Daily Archives: December 3, 2015

Toma aire: el primer avance en vídeo de Juego de Tronos (6ª temporada) ya está aquí

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Hace un par de semanas tuvimos el primer aperitivo de la sexta temporada de Juego de Tronos. Se trataba de una imagen bastante impactante que seguro que no dejó indiferente a ninguno de los que están siguiendo al día la apasionan…

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Google highlights the best apps, games, and more from 2015

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Last year, Google released an infographic that showed some of the most popular apps of 2014. Now Google has something similar by releasing lists of what it thinks were the best Android apps and games of 2015.

Google’s best apps list includes a lot of familiar titles, like HBO NOW, Showtime, Twitter, Twitch, and Google Photos. There are other lists for specific genres that could help you find apps that fit your needs, including ones like Tools & Productivity, Personalization Apps, and Great on Tablets. Those lists include Nova Launcher, Trulia, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, and Kitchen Stories.

Meanwhile, Google has named titles like Agar.io, Fallout Shelter, Candy Crush Soda Saga, and Crossy Road some of the best games of 2015. There are also genres on this page such as Action & Adventure, Arcade Games, Indie Games, and Role Playing Games.

Google has had Editor’s Choice markers in the Play Store for a while now, so the company highlighting apps that it likes is nothing new. These best of lists are a nice way to look back at 2015 and download some titles you may have missed throughout the year, though, and it’s nice to have all of these apps and games grouped together in one place.

Google has also released lists that highlight the Play Store’s best selling albums, books, movies, and so on. You can find all of the Best lists at the link below.

What do you think of Google’s picks? Are there any other apps from 2015 that you think deserve some recognition?

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Google’s Cardboard Camera app will let you take 360 degree VR photos

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Google Cardboard has long enabled us to enjoy virtual reality on the cheap, but thanks to a new app, it lets us create VR goodness, too.

Google today released Cardboard Camera, and it’s pretty much what it sounds like. The app will let you turn your Android smartphone into a virtual reality camera and take a VR photo with it. The photos will turn out sort of like a 360 degree panorama, and you can record sound to better immerse yourself in the moment that you’re capturing.

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Cardboard Camera is a free download from the Play Store that supports phones running Android 4.4. and up. The app lets folks create their own VR content on the cheap, just like Cardboard lets us enjoy VR content without spending much (if any) cash. Google continues to work to make VR accessible to everyone, and Cardboard Camera is jut the latest example of that effort. Good on ya, Google.

Grab Cardboard Camera using the Play Store link below.

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Japan now has a soap-proof, washable phone for germaphobic bath lovers

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Japan now has a soap-proof, washable phone for germaphobic bath lovers
Waterproof phones are beyond old news in Japan; practically every phone released by a domestic manufacturer has been toilet-droppable for several years. But until now, that waterproofing didn’t protect phones from the kind of rigorous scrubbing needed to actually clean the thing and kill bacteria.

December 3, 2015 at 05:51PM
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Uber testing a new way to easily spot your driver

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In Seattle, Uber is testing a new way to spot your driver’s vehicle. The ride sharing company has outfitted some drivers’ vehicles with a colored bar called SPOT that illuminates different colors to let passengers easily identify their ride.

The only ways to identify your ride right now is by model, color, and tag number. Some people may not know cars by models and sometimes there can coincidentally be two of the same model with the same color (a black Toyota Camry is quite popular in NYC).

Source: Uber Newsroom

The best way to tell apart your car is by squinting to read the plate number. This is not ideal though, as some states don’t even have front plates so you would not be able to rely on the plate facing your way.

A passenger can use the Uber app to choose a color to look for and he or she can also tap and hold the screen to wave to the driver and in exchange, the driver is more easily able to spot the passenger.

Uber’s plan for SPOT can help to avoid passengers trying to get into the wrong car and help trim down on time wasted calling the passenger because the passenger was unable to spot the driver.

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