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If you set up your new Google Play Edition Xperia Z Ultra by restoring from a backup of your previous Android-powered handset, you probably ended up with a whole bunch of apps you no longer use or need. But that’s okay, because you can just go through your app drawer and uninstall them all… right?

Wrong. It seems the new handset carries a frustrating bug that causes the handset to restart itself when its user attempts to uninstall an app.

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While the Google Chrome web browser is arguably the best there is on Android, you’ve probably noticed that it isn’t always the fastest in certain areas. When you tap a link, for example, there’s a delay of around 300ms before Chrome recognizes that tap.

That doesn’t sound like much, but when you take it away, Chrome becomes noticeably snappier. Fortunately, that’s exactly what Google has done with its latest beta release.

Notice the larger speaker holes?

Notice the larger speaker holes?

Google has made some revisions to the design of its LG-made Nexus 5 handset, with subtle differences between those bought shortly after its launch and those manufactured more recently. The revisions address a number of issues that users had discovered with the original design, including loose buttons a protruding SIM trays.

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Late last month, the CyanogenMod team started rolling out CM11 nightlies — based on Android 4.4 KitKat — for a bunch of popular devices including the variants of Galaxy S4/S3, HTC One and the Nexus devices. Since then, the team has been slowly expanding its roster of supported devices, adding support for new device with every passing day.

Over the last few days, the CyanogenMod team has added support for the LG G Pad 8.3, the Sprint variant of the LG G2 and the relatively unknown, Galaxy Express. 

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Google is rolling out a new update to its official Gmail client for Android, adding a vacation responder, support for wireless printing in Android 4.4 KitKat, the ability to attach any file to an email, and a number of other new features.

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