the Swiss Army knife of Android Wear watches, including 4G LTE and NFC (among other things). [Android Community]
Small fry smartphone maker Kyocera may launch a crazy smartphone at MWC that can charge via solar power. Cooooool! [Tom’s Hardware]
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