Daily Archives: October 4, 2015

Asus ZenWatch 2 hits the shelves of the US Google Store

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The stylish and affordable Asus ZenWatch 2 is now available to order from the Google Store in the United States. The smartwatch is priced at $149.99, so it is currently one of the most affordable Android Wear offerings on the market.

For the time being, interested users can only pre-order the 49mm variant of the smartwatch with navy blue band. A 45mm version with light blue band is also listed by Google with the same price tag, though it is not yet available to order.

Like many of its competitors, Asus ZenWatch 2 packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of built-in storage. The 49mm model has a 1.63″ AMOLED display with 320 x 320 pixels, while the 45mm variant packs a 1.45″ AMOLED unit with 280 x 280 pixels.

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Review: Cannon Golf

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When playing golf, have you ever wondered what would happen if you replaced your driver with a cannon? Your chipping wedge with a mortar? Or your putter with an anti-tank gun? No? Me neither, but the developer of Cannon Golf certainly has and has created a side-scrolling crazy golf game for Android that makes use of an entire arsenal across 18 holes.

Cannon Golf is relatively simple in its premise: fire your ball from a cannon and hit a target at the end of each hole. You select your weapon, set the trajectory, and let fly making sure to avoid any obstacles in your way. There are three courses, comprising of 54 holes in total, and you are rewarded for finishing each hole in as few shots as possible with a bronze, silver or gold trophy.

The game is super easy to get into and play — it’s fairly self-explanatory, but there’s an in-game tutorial providing something of a guide throughout with the rest being learned through trial and error. There’s a simple slider to be moved up and down to aim, and one button to shoot.

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You’ll notice the graphics employed are pretty rudimentary, with a mix of materials, textures, fonts, and layers that leave a lot to be desired — Cannon Golf needs a lot of polish to get it up to the standard you’d expect from a modern mobile game. In many ways, it feels like a retro throwback, but I’m not so sure that is intentional. Cannon Golf is also side-scrolling for the most part, but changes to first-person once the ball has been fired from the cannon which is a little jarring and removes the perspective you use to plan your shots.

Nevertheless, playing the game is entertaining, challenging and rather addictive if you can forgive the visuals. It’s easy enough to complete the first course of 18 holes and progress to the second and third courses, but completing all of the holes within the required number of shots to gain the gold trophy is difficult.

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Where it is most interesting is in the different types of artillery, terrain, obstacles and balls that you encounter. Different cannons have different qualities in terms of trajectory and propulsion, and different golf balls and ammo types can travel further or defeat certain obstacles more easily. Combine that with bunkers and water traps and you can see how quickly strategy comes into play.

There are in-app purchases present in the game, but you do not need to purchase anything to progress in the game — new levels are unlocked by earning gold trophies through gameplay. Instead, these are here to unlock a fast forward function to speed up the action when you make your shot or as an optional donation to support further development of the game.

Cannon Golf has a certain amount of charm to it and is challenging enough to become addictive once you get into it. However, the poor graphics need some work before the game will be blasting into the top charts.

Check out Cannon Golf on Google Play where it can be downloaded for free.

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Best Apps and Games of the Week

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These are the best apps and games of the week.

Tweetbot 4

Considered one of the best Twitter clients of all time, Tweetbot for iOS got updated to version 4. Unlike previous versions, Tweetbot 4 is a universal app, which means it works on both, iPhone as well as the iPad. The app brings with it a brand new user interface, statistics and activity view, second column view on iPad and iPhone 6/6s Plus, split view multitasking on iPad, landscape support on iPhone, more granular mute filter settings, quick reply from notifications, Safari view controllers with support for content blockers, improved user profiles, optimized status detail, night mode, and more. The app is currently available for $4.99, which is 50% off its normal $9.99 price. Later, those who have Tweetbot 3 can get Tweetbot 4 for $4.99 by purchasing the Tweetbot bundle.

Price: $9.99

Download: iOS

Nova Launcher 4.1

While not dramatically different from the previous version, Nova Launcher 4.1 brings with it a very important new feature: Normalize icons. You can now have all the app icons the same height so you don’t have the eyesore of differently sized icons that you normally do on Android. Worth installing just for this.

Price: Free/$4.99

Download: Android

BlockBear

BlockBear is yet another content blocker for Safari on iOS. Like others, BlockBear will block all the ads in Safari for you but other than that it will also block social media buttons and tracking. It also has a whitelist function so you can allow ads on sites that you like.

Price: $0.99

Download: iOS

Google Keep for iOS

After a long wait, Google Keep is finally on iOS. The app does exactly what it does on Android, and even looks the same (it’s not like Google ever follows iOS design guidelines). If you use Keep a lot on your Android device and wanted it on iOS, now it’s here.

Price: Free

Download: iOS

Need for Speed No Limits

Need for Speed is back on mobile platform after a long hiatus since the Most Wanted. No Limits is essentially the same old arcade racer with a bit of cop chases thrown in for good measure. It’s a Need for Speed game so of course there are a lot of licensed cars to drive around and you can customize them to some degree. The game also looks quite good, however, it can be a bit too simplistic.

Price: Free

Download: iOS • Android

Shooty Skies

Possibly the most fun you are going to have in a while, at least on your phone. Shooty Skies is by the same people who made Crossy Road and it is a lot of fun. The game somewhat reminds me of Sky Force and it is essentially the same sort of gameplay where you move a plane that’s constantly shooting bullets around to knock down enemies approaching you while avoiding their bullets. The visual design is crazy, however, and it just elevates the game to a whole new level. The enemies, the weapons they fire, they boss battles, your character, your powerups, they are all a lot of fun and it’s just an extremely fast-paced and entertaining game. It’s out on iOS now and Android version is coming later.

Price: Free

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Apple tiene la culpa de que no veas pezones en Instagram

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Seguro que conoces el movimiento #freethenipple y si no, te lo explicamos en un momenttito. Tras este ‘hashtag’ existe una campaña a favor de la libertad de la mujer de poder mostrar en internet sus pechos (‘nipple’ significa pezón) sin que la red so…

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