Motorola to close Texas factory responsible for Moto X customization

Motorola looks like they aren’t catching a break. The tech company has confirmed with The Wall Street Journal that it will shut down its smartphone factory in Fort Worth, Texas, where the brand assembles the customized Moto X devices. They cite poor sales and high cost for the move. While the plant will be closed, Motorola still plans to make the Moto Maker customization feature available for those planning on getting the smartphone.

It was an ambitious risk for Google to build smartphones on American soil and it seems it hasn’t paid off for them. The plant previously had 3,000 employees but that was later whittled down to 700. Now, those 700 employees look like they will have to look for work elsewhere.  

Source: Cult of Android

HTC reportedly plans to launch One Wear smartwatch

Image source: Know Your Mobile

Microsoft isn’t the only one rumoured to enter the smartwatch/wearable tech market. HTC is reportedly planning to create its own smartwatch that will be launched in late August and early September. Tech blog TKTechNews reports the device will be called One Wear and will directly compete against the Moto 360 and will run using Google’s Android Wear platform. We will keep you posted for any updates on this rumour once we have more information.

Source: CNet

Android Device Manager lets you remotely wipe your device using another smartphone

Google has just updated the Android Device Manager app to locate, ring, lock, and erase data on your lost device from another person’s Android device or a PC. This handy new feature will make it easier to protect your data if ever your phone gets stolen. You just need to tap on the drop-down menu at the top of the app and select Guest user. If you don’t have this feature yet, the update should be coming to your device soon.

Source: Android Police

Chitika: iOS 7 usage levels peaking in US and Canada

We're a few days away from Apple's WWDC 2014 which will likely usher in news of iOS 8. The current iOS 7, however, is enjoying a lot of success according to Chitika.

Chitika Insights observed iOS 7 users generating the vast majority of Web traffic from U.S. and Canadian iPhones (84.3%) and iPads (78.5%). These high rates of adoption for the company’s latest OS versions have been a frequently touted selling point for Apple in its efforts to maintain its strong developer community. iOS 7, unveiled a year ago, was the biggest revamp to Apple's seven-year-old mobile OS and what many consider the very first modern smartphone OS. For more of Chitika's report, click here.