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this episode of Android Weekly is brought to you by domain.com so big news in the world of Android we heard rumors of a Snapdragon 820 whatsapp comes to desktop and CyanogenMod has lost its bloody mind it said that Google has quote tyrannical control over Android courageous or crazy all right so let's start off with the news of a new Snapdragon Chinese leaker leaks fly outed Qualcomm supposedly 2015 roadmap which includes a number of new processors we have yet to hear anything about the leaked details each new CPU and what it will bring to mobile devices according to the document there are no signs of a time frame for any of these processors though other reports have hinted at a late 2015 timeframe into the document we see the upcoming processors listed as the snapdragon 616 620 620 5 629 and 815 and the Snapdragon 820 the Snapdragon 820 is an octa-core 64-bit chip with an Adreno 530 GPU sweet but now moving on to news about whatsapp coming to desktop with a catch about a month ago we first heard whispers of the possibility of a whatsapp client for desktop and now the trigger has officially been pulled the new desktop oriented whatsapp experience is presented as a web app for Chrome and while it works rather well it's not a standalone experience the whatsapp client actually mirrors your conversations and messages from your mobile device and requires you to scan a QR code on your computer via your phone in order to get started what this means is that if your phone isn't working it's dead or it's off for example whatsapp won't work on the desktop although it would be nice that the experience wasn't so tied to your phone this is still a welcome addition for whatsapp fans looking to utilize their computers full-size keyboards in order to pound out those messages faster than ever now this last bit of news is big and has big ramifications for all of us mobile lovers Kurt mcasterisk an or CyanogenMod and let's just say the man has been rocking the boat Kurt Makassar is the outspoken CEO of cyanogen incorporated and has been in the news lately for expressing some controversial opinions on things like Google's quote tyrannical control over Android or Samsung's complete inability to build a decent mobile operating system wowzers and you got to admit the man has some stones because now he's just upping the ante and taking on Mother Google all together at the informations next phase of android event in San Francisco mr. McCotter said the following I am the CEO of cyanogen we're attempting to take Android away from Google Earth to detail his vision Makassar explained that Santa Jan wants to provide a version of Android that is opened down to its core that partners can use to build highly integrated services in a way that's not possible right now with Google's Android we're making a version of Android that is more open so we can integrate with more partners so their services can be Tier one services he goes on to say that we've barely scratched the surface in regards to what mobile can be today cyanogen has some dependence on Google tomorrow it will not we will not be based on some derivative of Google in the next three to five years there will be services that are doing the same bullcrap with Android and then there'll be others who are doing something different that is where we want to be so if you're a bit confused let me sort it out for you right now Android is technically open-source anyone can download the developer tools and use Android on their mobile devices anyone anywhere but if you want to take advantages of Google services Google apps services like Gmail and Google now and all that kind of stuff you have to adhere to certain standards or requirements that Mother Google States and mother Google has tight control over those things so how would cyanogen create a successful mobile operating system without depending on Google services well they wouldn't you see Santa Jean has stated in the past that they want to create their own app ecosystem in fact in the next 18 months they say they're going to create their own app store so they'll create their own set of email apps their own Google now so to speak so we'd have Play Store the iOS store and CyanogenMod store very interesting very brave and potentially very stupid you see mother Google likes to say don't be evil that's their unofficial motto but you got to remember how powerful Google is so one of the most powerful corporations on the planet of any corporation I mean it's insane they can potentially wipe the floor with cyanogen and they're not just taken on Google they'll be taking on iOS and Apple - it's pretty scary stuff but hey it's exciting because if there's another whole app ecosystem that's only good things for consumers like you and me exciting what do you guys think let me know in the comments below now if there is any chance of cyanogen being successful at this they need to continue to cultivate more hardware partnerships with some of the Chinese manufacturers that they have now and they've got to continue to foster them it could be really exciting I mean it's possible but it's a long shot now you guys don't to forget about the great offers we have from our sponsor domain.com you can get 15% off all your domain name and web hosting needs and it's kind of fun with all the cool extensions coming out personally I prefer this one Jase is cool or my wife's favorite Jase is cheap just check out the countless domain extensions that domain.com has and have some fun remember the guise of domain.com want to hook our fans up with a great offer say 15% off domain names and web hosting when you use the coupon code Android at domain.com check out don't forget 15% off when you use the coupon code Android when you think of domain names think domain.com thanks for watching android army my name is Jase I'd love to connect with you right here on Google+ or Twitter you don't want to forget about my brothers my brethren and Android jaws Joe and the tech ninja Kevin lot and Chris Gary - all working real hard to deliver the best Android content on the web I shall see you next week on Android Weekly do you love me or do you just want the food