Is it your wish to try out Google Glass, and have you missed every opportunity to do so thus far? Well, if so, and you are a Play Music All Access subscriber, it looks like today may be your lucky day. To celebrate the successful launch of Google Music for the new version of Glass, the team at Mountain View is sending out invites to users who have already subscribed to the monthly service on either their Android- or iOS- powered smartphones, giving them the opportunity to “sign up” to the Explorer database, which, in turn, will give them the facility to purchase their very own Google Glass unit.

Google released the original model of its flagship 7-inch tablet, the Nexus 7, back in June, 2012, and a month later the device was available to purchase from the U.S. Play Store with a $199 price tag. However, if you didn’t have the opportunity to pick one up at the time, Walmart is currently offering the 7-inch slate for $159, which is $40 off the retailer’s usual price.

A new book called Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution by Fred Vogelstein revealed the mechanism by which Apple influenced the direction of Android — shock and awe.

Yes, the introduction of the iPhone changed the direction of smartphones. But I don’t think it’s going to happen again in the wearables market. Here’s why.

Oppo’s flagship N1 smartphone went on sale globally for the first time on December 10, but the version everybody wants — that’s the one that comes with CyanogenMod 10.2 pre-installed — wasn’t available from day one. Oppo has today announced, however, that it will be available on December 24 — just in time for Christmas.

While Google’s “open” approach to Play Store applications comes with its downsides, there are plenty of advantages, too. One of them is the plethora of wonderful titles that wouldn’t make it past stage one of Apple’s review process for iOS — such as the long list of emulators that allow you to play classic console games.

One of the latest is called Reicast, and it brings your favorite Dreamcast titles to your smartphone and tablet.