• Big update brings new features to the 'Netflix for Pirates' app for Android

  The developers behind Popcorn Time have come up with a new version for Android devices, available in beta starting today, and its main new feature is offline playback support. In other words, users who like streaming videos through "Netflix for Pirates" will be able to do so even when there's…

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• Microsoft Office Mobile update brings Dropbox integration

  Microsoft has updated its Office Mobile app for Android, bringing with it Dropbox integration . The feature was announced a few weeks ago and the update now makes Dropbox support live, allowing users to open, edit, and save documents within their Dropbox cloud using the Office Mobile app.

• HTC One M8 and M7 Google Play editions will receive Android 5.0 Lollipop this Friday, Nov 21st

  For the few who purchased Google Play editions of the One M8 or M7, you wont have to wait too much longer before you too can partake in Lollipop goodness (hopefully with fewer bugs). Rollout is set for this Friday, Nov 21st.

• AT&T: Government may need warrant to obtain location data

  AT&T has joined the growing legal conversation around the privacy of location data, stating that federal investigators might be required to obtain a warrant before gathering such data in the future, The Wall Street Journal reported today.

• NSA reform bill killed in U.S. Senate

  A bill introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy and supported by a coalition of technology companies designed to curb NSA data collection had undergone a Senate vote and failed by two votes. The USA Freedom Act fell short of the 60 votes needed to pass, garnering 58 votes in favor and 42 against.

• Amazon update lets you shop straight from your Android Wear smartwatch

  Hitting the Play Store today is an update to the Amazon app which adds Android Wear support and the ability to search by items by voice and make purchases straight from your smartwatch.

• United Android App Adds Personal Device Entertainment, Allows You To Watch In-Flight TV / Movies On Your Tablet Or Phone

  While it's been available on iOS for some time, United updated its Android app today in order to add support for a rather cool feature: on-device entertainment. Instead of having to deal with that atrocious LCD on the headrest, now you can watch your in-flight movies and TV on your own phone or…

• Google, Hyundai show off new third-party Android Auto apps

  With the announcement of a new Android Auto API announcement, third-party developers can start adapting their apps for in-car use today.

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• Code Commit Shows The Nexus 6 Had Tap-To-Wake Functionality, But Google Removed It

  Tap-to-wake is one of the niftier features Google's implemented on the Nexus 9, but its telephony-enabled sibling didn't get the same treatment. We know that it almost did, though, thanks to a commit to the device's source code made on September 10th . (We also pointed this out in our…