Update: Jim Darlymple at the Loop isn’t feeling this one (that was quick). Pocketgamer today says it has heard word from mobile game developers that Apple has operated secret meetings at GDC and discussing a game controller. While this report sounds a bit sketchy with details, it would be interesting to see what Apple could bring to the table in the gaming space. Pocketgamer previously reported that Apple would announce a $19....
We provided a roundup of some of the key take-outs from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress yesterday – including some of the things he didn’t say, thanks to a photograph of his briefing notes. Reaction to Zuckerberg’s responses have been mixed, but investors seemed satisfied as Facebook stock closed 4.5% up on the day … Reuters noted this was the firm’s biggest daily gain in more than two years....
Everyone’s favorite iPad insurance provider Square Trade decided to waste a few perfectly good tablets (well one is) to drive home the message: Dropping glass screens on cement will break them. rooCase Leather Couture Folio for iPad, more for $26 + free shipping (9to5toys.com) Digitimes: iPhone 5 to employ curved glass? (9to5mac.com) For $250, Crux wants to turn your iPad itno a badass little 360 degree laptop (9to5mac.com) For iPad, half a billion units five years from now (9to5mac....
Apple Amsterdam reopened today with a world-class renovation that infuses Apple’s latest retail thinking into the historic store. Upgrades to the space began in March and completed in phases while portions of the store area remained open to customers. The new Apple Amsterdam brings all the signature design elements and features of a modern flagship Apple Store to the Netherlands. A Forum, video wall, Boardroom, Avenues, and indoor trees have been added....
Renzo Racer leaves a lot to be desired, with a multitude of issues covering everything from physics glitches through to the core racing gameplay. Making a good kart racer is harder than it looks. Mario Kart has had what is effectively a monopoly on truly top tier cartoonish racing since the 1990s, even though there have been occasional challengers that have come close. The latest game trying to get in on the action is Renzo Racer....
Mac4Ever is reporting that they know when the September Apple event will take place, where Apple will announce three new iPhones: the OLED iPhone 8 and the iterative ‘7s’ phones. The report says that the event will happen on September 12 citing carrier sources … The site says that mobile phone operators have already been told when to expect the Apple announcement as they have to prepare inventory and marketing for the imminent new devices....
Japanese blog Macotakara has published a new report with details on Apple’s next iPhones expected later this year. Apple’s new flagship iPhone 8 is again said to feature a modern take on the iPhone 4 design in terms of materials. Macotakara also says the new iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus models, which are expected to be iterative updates, may actually be slightly thicker than the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus....
The Resident Evil franchise has been beloved ever since it started. No longer was gaming just a past-time for kids. Games could be something for an older generation of gamers who had already worked their way through the mostly kid-centric catalog of the NES. Resident Evil was a herald of a new era for gaming. Despite the fact that it had some really, really bad voice acting and might be just a little bit dated, the gameplay was solid, and the atmosphere was incredible, not to mention it was one of the first entries into the survival horror genre....
Image via the Oatmeal One of the weird details in the WSJ report on the Apple electric car project yesterday was this bit: This morning’s Reuters report contradicts the earlier WSJ report saying that Apple’s electric car will be autonomous. Other Silicon Valley giants are looking at autos. Google Inc. has been working on a self-driving car for years. The head of Google’s autonomous vehicle project said last year that the company aims to forge a partnership with auto makers to build a self-driving car within the next few years....
It’s no secret that Anker’s power accessories are some of the very best options available in their respective categories: its affordable, powerful wall chargers, car chargers, and battery packs have become sensations over the last couple of years. Heading into the holidays, Anker has debuted a fantastic option for both iPad and Retina MacBook users — the new PowerCore+ 20100 ($70). (For our review of the PowerCore+ 26800, PowerCore+ 10050, and PowerCore+ 13400, as well as the PowerPort+ and PowerDrive+, head over to 9to5Toys....
Just beginning to hit stores, myCharge’s new HubUltra ($150, currently $110 online) is designed to be the iPad/iPhone battery for users who will pay more for something flashy. It looks great, packs a large 12,000mAh rechargeable cell for plenty of power, has built-in Lightning and Micro-USB cables, and rapidly refuels with an included wall power dock. HubUltra doesn’t deliver as much power for the dollar as the remarkable Anker Astro E7, but myCharge has built a completely turnkey solution that will particularly appeal to iPad users with micro-USB accessories....
Adding extra storage to a MacBook using an SD card is easy, but it works like a thumb drive or external hard drive and not like your permanent, built-in storage. That means you’ll have to manually manage the storage, dragging files to and from the drive. But TarDisk Pear lets you add extra flash storage to your MacBook using an SD card and 1-click setup to merge the storage with your internal drive....
The CW has been airing its Arrow/The Flash spinoff DC’s Legends of Tomorrow on Thursday nights over the course of the show’s first season and the first half of its second. However, starting this month, another comic book adaptation will be taking Legends’ spot on Thursdays (with the former moving to Tuesday nights): Archie comic book TV adaptation Riverdale. Created by Archie Comics Chief Creative Officer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Riverdale has been generating buzz ahead of its premiere for the way that it reimagines the Archie Comics universe as a moody and dark neo-noir young adult drama for the small screen....
Ron Johnson, the CEO of J.C. Penney and the former senior vice president for retail at Apple, ran a guest post detailing his Apple tenure over at the Harward Business Review blog, accompanying a monster interview which appears in the December 2011 issue of the Harvard Business Review magazine. Apple doesn’t owe its success in retail to shiny products, he said. “You don’t need to stock iPads to create an irresistible retail environment”, he said....
A rough date has been set for round five of the battle over Samsung’s infringements of Apple patents in five of its products. The Recorder reports that U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has said that the revised damages will be determined by a jury trial in March or April 2016. In case you need a refresher, the story so far is this. In round 1, the first jury trial, Apple was awarded $1B in damages....
Karamo Brown is Queer Eye’s culture expert. His job is largely psychological, as he takes the target out and tries to delve deep into their personalities, problems, and obstacles. Yes, he does fun things with them like rock climbing and wine tasting, but, at the end of the day, he is there to break through barriers and get to the painful heart of a particular problem. Due to the nature of his job, we don’t often learn much about Karamo himself....
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege holds on to the expectations of a tactical shooting game, and is similar to the likes of Splinter Cell. But this game does no breeze through on every system. It requires a network connection to run the game, but many Windows users have reported connectivity issues with it. These issues are random and are showing up effects with some system’s network connection, but is working fine on others....
James Bond will be replaced as 007 in No Time To Die – but it’s not what fans might think. The upcoming Bond film from director Cary Joji Fukunaga will be the last for Daniel Craig, and the studio has yet to announce a replacement. The question of who that may be has been the subject of wild speculation, and it didn’t help when news leaked that British actress Lashana Lynch would be replacing Craig as 007 in the upcoming film....
Alright, so you are using a device from Tecno at the moment, the Tecno POP 1 Pro. Well, the Tecno POP 1 Pro is indeed a great device for those of you who are looking for something on a budget. Anyways, there is no denying the fact that the Android is one of the most popular and one of the best Operating Systems for Android Devices. But there are times when things do not go too well with Android....
IHS Markit is out with its 2017 data on smartphone shipments. The firms’ numbers are a bit more positive than what we saw yesterday from Strategy Analytics, pointing to a smaller quarterly decline along with a greater increase in year-over-year shipments. The data also puts iPhone in first place with the highest share of holiday quarter smartphone sales. IHS Markits’ analysis shows 2017 global smartphone shipments dropping 4.5% for Q4 with 387....
