Some of the biggest stories to break this week dealt with leaks concerning the US and its domestic intelligence gathering efforts. First it was revealed that Verizon was sharing vast quantities of call data with the NSA, followed yesterday by claims of a far broader effort, dubbed PRISM. From the sound of things, PRISM was being run with the cooperation of a number of tech companies, giving the government unfettered backdoor access to their systems. Now a few of those companies named in the leaks are speaking up, protesting their innocence. While these companies will grant legitimate, ...

The Nexus 4 is the go-to device for many developers. Offering the purest Google experience and literally built for developers, it's the most vanilla Android experience possible. It's lightweight and comes with no bloatware. There's practically nothing to over-encumber  the device straight out of the box. That said, the handset is beginning to age as faster, more efficient chipsets arrive. It just doesn't feel as fast as it once did. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to spruce up your ol' Nexus by way of various custom mods. Try a new ROM, or theme it to no end. Or, take a custom ...

Google has officially made the stock Android keyboard from Nexus devices available in the Play Store for everyone to download and install. It is called Google Keyboard, and if you have another soft input method on your device (carrier or manufacturer skinned), you can grab the default one from Nexus phones and tablets, officially. Gesture typing and voice typing (dictation) are also available in this release of the stock Android keyboard. Other features include text-word suggestions and current-word completions, dictionaries for 26 languages, advanced keyboard layouts, and compatibility ...

Google Edition, Nexus Edition – call them what you will, but we're just about to see the start of an interesting new experiment come out of Mountain View. With Samsung's Galaxy S 4 and HTC's One, Google is creating a market for the sale of high-profile commercial smartphones running the same stock Android software we enjoy on the company's own Nexus lineup. Now, chances are neither of these models are going to register very highly with your average smartphone buyer – the one who calls all Androids "Galaxy" – but for anyone who actually cares about phones, this is a big deal. After ...

After months and months of sitting on the benches, the white Nexus 4 was finally called into the game last month, and we wrapped-up last week learning of the start of its sales in the Google Play Store. It all seemed to be going swimmingly, with Google even throwing in a free bumper case with orders. However, as that first wave of white Nexus 4 handsets starts shipping out to customers, we're getting word that all might not be well, after all, and for some reason Google has been recalling packages. For the moment, we can't say how widespread incidents like this may be, but the fact that ...

Last month, Google announced a new look for Gmail, introducing a number of new inboxes to help automatically split your messages up and let you quickly tab between them. At the time, Google talked about gradually making the new features available to both mobile and desktop users, phasing things in over several weeks. Well, the Android app is now on its way to at least some users, but even if you haven't yet seen an update notification, you don't have to be left out, as the APK has been made available for sideloading. Those multiple inboxes are far from the extent of the changes present in ...

After months and months of waiting, we finally heard LG announce the white edition of the Nexus 4 earlier this week. We learned that sales would begin in Asia, and we'd slowly see its availability grow over the next few weeks. For Android fans in the States, at least, we've been wondering when that might mean we'd see the white Nexus 4 join its black sibling in the Google Play Store. As it turns out, that day is today, and Google's sweetening the deal with a free accessory. The 16GB and 8GB white Nexus 4s are now available for purchase through Google's online storefront, currently shipping ...

Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the HTC T6 phablet and some rumored specs that are already floating around. We later go through Google Play Music All Access and how it should land for iOS customers very soon. Moto X is next, and believe it or not, this phone will exist later this summer. We then talk about the future of the Nexus program according to a recent interview with Sundar Pichai. We end today's show talking about the Google Edition HTC One, which has gone official today and should be ready for shipping at the end of June. All this and more after the break. Stories: ...