Google has updated its information website for its Glass Explorer programme to include a list of "dos and don'ts" for its head-mounted computers, including one rather unexpected admonition.

"[Don't] be creepy or rude," the last item on the list cautions, "(aka, a 'Glasshole')."

It's a surprising turn of phrase, coming from Google. The Chocolate Factory has been none too pleased with the popular nickname for wearers of its Android-powered specs – enough so that some Googlers have asked The Reg if it could please stop using "Glasshole" in headlines.

Commercial smartphones running the mobile version of the Ubuntu Linux distro probably won't be available through carriers until 2015 at the earliest, a Canonical spokesman has revealed.

When Canonical CEO Jane Silber first announced plans to port Ubuntu to phones last year, she said the goal was to ship the first handsets with the OS preloaded by the end of 2013.

That didn't happen, and from the sound of it, Ubuntu fans probably shouldn't hold their breath for a dedicated Ubuntu phone this year, either. Even if one does appear, it will likely be a limited-run device targeting niche

PARIS -- Ubuntu Touch has its first customer, CNET has learned.

Canonical has just signed its first deal to supply a smartphone with its mobile operating system, Canonical founder and product strategy leader Mark Shuttleworth revealed in an interview here at the LeWeb conference. He wouldn't say which company has agreed to use the Linux-based OS, but said it will be offered on high-end phones in 2014.

"We have concluded our first set of agreements to ship Ubuntu on mobile phones," Shuttleworth said.

In an odd twist, it appears that the Galaxy S5 — which will be unveiled on February 24 at MWC in Barcelona — will probably be waterproof, rugged, and designed for those with a “fit” and “alive” lifestyle. This information comes from a new teaser video (embedded below) that also suggests that the Galaxy S5 will have an improved camera, with slow motion and perhaps time-lapse functionality. Rather than make every Galaxy S5 waterproof and rugged, there is a rumor that Samsung will instead release two models, kind of like the iPhone 5S and 5C. Read on, for

• "No-permission" Android apps can access potentially sensitive data on your phone
• The bigger problem isn't malicious exploitation, but rather that app developers are "sloppy"
• Don't install apps that require too many permissions, and report any suspicious activity

Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and media consultant whose blog, Contentious.com, explores how people communicate in the online age.

(CNN) -- Savvy Android users tend to be wary of installing apps that request seemingly unnecessary

[SOLUTION:] Can't establish a reliable connection to the server

CREDITS GOES TO: to crazzzzy (and many other users) (pandawill) for posting this solution.

WARNING: YOU MAY LOSE ALL YOUR DATA BY DOING THIS.

Issues:
- Account sync OFF permanently with the message: "Sync is currently experiencing problems".
- Signing in Google Apps fails showing message: "Can't establish a reliable connection to the server"


Possible Cause:
- system file named 'hosts' (/etc/hosts) points to a Google server that changed IP, thus blocking access to Apps.

Possible Solution:
- edit 'hosts' file (/etc/hosts)

• E:failed to mount /sdcard (files exists), E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount /sdcard. 
• E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl10 (invalid Argument) 

If you have a different Galaxy S (like i9000b, i9003 etc) and you managed to fix the problem using this guide please leave a comment and say which model you have.