Daily Archives: September 13, 2015

iOS Dev: Why Apple TV Is ‘Game Over’ For Xbox One And Ps4

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Last week, the gaming world had become curious about Apple’s long-awaited next installment Apple TV. There had been rumors that Apple would be taking. The actual announcement was a bit underwhelming: the machine comes with a Wii-style gyroscopic remote, and debuted with a demo of Crossy Road played out on the big screen (albeit with multiplayer, a significant, if not monumental, addition). It’s hard to imagine an immediate threat to Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PS4 running games like Halo and Uncharted. But I talked to Jeff Smith, CEO of the popular Karaoke app Smule, and a developer who’s been with the iOS platform since the beginning. He says that Xbox One and PS4 fans shouldn’t be too quick to dismiss the Apple TV as a serious gaming contender. The key, he says, is that Apple is just one of the most developer-friendly platforms out there, and that means more content, and, as iOS has shown, more quality content as well.

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Ride Along With A Soyuz Rocket Into Orbit

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Ride Along With A Soyuz Rocket Into Orbit
On April 3, 2014, a Soyuz rocket lifted off from French Guiana carrying Sentinel-1A, an Earth-observing satellite (the first in the ambitious Copernicus program, meant to observe our planet’s environment). Two rocket cams were mounted on the side looking down, and the view they provided was incredible.

September 13, 2015 at 11:05AM
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Oppo R7 Plus battery life

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The Oppo R7 Plus is a 6-inch entrant in the upper segment of the midrange phablet market. Visually (and in concept) very similar to the Huawei Ascend Mate7, the smartphone relies on a high-quality FullHD AMOLED display and a mammoth 4,100mAh battery to make a name for itself.

Capacity is one thing, but transferring milliamp-hours into actual use passes through plenty of variables, and some phones put more obstacles on this path than others.

The Oppo R7 Plus starts off strong with nearly 31 hours in our 3G voice call test. This makes it the third highest ranked phone in our all-time chart, the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 LTE obviously can’t pass for a phone. The Mate7 we mentioned above only does 20 hours on the same battery capacity.
We’ve seen batter efficiency in this test though. For example the OnePlus 2 has a 3,300mAh battery and is only a few minutes short of the R7 Plus’ time, as so is the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ with only 3,000mAh.
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Talk time

Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 LTE
46:44h

Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro
33:20h

Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G
33:19h

Oppo R7 Plus
30:46h

OnePlus 2
30:29h

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
30:29h

Motorola DROID Turbo
30:09h

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE
29:46h

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM
29:46h

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL
29:46h

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM
29:46h

HTC One (M8) for Windows
28:34h

Nokia Lumia 1520
28:34h

Samsung Galaxy Note 4
28:31h

Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE
28:25h

Samsung Galaxy S5
27:37h

Sony Xperia Z1
26:53h

Samsung Galaxy S6 active
26:29h

Samsung P6800 Galaxy Tab 7.7
25:45h

LG G3
25:38h

LG G Pro 2
25:37h

LG G Flex
25:19h

Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
25:16h

LG G2
25:15h

BlackBerry Passport
25:12h

Samsung Galaxy A7 Duos
25:12h

Huawei Ascend Mate
25:12h

Motorola Nexus 6
25:03h

Alcatel Hero
25:02h

Samsung Galaxy A8
25:02h

Samsung Galaxy A8 Duos
25:02h

Oppo N1
25:01h

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo
24:52h

Sony Xperia Z Ultra
24:23h

Apple iPhone 6 Plus
23:49h

LG AKA
23:20h

Sony Xperia Z3
23:13h

Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE
23:09h

Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE Dual SIM
23:09h

Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM
23:09h

Oppo R7
22:58h

Samsung P6200 Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus
22:42h

Motorola Moto E (2nd gen)
22:36h

ZTE Nubia Z9
22:20h

Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue
22:16h

HTC One Max
22:13h

Sony Xperia Z2
22:13h

Samsung Galaxy Core LTE
22:13h

Nokia Lumia 1020
22:13h

Nokia Lumia 1320
22:13h

Sony Xperia C3 Dual
22:11h

Yota YotaPhone 2
22:09h

Meizu MX4 Pro
22:09h

Samsung ATIV SE
22:05h

Xiaomi Redmi Note
21:41h

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
21:39h

Motorola RAZR MAXX
21:18h

Xiaomi Mi 4i
21:02h

Meizu m2 note
20:55h

LG Optimus G Pro E985
20:45h

HTC One M9
20:44h

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact
20:42h

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX
20:24h

Motorola RAZR i XT890
20:07h

Huawei Ascend Mate7
20:06h

Samsung Galaxy E7
20:04h

Samsung Galaxy A3 Duos
20:04h

Samsung Galaxy A3
20:04h

Oppo Find 7
20:03h

Samsung Galaxy S5 Active
20:01h

BlackBerry Q10
20:00h

OnePlus One
19:56h

Samsung Galaxy Grand 2
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Gaming As An Industry And As A Medium Needs Gamers

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The recent cinematic car wrecks that were Pixels as well as the equally awful Hitman 47 helps to remind us that Hollywood as well as society at large like to undermine and belittle gamers. Sadly, this type of behavior also happens closer to home within gaming itself and can have consequences that are far more unfortunate.

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Utilities Engaged In Hand-To-Hand Cyber Combat To Keep The Lights On

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America’s energy infrastructure is getting bombarded through cyber warfare — attacks that are getting through and which if the big one hits, would signal lights out on huge population centers. It’s not a computer game. It’s real, which is constantly testing corporate resolve.

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Nexus Protect: Google podría lanzar su programa de garantía para los Nexus

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Nexus Protect

Estamos muy cerca del evento que Google siempre realiza entre los meses de Septiembre o Octubre. Durante ese evento, los chicos de Mountain View, presentan la versión final de su sistema operativo Android y, junto la presentación también se presentan los dispositivos Nexus.

Este año, se ha rumoreado mucho sobre los nuevos Nexus así que hay mucha expectación sobre ellos. Estos nuevos dispositivos se presentarían el próximo 29 de Septiembre y junto a ellos, Google podría presentar más novedades, como su programa de garantía.

Durante los últimos días ha aparecido un anuncio en la Google Store sobre algo llamado Nexus Protect. Este anuncio en realidad no es visible a menos que se active mediante el código fuente de la página, algo que han conseguido los chicos de Android Police. Este es el texto que saldrá:

” No se puede agregar este teléfono a menos que tenga la misma opción Nexus Protect con otros teléfonos en su carrito. Puede actualizar su elección o adquirir este teléfono en su próximo pedido “.

Nexus Protect

Este nuevo programa es algún tipo de plan de protección de garantía extendida similar a la que Apple tiene con su Apple Care o las garantías que tienen algunas tiendas electrónicas minoristas. Lo curioso de este programa es que, se necesita comprar varios dispositivos en un mismo pedido para que estos estén cubiertos por el nuevo programa Nexus Protect.

El nuevo aviso aparece en casi todo el hardware que Google tiene en su tienda de dispositivos, eso incluye los smartphones, Android TV, Android Wear, Chromebooks o Chromecast. Hay que recordar que todo esto son especulaciones ya que de momento no hay un anuncio oficial por parte del buscador sobre este nuevo programa de garantía en sus dispositivos Nexus, para ello, tendremos que esperar al próximo evento de Google.

 

 

 

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I’m addicted to nearly 50 podcasts

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I’m addicted to nearly 50 podcasts
“When I wake up in the morning, before I even make coffee, I put on a podcast. I listen to podcasts when I’m on the subway to work, when I walk out for lunch, when I run errands, when I clean the house and do dishes, and sometimes even as I fall asleep at night. I’m subscribed to 48 shows, and I listen to almost everything within one or two days of its release. Certainly, on an average weekday, I listen to anywhere from two to six hours of podcasts.”

September 13, 2015 at 10:02AM
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