Google has announced the addition of four cities and 11 new partners to their relatively new Offers service. If you live in Austin, Houston, Philadelphia or Miami, you’ll now have access to one local deal a day from Google Offers. Users also have access to a myriad of other deals thanks to 30 deal providing partners, including the 11 recently added partners:

Google Earth for Android received an update today bringing it to version 6.2. In this updated version, users will be able to view real-time information such as flights, earthquakes, etc., thanks to a curated list of layers in the Earth Gallery. Users will also be able to share current views through Google+ and other social networks to let others know where they virtually are at any moment. Other features added in version 6.2 include:

It’s been a month since Mojang brought Survival Mode to the Android version of Minecraft: Pocket Edition, and today, they’ve swined it up a bit with the addition of pigs. That’s right, MPE received a minor update today which not only adds pigs to Survival Mode but also features:

When we think about security for our mobile devices, we’re usually protecting it from nefarious individuals. Well guess what? It apparently works both ways. In a story straight out of James Brown’s diary, the FBI is having a hard time busting a notorious San Diego pimp thanks to Android’s pattern lock feature.

There’s no denying the fact that Verizon leads the charge in 4G LTE expansion. In fact, come this time tomorrow, over 200 markets will be blanketed in the lightning fast speeds of Verizon LTE. To put things in perspective, AT&T, who recently announced twelve new markets, covers a total of 28 markets. With the majority of devices now being manufactured to take advantage of LTE (including the new iPad) this huge gap in market coverage could very well push a large number of users over to Big Red’s network.