TalkAndroid Daily Dose for May 29, 2013

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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

Gmail gets new tabbed inbox, Android update “available within the next few weeks”

Granny Smith Apple gets updated to bring leaderboard and achievements through Google Play Game Services

New Google Play Store 4.1.10 update starting to roll out

Twitter updates to 4.1, gets richer notifications, new compose mode

Google Play Music app updated to version 5.0.1041J

Hardware

MediaTek back again with new, tablet-oriented quad-core chip

Shield

Nvidia releases video showing off final firmware of Shield with some pre-loaded games

Phones

HTC One set to launch in T-Mobile stores on June 5th

Blue and red variants of the HTC One smartphone are on the way and will arrive in the coming months

HTC M4 set for a June release date with the Butterfly 2 to follow in the third quarter of 2013

Huawei CEO denies lowball price rumors for Ascend P6, defends quality of Chinese devices

Lenovo unveils dual-sim S820, a female-oriented device for the Chinese market

Infamous Motorola X phone will come out by October and is packed with several different sensors

Samsung Galaxy S 4 mini specs confirmed, Snapdragon 400 and qHD display

Tablets

Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 passes through the FCC with AT&T LTE radio in tow

[Deal] Grab a refurbished Nexus 10 32GB for only $380 through Woot

Updates

Verizon Galaxy S III slated to receive large update, includes multi-window and several other features

Miscellaneous

Tim Cook on Android’s dominating market share: ‘Winning has never been about making the most’

HTC accusing Samsung for ‘using component shortages’ as a competitive weapon

CyanogenMod wants your help in improving security and privacy

 

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