• You can now control your Nest Learning Thermostat using Google Now

  You had to think Nest and Google would look to do some interesting things after the former was bought by the latter, and one of the biggest early moves has been made. Nest's "Work With Nest" initiative now includes Google, which means you can use Google Now to control your home's…

• You can now control your Nest thermostat with your voice

  Nest thermostat owners with Android smartphones are getting a treat today: Google has enabled Nest thermostat control within Google Now, letting you change the temperature with just your voice.  Android Police reports that standard commands such as "OK Google, change temperature to",…

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• SoundCloud's new hub puts all your favorite audio in one place

  SoundCloud isn't shy about its plans to launch a subscription service, but it's going to need a new interface to make that service work -- and it just took one of the first big steps in that direction. Updates to its iOS and web apps (Android is comi...

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• Bose might be building its own streaming music service

  Bose is a well-known player in music hardware — but just as Beats did, it looks like the company is trying to get into the content business, as well. As  noticed by Hypebot , Bose currently has a job opening for a senior user experience designer, working under its "cloud music services"…

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• T-Mobile also says Android 5.0.1 is headed to Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 today

  After Sprint, now T-Mobile says Android 5.0.1 is coming to the Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 later today. Anyone get the update yet?

• Half-Life 2: Episode One now available for NVIDIA Shield Tablet users

  Something sweet has just arrived in the Google Play Store for NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet owners. As promised, NVIDIA and Valve have teamed up to release Half-Life 2: Episode One exclusively for SHIELD Tablet owners.

• You can now control your Nest thermostat with the Google app on iOS and Android

  The Google app now Works with Nest.

• Kik Introduces Hashtags To Bring Mini Social Networks To Its Messaging Service

   Messaging app Kik is embracing one of the hallmarks of social networks after it introduced hashtag on its service. An update to the iOS and Android apps today turns hashtags into clickable links to chat groups where Kik believes like minded users can congregate to discuss topics, share information…

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• Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 on T-Mobile slated to get Android 5.0.1 today

  It looks like the Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 on T-Mobile are slated to get an update to Android 5.0.1 Lollipop today, at least that's what T-Mobile seems to think. Support docs for both phones on T-Mobile's website list December 15th (that'd be today) as the roll-out date for the 5.0.1 update.

• Google Now is about to receive an awesome new feature, but not everyone can use it

  Google Now will soon receive an awesome new feature, Droid-Life reports, but not all users will be able to take advantage of it without purchasing an additional piece of hardware. According to the publication, Google Now will soon be updated with the ability to interact with Nest thermostats,…

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• Rdio's Windows Phone music app gets a much-needed overhaul

  Rdio has had a Windows Phone app for some time, but a sophisticated app that keeps up with its Android and iOS counterparts? That's another story. Thankfully, the streaming music service has posted a major update that takes better advantage of both W...

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• BT is in talks to acquire EE for £12.5 billion

  British Telecom has confirmed it has "entered into an exclusivity agreement with Deutsche Telekom and Orange" which could lead to BT acquiring the wireless carrier EE for about £12.5 billion. This means that the UK's largest land line and broadband company could buy the country's…

• Deal: Amazon takes $125 off the 2013 Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 16GB (LTE or WiFi) today only

  Amazon has another great deal of the day for those looking into one of their Kindle Fire tablets. You can now take $125 off the cost of an Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9-inch today only.

• New SwiftKey themes bring the Frozen crew to your keyboard

  SwiftKey has launched some new themes based on the hit Disney movie Frozen. The themes feature characters from the movie sitting behind your keyboard. When using a Frozen theme, little flakes of snow will fall from the keyboard as you type.

• Xiaomi breaks into the ranks of the top-five global smartphone manufacturers

  Xiaomi has become the fourth biggest seller of smartphones worldwide, according to a new report from the research firm Gartner. Xiaomi pushed its way into the top five of all smartphone companies during the third quarter of 2014 with sales of 18.8 million units. It only sold 3.6 million units for…

• HTC's video chat screen sharing now features drawing too

  The HTC Eye Experience update brought a lot of interesting features to HTC device owners, especially in the camera department, but the included improvements to video chat have largely flown under the radar, though today's update makes things a little more interesting. As part of video chat…

• A quick look at the Nexus 9 Magic Cover

  $39 gets you a capable, easy-to-use cover for your Nexus 9 Here we have a quick look at the retail version of the Magic Cover for the Nexus 9 tablet . And fortunately a quick look is all we need to tell you that this is a capable, easy-to-use cover. We've had origami-type covers leave us…

• Viber adds games to its Android messaging app in five countries

  Viber has updated its Android messaging app in the Google Play Store five countries (Belarus, Malaysia, Israel, Singapore and the Ukraine) with a feature that allows users in those territories to play a select number of games inside the app. This feature will be rolled out worldwide to other parts…