Moto X gets $100 price cut in US

The Moto X is arguably one of the better Android smartphones in the market today. Midrange specs and innovative features made it count against more premium smartphones and the fact that it is a Google product ensured an expedient upgrade to the latest Android 4.4 version (in most markets, sadly not in Canada. Motorola has kicked off 2014 by cutting off $100 from the 16GB version for US models. This means you can design your own Moto X for a hundred bucks less. You still pay a $100 premium for the snazzy new bamboo backed variants. I recently purchased a used 32GB AT&T Moto X on eBay and unlocked it using the Unlock your Moto X app for US $13.00 and now use it on Telus. I couldn't be happier since the device came with KitKat preloaded.

Find out what your Android reader apps know about you

Matt Bernius took stock of what the Android reader applications have been taking from its users and found that we might be giving these apps more than we bargained for. About a quarter of them require location information access; some gain a list of other running apps; and half ask for “phone state and identity,” which gives them access to your phone and IMEI number.

Gizmodo reports Android app permissions currently work on a “take it or leave it” basis and won’t let you select what you’d want to share with an app. You can view the chart in full size from here.

Review: TomTom US & Canada App for Android

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

In the age of free mapping and navigation apps from the likes of Google, Nokia, Microsoft and Apple, paying good money for a standalone GPS or even a GPS app may seem unnecessary but an App like Tom Tom US & Canada for Android does have its merits, I check it out.

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Review: Martian Passport series smartwatch

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The smartwatch segment of wearable computing is starting to explode. While everyone seems to agree that a smartwatch should have a touchscreen, a variety of apps, and the ability to change watchfaces at will, there are some manufacturers who are bucking the trend.

Take for example Martian, who makes a line of Passport watches that it says are smartwatches and which do interface with iPhones and Androids.

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