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OUYA offers Kickstarter backers a leet apology Aug 4th 2013, 12:17, by Robert Nelson The folks at OUYA have come forward with an apology and credit for some of the Kickstarter backers. The details of this offer include a mention about how “it wasn’t OK that some of you” received the OUYA after it landed on store shelves. Basically, the OUYA team is apologizing that retail availability began before all the Kickstarter backers received their units. And just to drive the point home, the OUYA team has referred to this group as their “most loyal supporters.” Anyway, the apology letter goes on to talk about how aside from the retail availability, some others had customer service related issues. Basically, the OUYA launch seems to have been less than the perfect experience they had been hoping for. But in an effort to make things better for those backers — OUYA is giving a leet credit. And by leet we mean just that, $13.37. If you happen to have been one of those Kickstarter backers you may want to keep an eye on your email inbox. The OUYA letters have begun going out and it looks like they will be offering the credit, but also that it doesn’t necessarily have to be accepted. The letter mentions how “if you feel you’ve had a less-than-OUYA experience.” More to the point, if you want the credit you will have to click a link in that email to claim your redemption code. Assuming you take them up on the offer you will then sign into your OUYA and head to Manage -> Account -> Payment Info and select the Redeem Code option. From here just enter your code and then start deciding what you will be using it to purchase. SOURCE: OUYA Forum Story Timeline OUYA console receives an unofficial CWM Recovery release 'You Don't Know Jack' game comes to Android and OUYA OUYA game console arrives for retail sales OUYA "Free the Games" fund arrives to entice game developers OUYA Game Console Review Android Device Manager now rolling out Aug 4th 2013, 11:57, by Robert Nelson Google announced the new Android Device Manager last week and promised that it would be coming to devices running 2.2 or later sometime over the next month. Well, it looks like that rollout has since begun. A thread over on Reddit brings talk of several devices having received the update already. To further that, we can already see it on a Nexus 7 and Galaxy S 4 Active. Those looking to get setup can navigate into the Settings then into Security. From here look for the Device administrators option and you will see Android Device Manager. At this point it is just a matter of turning it on. A tap to check the box will bring up another screen that lists what this app will do and an Activate button. The permissions note how the app can erase all data, change the screen-unlock password and lock the screen. Somewhat interesting is how it doesn’t specify that it is also able to remotely track and locate your phone. The exact permissions read as follows; Erase all Data: Erase the phone’s data without warning by performing a factory data reset. Change the screen-unlock password: Change the screen-unlock password. Lock the screen: Control how and when the screen locks. Anyway, a tap of the Activate button will bring you back to the previous screen with one difference being the green checkmark in the box. Alternatively, there is a Cancel button for those who do not agree and want to keep this turned off. That all being said, while this is being pushed to devices and you can start to turn things on, there is the other side that is still missing. So far we have yet to see the promised app that would allow you to remotely track and locate these devices. We suspect that will turn up in the Play Store sooner rather than later, but in the meantime, it does seem sort of refreshing that Google has gotten this on so many devices so quickly. Story Timeline New Lookout app finds a missing device even if the battery is dead Sony 'my Xperia' mobile security service rolling out globally Android Device Manager arriving this month to locate a misplaced device

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