Google buyout offer to keep Android open is declined

It's not the first time that Microsoft was interested in Cyangenmod in which they could probably buy that company so that they could use this technology for their Ex-Nokia Android devices. It was a bad idea to acquire that in the first place as we don't know what will Microsoft do next? Will the new Cyangenmod technology be supported exclusively on Nokia Android devices only by then and especially for the new Microsoft Android devices based on those? Minecraft would be multi-platform even if their makers were acquired by Microsoft but acquisition of Cyangenmod company is pretty much a bad idea in the first place. It seemed that Microsoft should be their partners to use Cyangenmod for their Nokia Android devices they're holding so that they can use their own services and technology in those devices but the downside is that there won't be Google bundled apps once those devices use the Cyangenmod OS that nobody may want to buy them.
Then, the recent news came in like Google decided to acquire Cyangenmod but it was declined. We don't know what will Google do next but we suspect that their productivity actions can be even worse than what Microsoft is planning to do next. A rejection like this by Cyangenmod may be a good thing and despite having a nice partnership with OnePlus and other companies, it appears that OnePlus made things backfire with invitation system and anyone who wanted to buy that phone was kind of disappointed.

Microsoft interested in Cyangenmod?

Before Nokia was acquired by Microsoft, there were Nokia Android phones with Microsoft services and Windows Phone-like UI but Microsoft trying to use Cyangenmod? We don't know what are they going to use it for, their own Windows Phones? The competition is still on-going and Windows Phone is still lagging behind and having Android on Microsoft-made mobile devices is a bad idea. Perhaps, Windows Phone devices should have support for Cyangenmod if possible but that is for the future Windows Phone devices. Maybe the third-party manufacturers should ensure that their Windows Phone devices can support Cyangenmod, not Microsoft. Nobody expects Cyangenmod to be running on Surface series devices or any other modern Windows tablets for example, NO ONE! This is a bad idea from Microsoft that the third-party manufacturers should use Cyangenmod for their device production instead like what the Blackphone and OnePlus One are already using. Nobody knows what will happen if Microsoft uses Cyangenmod for.

Blackphone is being shipped to buyers

It won't be long before this smartphone focused on privacy protection is being released. However, there may be some initial flaws upon seeing the specs of this device.
The first thing is that there may be front and back cameras in which I don't know if they will be intercepted by the cyber-spies even with the amount of software security inside. Maybe, there should be a cameraless version of Blackphone that can be useful for extra military security. Sure, maybe they should make that version besides shipping the original.
Another downside is how highly expensive this phone is, $629 for this giant piece of security is like holding people back from buying it and besides, the apps on this device may seem to be quite different than the popular ones. Some of the handy ones like Disconnect, secure alternative search engines like DuckDuckGo and others, etc., their camera app, etc. but I don't know if those apps will require invitation to get your friends to use the same apps as well for security. No, we don't want that. We want to use those alternative apps while being able to contact our friends through them without any stupid invitation or other notification telling me to get them to use the same apps as well. It's unnecessary for them to know those apps. Why don't we import Facebook, Twitter, Whatapp and local friends into those secure apps that easily? Why is this feature kind of difficult to implement by then? Also, can't you even know that not all people use the secure-ass alternatives like that? If something really goes wrong with the company like they're going to betray us with this privacy violation thingy through their services and apps, why don't we ditch it and use the popular and more secure alternatives?
Other than these advantages, it shouldn't be a problem using this smartphone if you're interested in buying it.

OnePlus One will be available widely in June

*Sigh* The disappointment is still here with the on-going Invite System but there will be large range of invites making things easier to purchase the phone. The pricing goes from $299 for 16GB and $349 for 64GB model. These phones are likely to be released sometime in May and june with the larger batch of invites. Once the product is widely released in June, there may be less trouble in getting people invited to purchase this device.

OnePlus One Disappointment - Invite System

Now, it looks like the pictures of the phone are revealed in addition to the screenshots but the real disappointment is the Invite System. Through friends, contests and company forum in which the company is planning to solve the pre-ordering problems, this is some way you can buy the phone from but undoubtly, it is a disappointing way to encourage people to buy such a phone like this. At least, buying the phone from the retail store or online store is a better thing but having to obtain items from events is a complicated one because there may be limited amount of those items and the events cannot be lasting any longer. And what happens if you miss those items, well, depending on the conditions from the events, there may or may not be other ways to get those items at the later time.
You know, for the sake of high security on Android devices, you'll rather install Cyangenmod on your Android device if supported or buy the Blackphone than this disappointment.

OnePlus update

What was that difficult in showing off the phones they are announcing? At that site: http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/31/oneplus-one-cyanogenmod-11s-leak/, the screenshots are finally revealed although the lock screen is looking like Windows Phone-ish and the Android interface as we know today has been simplified with solid selection color on whatever you select. Back then, the Android 3.0 interface was great and the font and glassy stuffs were promising as well as other graphical enhancements.

OnePlus will be out in April 23rd with 1080p display, 5.5MP camera, swappable back cover and 3300mAh battery.

GalleryNext beta from Cyangenmod

A Roku device should be something you should try when using the next GalleryNext beta update that allows support of streaming pictures to it. The development was on hold since late January which was a few months ago. Nearly after two months, the software eventually received the update. We don't know why the development was on hold.
For this update, it has support for the followings:

• Better scrolling and load times
• Support for Delete and Undo on both local and cloud
• Chromecast and Roku support
• Better integration with image editors
• DeepZoom support
• Other updates
• Push the photos from the device running the app or the cloud service provider to the TV connected to Chromecast or Roku

And of course, the Photowall experiment from Google is obviously more interesting than this in general but for the sake of security, you may want to try out this upcoming product on Cyangenmod and you should have the Roku device. I don't know much about Roku devices compared to Chromecast which is the Android TV device.