Microsoft fixes Windows 8 Rs. 699 upgrade loophole

Early yesterday, word spread that Microsoft's $15 upgrade offer for Windows 8 had a loophole that would allow anyone to get the new OS for dirt cheap. Well, the boys at Redmond were quick to catch on and have patched the loophole.

Microsoft has extended an offer to those who had bought Windows 7 machines after June 2, 2012, allowing them to get the new OS for just $15 as against the regular $40 price. All users had to do was go to the offer website and fill in their details along with the brand, model and date of purchase of their machine and following that, Microsoft would dispatch a promo code to the supplied email which would offer the whopping discount in the purchase stage. It didn't matter whether these details were correct or not, but as long as all the fields were filled in and the date of purchase was post June 2nd 2012, you were on your way to a really cheap upgrade.

Samsung SCH-W2013 pointless Android flip phone for niche market

My first mobile phone was a flip phone, the Motorola RAZR, a handset that had a great feel and good flip action, along with back in those days what was considered a large display, but times move on, and one would have thought that the flip phone form factor had fallen by the wayside, and to some extent this is true. However, it appears there is still a niche market for flip phones that old Sammy wants to exploit.

It appears Samsung is taking a step back in time because according to a report over on Android Headlines, old Sammy has a flip phone up their sleeve for the Chinese Android market known as the Samsung SCH-W2013. However albeit sporting that old style flip phone form factor along with a rather small 3.3-inch AMOLED touch screen, the handset is powered by a quad core chip, the same as the Samsung Galaxy S3.

Google wishes Happy Halloween with a Haunted House doodle

Google wishes every search engine users “Happy Halloween” with an interactive doodle with complete sound on its home page.

Today's doodle shows a Haunted House, with bunch of closed doors which users can open with a click. There are as many as five doors, each featuring a spooky creature/monster depicting the five letters of the Google logo – G-O-O-G-L-E. Users can click on the creatures revealed after opening the doors to interact.

Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Keyboard Review and Install

This video will show you how to install the leaked Android 4.2 Jelly Bean APK on your Android device (4.0 and up). It includes a new feature called "gesture typing" which is very similar to Swype. Be sure to leave a comment below!
APK:
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Zip (to be flashed through a custom recovery):
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Download and install at your own risk. This may not work on all devices and you will need to use the flashable zip if running an AOSP Rom.