The iFind Kickstarter campaign that many publications questioned earlier this week, believing it’s nothing more than a scam meant to steal money from unsuspecting backers, has been officially suspended, The Register reports. WeTag, the makers of iFind who were seeking $25,000 in funding, would have gotten access to over $546,000 in pledges in just a few days. Despite the questions raised on Kickstarter about the product, which were picked up by various publications, WeTag managed to raise even more money as it was criticized for the way it handled the matter.

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While the world’s attention was focused on Google I/O this week, Google quietly announced some terrific new features to YouTube during VidCon. In case you missed it, the official YouTube Creators Blog breaks down the highlights for us and shows us how these new features will be terrific additions for anyone who frequently posts videos on their channels. While there are tons of new features, we’ve listed the four below that we think are the most interesting.

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Google’s Android L Developer Preview can only be installed on two devices, including the Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2013), so Android fans who don’t have access to either model won’t be able to try out Android L on their existing devices just yet. However, there’s one other way to take Android L for a test drive, GigaOm reports, and that’s using it on an emulator. While it may not be as cool as using Android L on an actual smartphone as tablet, as this method involves a computer, it’s still better than nothing.

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Samsung has been accused of copying a lot of different companies over the years but we don’t think it could ever be accused to swiping a page from T-Mobile’s playbook… until now. Samsung this week has launched a new trial program that reminds us of T-Mobile’s Test Drive initiative that will let you try out T-Mobile’s network for free for a week. In this case, though, Samsung is letting you try out some of its very best gadgets for free over a three-week period.

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Google has already released Android L for Nexus 5 and Nexus 7, but not all Android fans will be able to try it, either because they don’t know how to get it or because they don’t own either of these devices. Luckily, xda-developers has come to the rescue, with senior members ivan123 and bejunk having already extracted various apps from the Android L Developer Preview build, making them available to any devices running Android KitKat.

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Photo editors are a dime a dozen in Apple’s App Store, but the best of the bunch always seem to catch our attention. Among them is Stackables by Samer Azzam, whose iPhone apps we have featured here on BGR a few times before. Stackables is another example of unique filter options combined with great design, and the key differentiator in this app is its “stackable” layers that allow the user to apply multiple effects with tight controls.

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Samsung did an excellent job of keeping leaked pictures of the Galaxy S5 under wraps but the same hasn’t been true of the Galaxy F, its upcoming “premium” smartphone that we expect to launch alongside the Galaxy Note 4 this September. @evleaks has posted another leaked picture of the device that gives us a full view of the device from up front.

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Google isn’t afraid to try things that are absolutely crazy and one of its wildest projects we’ve seen this year is Project Ara, an experimental modular smartphone that lets you switch key components in and out of the device like Legos. A new video has popped up on YouTube of Project Ara chief Paul Eremenko at Google I/O this week showing off the device being put together and turned on in public for the first time, although he cautions at the start of the video that the device is still in its very early stages and nowhere near ready for public release.

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One announcement that received a little less fanfare than Android L and the Android Wear smartwatches at Google I/O this week was Android Work, an enterprise security and management framework which could rival BlackBerry’s own security suite.

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Google’s I/O 2014 keynote certainly had its ups and downs earlier this week, but the clear highlight as far as we were concerned was Android L. Google’s next Android build, likely named Android 5.0, will feature a number of key changes. For one thing, there are some huge performance enhancements coming in the next major release of Android, though we’ve already told you how to get many of the benefits on your phone right now.

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