Apple, Microsoft-owned Rockstar Consortium sues Samsung and other Android manufacturers

The patent wars shall never end it seems. Reuters reports that the Rockstar Consortium, an organization formed to negotiate licensing for patents acquired from bankrupt Nortel and jointly owned by Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Ericsson, Sony and EMC Corporation, has sued Samsung, Google, and other Android companies for infringing some of the Nortel patents that the consortium bought back in 2011.

New Nexus 10 listing shows up on Play Store, reveals specs similar to Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition is Fake

According to Phone Arena, the original source of this info, the listing is a fake, as it was apparently sent to them by a tipster with a poor track record of accurate news.

While Google’s original Samsung-made Nexus 10 tablet never caught on in the market, the search giant has still been working on a successor, with Android head Sundar Pichai revealing at Google I/O that an upgraded model was on its way. Now, it looks like the new Nexus 10 – 2013 Edition if you like – could be launching very soon, as it was briefly listed on the Google Play Store earlier today.

[Deal] Nexus 10 32GB Wi-Fi now available for $350 on eBay

Well, eBay is at it again, looking to sell off as many Nexus 10 as it possibly can by offering nice little deals on Google’s only tablet made by Samsung. After reducing the price of the 16GB Nexus 10 back in September, eBay is now giving away the 32GB variant for just $350, which is a nice little discount considering Google sells it for $500 on the Play Store. Shipping is free, though unlike the previous deal, this one doesn’t have international shipping.

Steve Kondik teases CyanogenMod running on the Galaxy Note 3

Well, it had to happen at some point, and now it looks like it could be happening quite soon. Steve Kondik, the man behind the popular custom ROM CyanogenMod, has taken to Google+ to tease CyanogenMod (CM) running on the Galaxy Note 3, Samsung’s latest and greatest phablet. A lot of folks feverishly await the arrival of CM on a shiny new device they bring home, and for Note 3 owners, the option to remove Samsung’s overbearing software and use Android as Google envisioned it should be a reality soon.