Daily Archives: December 17, 2015

‘The Force Awakens’ Facebook And Twitter: ‘Star Wars’ Fan Base By The Numbers

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The force is strong with this one. The upcoming George Lucas film Star Wars: The Force Awakens has rejuvenated the once dormant franchise. Advance ticket sales for the movie practically broke the internet. There has been an explosion in themed merchandise, which is predicted to gross $5 billion for the Star Wars franchise. For the actors in the galactic trilogies, the films have made seven-figure impacts on their box office grosses; The Force Awakens will likely do the same.

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How Much Will Sony And PS4 Actually Benefit From Their Hideo Kojima Partnership?

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Two big things happened this week, more or less simultaneously. Hideo Kojima announced he was forming a new studio, Kojima Productions, finally free of his Konami shackles. And then he revealed that his first project would be a partnership with Sony, and he’ll be developing a game exclusively for PS4 (though it’s possible it will come to PC later).

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Surface Phone Is The Flagship Smartphone Microsoft Needs

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As Microsoft continues to struggle in the smartphone market, speculation that a flagship “Surface Phone” is coming are once again gaining steam. The Surface tablet line has been one of the crown jewels of Microsoft’s recent success, and perhaps Microsoft can build off of that brand momentum to capture more smartphone market share.

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Facebook Messenger update brings Photo Magic to all, new customization options

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Just in time for the holidays, Facebook is rolling out a pretty significant update to its Messenger app. This comes with the Photo Magic feature now available to all users, after having been in testing since last month.

Photo Magic reminds you to send pictures you’ve taken of your friends to them. This works using the social network’s facial recognition capabilities. It recognizes which of your friends are in each photo you shoot, and then asks you to send them said pics. And you can quickly create a group thread with those friends, through which you can also share your images.

You can turn this on or off at any time through Settings, and you also control if you are recognized in the pictures your friends snap. So if you don’t want this to work for you, it won’t.

Messenger has received a bunch of new customization features too. You now have new color choices and emojis to pick from, and you can assign nicknames to your contacts. All of these are accessible in the iOS app by tapping on people’s names at the top of the conversation, and in the Android app through the info button on the top right.

And if you send a Santa, Christmas tree, or snow-related sticker or emoji to someone, you will instantly make it snow inside that conversation. If you’re north of the Equator and use Chat Heads on Android, you’ll see a snow globe effect on them “for a limited time this season”. And when the New Year comes, confetti will take snow’s place. Finally, two new sticker packs are available: Frozen and Star…

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Samsung Galaxy A9 passes the FCC hurdle, release imminent

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A notable source on info about a smartphone’s development progress, the FCC database now lists the Samsung Galaxy A9. The US communications authority has thoroughly examined the device and has given it the green light.

There’s little detail revealed in such filings, at least in terms of specs, but we’ve already covered most of those. The Galaxy A9 already starred in a number of leaks, including our exclusive story on its dimensions.

What we can take out of this FCC certification is that the launch of the Galaxy A9 is just around the corner. Just to remind you, the Galaxy A7 (2016) stopped by the FCC on November 27 and got officially announced on December 2 (in the opposite part of the world, but still).

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Los teléfonos de LG y Samsung podrían tener pantallas 4K en el 2016

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2015 se va acabando y lo acabamos lleno de rumores y si el otro día sabíamos que el próximo flagship de Samsung, el Galaxy S7, tendrá 3D Touch y tarjeta microSD, hoy nos enteramos que los terminales de Samsung y de LG del año que viene ya no usarán pantallas pantallas QHD (2K o de 2560×1440 píxeles) sino que usarán pantallas 4K (4096×2160 píxeles).

De esta información nos hemos enterado gracias a Android Authority que nos lleva a una fuente coreana que afirma que dejarán de enfocarse en las pantallas QHD que ahora mismo están fabricando y darán el salto completo a las 4K.

A pesar de ello hay ciertos indicios que nos indican que esto no puede ser del todo cierto:

  • Actualmente no hay suficiente contenido disponible en 4K como para que compense la adopción en masa. Sin ir más lejos Netflix tan solo sus propias producciones y alguna más tienen soporte para este estándar.
  • Traerá consigo nuevos problemas de batería y sobrecalentamiento de los terminales. El hecho de que haya más píxeles lo único que significa es que se encenderán más luces en tu pantalla y además en un espacio menor por lo que el sobrecalentamiento está asegurado.
  • La producción actual de LG y Samsung de pantallas QHD, tanto normales como curvas, es muy alta si dejan de usarlas en sus propios terminales necesitarán otros fabricantes que les cobren el excedente fabricado de pantallas QHD, parece poco probable.

Es por ello que os pedimos a todos que seáis cautos con la información. Aunque viene de una fuente fiable como es Android Authority, ellos mismos alertan de lo poco probable que sea esto. También es cierto, es posible que el Samsung Galaxy S7, del que no paran de salir rumores, sí tenga pantalla 4K y el resto de terminales producidos por Samsung durante el año que viene tengan pantallas QHD ya que no tendría sentido que esto lo hiciera en todo su catálogo.

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Como información extra, os traigo esta gráfica publicada por Sony haciendo referencia a como se ven las tipografías en los diferentes tamaños de pantalla. Gracias a pantallas con una densidad de píxel tan grande podemos conseguir letras con menos efecto sierra y más definición.

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