• 'Dirtbox' planes masquerade as cell towers to collect smartphone data in sophisticated spying ops

  It's no secret anymore that governmental agencies in the U.S. and other countries have access to sophisticated tools that allow them to track and collect data from smartphones and other devices without users knowing anything is happening, and The Wall Street Journal has uncovered yet another such…

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• Motorola Spotlight Player grabs new animated story in 'Duet'

  Motorola 's interactive story telling app, Motorola Spotlight Player, got an update today, and its a pretty cool one at that. The update brings along a new animated story titled 'Duet' that was created in collaboration with former Disney animator, Glen Keane.

• Weekly poll results: Nexus device relevance

  Earlier in the week we asked if you thought Google's Nexus program was still relevant. We left the question pretty open-ended, because we are also curious why people think the way they do about a question like this. We have our own thoughts and opinions about what the Nexus program means to us…