Nokia Normandy with “Forked” Android Launching at MWC 2014

Nokia fans disappointed by the fact the Finnish company did not choose Android as its main mobile operating system will be pleased to know that their wish may come true within the next few months. There's no secret anymore Nokia is currently working hard to bring its first Android handset on the market in order to be able to better compete on the low-budget smartphone market. Nokia Normandy leaked several weeks ago, but soon afterwards reports claiming the Finnish handset maker may have already killed the project surfaced online. According to @evleaks though, “the reports of Normandy's death have been greatly exaggerated.” Another report coming BGR India claims Nokia's project Normandy is “going full steam ahead” and the smartphone...

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First Ubuntu Phone Leaked Images Spotted Online

Information about the first official Ubuntu phone has been spotted on a Chinese website, making Meizu the first hardware partner for Canonical. According to the website in question, Meizu will come to CES 2014 with the first Ubuntu phone, probably using their newly announced Meizu MX3 platform. The images don’t have a good quality and it’s hard to distinguish if it’s the MX3, but it’s very similar. In any case, this is not confirmation that Meizu is an official partner for Canonical. It’s possible that the Chinese manufacturer just used the new operating system for one of their phones. Mark Shuttleworth, the found of Canonical, announced a while ago that his company has just signed its first hardware partner, but he didn't named...

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CyanogenMod 11.0 M2 Now Available for Download

On Friday, the CyanogenMod team announced the availability of a new flavor of their popular custom software for Android-based devices, namely CyanogenMod 11.0 M2. The new builds were made available roughly a month after the release of CyanogenMod 11.0 M1, and provide support for around 65 devices, such as Nexus 4, Galaxy S4, HTC One, Galaxy S III, LG G2, Optimus G Pro, and many others. “CM11 M2 has been queued up for over 65 devices and our bots are hard at work compiling. We’ve been working on bugs, device bringup, porting over features, and working on new features – all included in these builds,” a post on the CyanogenMod blog reads. Those who would like to take them for a spin should head over to the official CyanogenMod download...

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TRENDnet Powerline 1000 Adapters Works at Double the Normal Speed

Electrical installations are meant to provide energy to all the appliances and devices in a home or any other type of building, but they can be adapted for other uses, in this case setting up a local area network. Which is to say, TRENDnet has launched two new Powerline adapters. And not just any adapters, but the type that work twice as well as normal ones, or that was the claim anyway. The Powerline 1000 standard is used, Gigabit class as it were. That's why they're called Powerline 1000 adapters instead of Powerline AV. The name of the new product set is TPL-420E2K and can cover distances of 300 meters, or 980 feet. That's the equivalent of a 5,000 square foot home (464 square meters). The price of the TRENDnet TPL-420E2K is...

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