Android Overload: Xiaomi Receives $90 Million In Funding, LightSquared Could Face Bankruptcy and More

• Chris Chavez
• 13 years ago

Greetings, everyone! It’s time for your extra helping of Android/mobile news here in the Android Overload. This is the place where we stash all the top news stories from throughout the day — the ones that didn’t make it onto our front page — before we turn in for the evening. We like keeping our readers well informed of all the days happenings so take a look around and if you find something interesting, feel free to leave your thoughts. Catch you all on the flipside! Night.

• Sprint sues Comcast, Cox and Time Warner over patent infringement. [Electronista]
• HTC has released the kernel source for a number of devices.
• Duke Nukem 3D free for a limited time in the Android Market. [Market Link]
• Motorola Xoom accessories 80% off at Verizon Wireless stores. [Droid-Life]
• New Verizon Galaxy Nexus radio, LTE and bootloader. [XDA]
• Watch out for text messaging scams like this one making the rounds. [LifeHacker]
• Samsung and HTC were once in talks to buy RIM. Deal fell through. [WSJ]
• Xiaomi — makers of the Mi-One “MIUI phone” — receives $90 million in funding. [Reuters]
• YouTube hits 1 trillion playbacks. Celebrates with Rebecca Black. [YouTubeBlog]
• LightSquared is now looking at bankruptcy unless they can get FCC approval. [GigaOM]