Daily Archives: August 10, 2015

Google is looking to reboot Android One with a new focus on extreme affordability

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Google has always touted Android One as its way to get smartphones in the hands of the next billion connected users. With Android One, Google would bring smartphones to developing countries where they aren’t a necessity, and change that.

But it seems that somewhere in the process, Google lost sight of its goals. Selling $185 phones, only online, in a place like India where other smartphones can be had for much cheaper and where brick and mortar stores outsell online retailers 3 to 1, helped get Android One off to a bad start. Now Google is looking to change that.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Google’s managing director for Google South-East Asia and India, Rajan Anandan, said Google will be rebooting Android One with an emphasis on making phones even more affordable, and easier to buy. According to Anandan, Google is aiming to get Android One devices down to below $50, a price point Google calls the sweet-spot.

Google has been tweaking Android and its services to fit developing markets, now it’s time to see if it can really gain some traction in hardware. Unfortunately, that’s where the details on how Google will be rebooting Android One end for now, but be on the lookout for more information in the coming weeks.

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What Cutting Edge Looks Like In Schools In 2015

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Ready for a new school year? Your child probably spent the summer learning new skills or leveling up existing ones, be it coding, painting, swimming or music. When kids build skills, they acquire a greater sense of confidence and curiosity that will make them hungry for even more accomplishments. So with that said, we should be asking, is the school ready for your child?

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Big Data At Autodesk: Getting A 360-degree View Of Customers From The Cloud

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The last few years have seen a huge paradigm shift for many software vendors. The move away from a product-based model towards software-as-a-service (SAAS) in the cloud has brought huge changes. Autodesk was one of the forerunners in the field, having been experimenting with cloud based SAAS as far back as 2001 when it acquired the Buzzsaw file sharing and synchronization service. Since then Microsoft, Adobe and many others have been moving into a subscription based, on-demand service, and Autodesk has done the same with its core computer aided design (CAD) products.

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iPhone 6S Leak Reveals Tough New Design

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While the number of iPhone 6 handsets that were actually deformed last year during the #bendgate saga remains an open question, the PR impact of the saga of the bending smartphone was something that affected the perception of Apple and caught Cupertino unawares. It looks like that’s not going to be the case with the upcoming release of the iPhone 6S.

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‘Metal Gear Solid 5’ And ‘Mad Max’ Headed For Release Date Collision, Should One Blink?

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It’s a little bizarre that this year, there’s a literal line drawn in the sand where the video game drought of summer ends, and the waterfall of big-name titles begins in the fall. This year, that date is literally September 1st, which sees the release of what will likely be two of the biggest games this fall, Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain and Warner Bros’ Mad Max.

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Los juegos de Android de la semana (LXIII)

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Siendo éste uno de los veranos más aburridos de todos los tiempos por la ausencia de competiciones deportivas de alto nivel, y estando en un mes de agosto donde las calles brillán por su soledad, hay que subir moral con alguna propuesta jugable que nos anime a no lanzarnos de cabeza a la primera línea de playa que veamos. Y sí, algunos de nosotros no tenemos vacaciones y eso nos habilita para seguir al pie del cañón buscando, sóo para ti, los mejores juegos de Android que han aparecido en los últimos siete días en la selva de Google Play. Y esta semana hay buena calidad, con World of Warriors: Quest, Give Up y el curioso Final Hero: Speed Run. Ahora te los enseñamos.

  • World of Warriors: Quest – La segunda parte de este juego de estrategia ya está disponible para Android, y para ello se innova y se arregla otro poco dejando de lado ese combate anterior eminentemente con Quick Time Events para mostrarnos las batallas por turnos, como debería ser. De esta manera World of Warriors: Quest conserva sus amplias posibilidades, pero incluye un combate que demandaba su público. Es hora de que entres a combate, compañero.

  • Give Up – No te fíes por su estética visual simple, porque jugablemente es un portento y una pesadilla muy divertida. Give Up es un juego de plataformas donde nos toca llevar a la salida al personaje, pero para ello debemos sortear multitud de trampas mientras la palmamos una y otra y otra y otra vez, y así hasta la desesperación… y diversión.

  • Sling Kong – La verdad que tensar la cuerda y lanzar al mono es un buen lema, pero también se lleva al factor de juego con Sling Kong. Y es precisamente eso, impulsar a simpáticos monos y otros absurdos animales por escenarios verticales para alcanzar nuestro objetivo, dando buenas dosis de satisfacción y buen sentido de la ridiculez.

  • Final Hero: Speed Run – Un poco de rol por aqui, otro tanto de plataformeo y bastante de carrera infinita es la receta que nos pone en liza Final Hero: Speed Run. Una mezcla de géneros que queda realmente bien y que encima es arropado por un conjunto visual muy al estilo nipón.

  • Human Cannonball – Seguramente algún día quisiste ser un hombre cañón… o no. Aunque eso da igual quizás te interese experimentar con Human Cannonball, un título de habilidad que nos permite lanzar a un simpático hombre cañón por los aires intentando que no se parta en dos al calcular mal nuestros lanzamientos.

¿Que tal los juegos de esta semana? ¿te los vas a bajar todos?.

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PNY memory cards are Amazon’s Deal of the Day, snag 128GB for $52

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Amazon’s Deal of the Day today is a great one for anyone looking to upgrade the storage in their phone with a microSD card. A wide selection of PNY memory cards are on sale today, with 128GB going for as little as $52.

Here are some of the prices on PNY memory:

128GB for $52
64GB for $25
32GB for $14
and more

As with all of Amazon’s Deal of the Day prices, these will only be on sale for a limited time.

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