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Google’s Android One announcement at Google I/O last month was quickly overshadowed by the grand unveiling of Android L, but you can expect it to get the limelight it deserves over the coming months as it takes emerging markets by storm — starting with India.

That’s where the first Android One device will make its debut this October, priced at just $100, according to a new report.

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While Google has Nest Labs and Apple has HomeKit, Samsung is reportedly looking to enter the home automation space by acquiring Internet of Things company SmartThings for $200 million, according to TechCrunch.

SmartThings is a home automation platform that allows users to connect devices such as lights or doorlocks to a system controlled by their smartphone. It has previously raised over $15 million from investors.

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Google has announced it’s in the midst of developing a new feature that’ll be built into its search results function over the course of the next few weeks. ‘Search Compatibility,’ will indicate if a webpage is going to face a problem when being viewed on particular Android and iOS mobile devices, including smartphones, iPhones, tablets and iPads.

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MediaTek might not be as popular a chip vendor as Qualcomm but the company has played a major role in many Chinese and Indian OEMs releasing sub-100$ Android phones.

Today, the company announced its next-generation high-end chipset — the MT6795 — featuring a 64-bit true Octa-core processor with 2K display and LTE support. This means that the CPU can theoretically run all of its eight cores at the same time if the situation demands. 

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Google has started rolling out a minor Android 4.4.4 (KitKat MR 2.2) update for the Nexus 5 in selected regions of the world. The update does not include any major or even minor visual or under-the-hood changes and only contains some carrier compatibility and other network related fixes.

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