Android Device Manager will soon feature remote password changing and device locking options.

Google recently launched its own service, which allows you to locate your misplaced Android smartphone and to protect your privacy if your device is stolen. Initially, the latest service came with ability to locate your smartphone on Google Maps via the Device Manager website. The Android Device Manager also offered you to wipe your device’s data or make your smartphone ring from the web interface. Now, it looks like Google is also set to add a few more features to its service, according to the leaked APK of the upcoming version of Google Play Service.

The teardown of the Google Play Service APK has revealed the addition of the remote password changing and device locking features to the tracking service.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 and 10.1 will support multi-user functionality in the nearest future.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 and 10.1 comes with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean on board, but unfortunately, both the slates does not come with all the goodies of the 4.2 version. It looks like Samsung omitted the multi-user capabilities for both the tablets in its final software. However, Samsung has will be adding support for the multi-user functionality on both the tablets through their upcoming respective software updates.

According to a few screenshots from a test firmware, the multi-user support will soon be making its way to both, the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 and 10.1 tablets. The latest software addition will allow you to share your tablets with others without having to worry about your personal content being viewed or used by others.

Google will no longer offer the Nexus 4 in the United States.

According to a fresh report, the LG Nexus 4 has reached the end of the line in the United States. The smartphone is currently out of inventory in the Play Store and, according to The Verge, Google has no plans to restock it.The US Play Store’s stock of the Nexus 4 in the United States got depleted shortly after the devicereceived a massive price cut. The device is still on sale by Google in some countries, but once it’s sold out, it will not return to the shelves.

The end of the Nexus 4’s commercial availability arrives amid increasingly frequent leaks of its potential successor. The upcoming LG-made smartphone will likely be launched as Nexus 5 during the second half of October.

Nokia's Windows Phone handsets outsell iPhones in Middle East

Smartphone sales have picked up in the Middle East, according to a report from International Data Corporation. The volumes are up to 16.4% in Q2, 2013 when compared to the same quarter last year. IDC's Middle East region includes Turkey but does not feature Egypt and North Africa. 

With 45.2% share, Nokia leads the overall Middle East mobile market (that's both smartphones and featurephones), followed by Samsung that accounts for 18.3% of the market in the second quarter.

Just for smartphones, Nokia's market share climbed from 9.7% in Q1 to 11.8% in Q2, 2013, thanks to its Lumia series of Windows Phone lineup. That's enough to overtake Apple and its iOS, which held 11.4% of the market.

BlackBerry's latest smartphones - the Z10 and Q10 were off to a slow start and accounted for only 13.3% of the sales in the Q2. However, BlackBerry has managed to hold on to its second position as the vendor in the smartphone sector.

As one can expect, Android is still the most popular operating system in this region with 60% share of the overall smartphone volume. But, it is reported that the Google OS is not gaining any market share due to the rise in iPhone and Windows Phone sales.

Jolla announces that Sailfish OS can run on Android phones and tablets, supports Android apps too.

Jolla just announced that its Sailfish OS has reached two-fold compatibility with Android – it can run Android apps but also the OS itself can run on Android phones. This is major news as it solves the two big problems facing any upstart OS – it’s difficult to get hardware manufacturers to make devices for it and difficult to get devs to make apps for it. By the looks of it, if a maker wishes to have a spin, it could put Sailfish on a phone or tablet that was designed with Android in mind.

“We believe Sailfish with Android compatibility is a highly relevant mobile operating system option for major mobile companies in Europe and in Asia. We are already in discussions with several major Asian vendors regarding this opportunity,” says Tomi Pienimäki, Jolla CEO.

Jolla also is fully aware of the effects of the Nokia-Microsoft deal and say these events have strengthened the young company’s position. Also, the team is evoking Finnish nationalism and offering a second round of pre-orders of its first phone aimed at Finns “who want to express their passion for the Finnish mobile industry,”.

We’ve seen Android apps run on other OSes in the past – it hasn’t worked out great for BlackBerry 10, which suffered from the Android-specific UI not working great on BB OS. Having an Android 2.3 Gingerbread runtime didn’t help either.

Unfortunately, Jolla’s press release is mum on the Android API version that Sailfish supports. It’s also not clear if Jolla will be offering Sailfish to makers only or if users will get to flash their Android devices too, a la CyanogenMod.