Twitter user Corey B spotted Google’s latest audacious move against Apple. Photo: Corey B

Thermonuclear war may be over between Google and Apple, but that doesn’t mean that the two aren’t willing to score points against one another.

A few months after Tim Cook critiqued Google’s entire business model during his interview with Charlie Rose, and Google’s Eric Schmidt dismissed the bestselling iPhone 6 as a Samsung clone, Google has struck again with its latest act of aggression: a double billboard for Google Play positioned right next to a leading Apple Store.

Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Unless you have a real thing for shiny bricks, you should avoid WIND Mobile’s latest software update for the 2014 Moto X at all costs. Large numbers of users are reporting that the release is rendering their handset completely unusable, and there doesn’t appear to be an easy fix.

LG says there is no heat issue with Qualcomm’s latest chip. Photo: Qualcomm

Samsung may have dropped Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 810 chip for the Galaxy S6 due to an alleged overheating issue, but rival smartphone maker LG, which is using the chip in its new G Flex 2, has come out to defend it.

Woo Ram-chan, LG vice president for mobile product planning, says the Snapdragon 810’s performance is “quite satisfactory,” and he doesn’t understand why Samsung has an issue with heat.

HTC’s upcoming Desire 626. Photo: Upleaks

HTC is planning yet another addition to its Desire lineup, leaked photos have confirmed, and it’s going to be one of the company’s more exciting mid-range offerings.

In addition to a familiar form factor with fancy accents, the Desire 626 is expected to have decent specifications, including a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera and an octa-core processor.

The Google Play Edition One M8 is no more. Photo: HTC

The day pure Android fans have been dreading is finally here; the last remaining Google Play Edition smartphone — the HTC One M8 — has been removed from the Play Store, almost certainly confirming the end of Google’s program. The only pure Android smartphones you can buy from the search giant now are its own Nexus handsets.