It is hard to understate the impact open-source has had on technology. The idea’s roots go back to the dawn of the internet boom 20 years ago, a time when nobody was getting fired for buying IBM. Open source was the new kid on the block: young, irreverent, and ready to shake up long-held convictions.
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Destiny’s Iron Banner returns tomorrow, and with it a massive infusion of PvP noobs like myself into the fires of the crucible. Lord Saladin sets up shop in the Tower starting at the weekly reset, only he’s bringing big changes to Destiny’s monthly power-enabled multiplayer event. The Iron Banner usually operates on a control playlist, where two teams of six fight to control three zones, each of which increase the number of points earned for an individual kill (a bit complicated), but tomorrow we get a straight 6v6 firefight in the clash playlist. Here’s Bungie senior designer Derek Carrol in a blog post:
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Ashton Kutcher and Motorola have a theory, “that people are actually in love with their phones.” And wouldn’t you know it, Motorola’s phones can make that relationship much better.
In a series of “experiments” held with willing participants and Motorola, with Doctor Kutcher (please don’t really call him that) serving as lead scientist (please don’t really call him that either), people are tested to see how much they really love their phone. There are two videos, one promoting the Droid Turbo 2 and one promoting the Moto X Pure Edition, that go along with a handful of other videos from Motorola showcasing how much people value their smartphones.
The videos are short, so we won’t spoil them for you, but we will say this: Punk’d has never been more primed for a revival.
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It’s that time of year again in the mobile realm, when we wait impatiently as each major chip vendor unwraps its latest and greatest creation that could be powering your future flagship device. This time around promises and stakes are high, which is why we can’t wait for a battle royal to take place, so we can crown a benchmark king (at this point it is likely we are more in it for the numbers and “bragging rights”, rather than usability, but it is what it is).
The next big five we have our sights on are all here – Apple’s A9 has been around for quite some time, due to the different release schedule, and still packs quite the punch. And, in camp Android, Samsung’s Exynos 8 Octa 8890 is already official and so are the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 and Huawei’s new hope – the Kirin 950. Last, but not least, the Mediatek Helio X20 has also been here for a while.
Benchmark scores have been flying all over the place, but it has been rather hard to pinpoint one set of comparable data. A new Chinese source claims to have done just that and the results spell out one thing loud and clear – the Exynos 8890 is the ultimate multi-tasking monster this generation has to offer.
The aggregated numbers come from Geekbench3 and present a neat and clear overview of how the top chip manufacturers and their respective creations stacked-up throughout the years. This time around, we can see that Samsung has a sizeable lead in multi-core performance with a whopping 7,400 points. Mediatek is runner up with 6,500 points and close by is the Kirin 950 with only a hundred less at 6,400. Apple’s A9 is definitely lacking in this department scoring just 4,436.
Still, don’t be too quick to throw out your iPhone, as the Cupertino flagship may have only two cores, but they pack an incredible punch. An earlier chart, courtesy of the same source puts that in perspective, claiming that the A9 is capable of churning out 2,527 points on a single core, whereas Samsung’s new custom-build cores can only reach 2,270.
But putting the endless Android vs iOS flame war that such data inevitably fuels, the fact is that it is still way too early to judge any kind of real-world performance on any of the next-get chips. All we can do is play the waiting game and see what each one delivers to end users in its future host devices.
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OnePlus has officially laid out some details as to when the OnePlus One and OnePlus 2 will be receiving the update to the latest version of Android, Marshmallow.
Posted on the OnePlus forum, both the OnePlus One and 2 can expect Marshmallow in Q1. While no specific dates were given, that means at the most OnePlus users have around 4 months to wait.
Marshmallow for the OnePlus One will be coming in the form of Cyanogen OS, while the OnePlus 2 will continue to run OxygenOS with a few tweaks, like the addition of Google’s standard fingerprint reader API.
OnePlus didn’t have anything to share on the OnePlus X right now, but more info should be coming soon.
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OnePlus has today confirmed that all three of the smartphones in its lineup are getting Android 6.0 Marshmallow upgrades. The bad news is that you’ll have to wait until the first quarter of 2016 to get them for the OnePlus One and the OnePlus 2, and there’s no release schedule at all for OnePlus X
The post OnePlus One, OnePlus 2 must wait until 2016 for Marshmallow appeared first on Cult of Android.
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If you live in Canada, you may have been upset that American Express cards are not supported by Apple Pay yet. Be ready to add your cards to those iPhones tomorrow, though.
Earlier this month, when users attempted to add the unsupported card, they received new a message from American Express reading “We are unable to complete your request to add your card”, then, users were asked to “call the number on the back of your card” for assistance.
This new error message hinted that AMEX was likely preparing for Apple Pay support in Canada. Now American Express customer service representatives have confirmed in front of a local blog that American Express cards in Canada are to go live for Apple Pay tomorrow, November 17.
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