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Google officially updated its Play Store support page yesterday to notify consumers that it’s now launched its Play Store gift cards in Mexico. Starting today, you will be able to pick up the cards in MXN$200, MXN$300, and MXN$400 denominations from select independent retailers, including OXXO, Sólo Sanborns, Liverpool, Blockbuster, Office Depot, Chedraui, and OfficeMax.

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One of the many unique things about the upcoming OnePlus One is that it will run a custom version of CyanogenMod, dubbed “CyanogenMod 11S,” right out of the box. We don’t yet know what it’s going to look like, but we do get a brief taster from these leaked screenshots obtained by a “reliable tipster.”

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Whether virtual-reality technology really takes off in a big way remains to be seen. But with Facebook having just dropped $2 billion acquiring Oculus Rift, a whole lot of people — some of them with very large checkbooks — are confident it will.

Both Apple and Google have have shown interest in virtual reality, but what exactly does it have the potential to change in our lives?

Here are seven answers:

Nexus 5 Camera

A new leak has revealed that the Nexus 5 and the Nexus 7 handsets will receive the Android 4.4.3 update relatively soon. This confirms several rumors over the past few weeks which have hinted that Google could be rolling out the Android 4.4.3 update with a fix to the Nexus 5 camera issue.

HTC-One-powered-by-Android

If you’ve watched any of those Galaxy S5 or HTC One M8 unboxing videos that are now taking over YouTube, then you’ve probably seen their new startup screens that proudly display a “powered by Android” logo.

Google is now forcing handset makers to display this logo in a supposed effort to raise awareness of the Android brand, with many third-party interfaces making the platform unrecognizable.

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