Autos conectados y eléctricos, realidad virtual y el internet del todo dominarán el evento; el Consumer Electronics Show se lleva a cabo entre el 4 y el 9 de enero en Las Vegas.
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Daily Archives: January 4, 2016
Mad Catz joins “Designed for Samsung” program, optimizing for Samsung hardware
Most gamers will be familiar with Mad Catz, whether you get your gaming done on mobile, consoles or PC there are Mad Catz products designed to give you precision control.
Today Mad Catz has announced that they are joining the “Designed for Samsung” (DFS) program, which will require new hardware to pass Samsung’s certification process before being blessed with the DFS logo on the packaging.
These products will naturally continue to perform just fine with other manufacturers smartphones and tablets, it is simply an added bonus for Samsung owners that want to be sure they are getting a product that will perform at a high level for them.
There are no specifics regarding pricing or availability on the DFS products, but the two most likely candidates are the L.Y.N.X. 9 and L.Y.N.X. 3 controllers, which retail for $299 and $69 at present. There’s no reason to expect that pricing to change as a result of this announcement.
While NVIDIA has done an amazing job producing Android hardware that is optimized for gaming it’s good to see other companies working to make Android a first-class gaming platform.
Do any of you already own a controller for your Android smartphone or tablet or have you considered purchasing one?
Mad Catz® to Join the “Designed for Samsung” Program
Mad Catz to Deliver Range of GameSmart™ Mobile Gaming Products Optimized for Samsung Mobile Devices
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 04, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (“Mad Catz”) (NYSE:MKT) (TSX:MCZ), a global provider of innovative interactive entertainment products, announced today that it has joined the Designed for Samsung (DFS) program. As the first company to offer traditional video game controller hardware for the Designed for Samsung program, Mad Catz will be introducing a range of mobile gaming products from its award-winning GameSmart™ portfolio, optimized for Samsung smartphones and tablets.
With a wide variety of innovative controllers and gamepads, Mad Catz will provide Samsung Mobile consumers the opportunity to enhance their gaming and multi-media experiences with features and functionality that take full advantage of their Samsung smartphone or tablet, as well as other Bluetooth® enabled connected devices and PCs. Each certified product will also feature the ‘Designed for Samsung Mobile’ logo on packaging, communicating seamless compatibility with Samsung smartphones and tablets.
“We’re excited to join the Designed for Samsung Program and provide Samsung Mobile customers with a range of high-quality mobile gaming products designed to enhance their mobile experience,” said Darren Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz. “Our GameSmart line of mobile gaming controllers and accessories continue to lead the industry in product innovation and through our participation in the DFS program, gamers can be assured of getting the ideal gaming product for their Samsung smartphone or tablet.”
All participating Mad Catz DFS program products will be available to purchase through the Mad Catz Online Store (store.madcatz.com) as well as from other leading retailers. For more information, please visit: http://madcatz.com/
About Mad Catz
Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (“Mad Catz”) (NYSE:MKT) (TSX:MCZ) is a global provider of innovative interactive entertainment products marketed under its Mad Catz® (gaming), Tritton® (audio), and Saitek® (simulation) brands. Mad Catz products cater to passionate gamers across multiple platforms including in-home gaming consoles, handheld gaming consoles, Windows PC and Mac® computers, smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices. Mad Catz distributes its products through its online store as well as distribution via many leading retailers around the globe. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Mad Catz maintains offices in Europe and Asia. For additional information about Mad Catz and its products, please visit the Company’s website at http://www.madcatz.com
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Lenovo unveils its high-end ThinkPad 13 Chromebook
Lenovo has unveiled its 2016 CES laptop lineup, revealing its new ThinkPad 13 Chromebook. While there are a lot of cheap Chromebooks on the market, Lenovo is hoping that the ThinkPad 13 Chromebook will impress its long-time customers who appreciate traditional ThinkPad build and internal hardware that’s comparable to Windows 10 laptops. On the outside, the Chromebook features a soft-touch plastic shell with a reinforced frame, Lenovo’s signature ThinkPad keyboard, multi-touch trackpad, 1080p 13-inch display, two USB 3.0 ports, a USB-C port (which doubles as the laptop’s charging port), HDMI out connector and a 42Wh battery which Lenovo claims will power the ThinkPad 13 Chromebook for a full 10 hours. Those who choose to buy the ThinkPad 13 Chromebook will be able to choose between Core i3 and i5 processors, with RAM options up to 8GB with 32GB of internal storage.
The Lenovo ThinkPad 13 Chromebook will go on sale in June. The Core i3 model will sell for $399, but you’ll easily be able to spend more than $500 if you slap on all the available upgrades.
With more high-end Chromebooks being announced, we suspect Chromebook’s market share will grow even faster in 2016.
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Huawei looks to announce the P9 at CES; 6GB of RAM included?
CES is upon us and while most of the rumors have been broken for a while now, there’s an interesting new one indicating that Huawei may have a powerful device up its sleeve for its CES event tomorrow. That device is the Huawei P9, a stunning showcase of specs that could be one of Huawei’s most powerful devices to date.
Some of the rumored specs include a 5.2-inch 1080p display, an octa-core Kirin 950 processor and, most shocking of all, 6GB of RAM. Packing the P9 with 6GB of RAM would ensure that it has more RAM than any other device on the market. The move is physically possible, but it seems unnecessary. That being said, there are sure to be some spec hounds who would purchase the P9 based on the RAM.
The rumor of the P9 has also gained some credibility from Taylor Wimberly, the eCommerce Customer Acquisition Manager at Huawei. Wimberly shared a new promo image (pictured at top) on Google+. The image shows us a glimpse of the Huawei P9 and uses the words power and efficiency to describe it.
In addition to the P9, Huawei may be introducing a new tablet (or phablet) at the show. The Huawei Honor X3 is rumored to be a 6.2-inch tablet that will be Huawei’s fist device with a 2K display. It will also include an octa-core Kirin 950 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, 20-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. The tablet will run on Android 6.0 Lollipop.
No additional confirmation has been given to the existence of the Honor X3, so we may or may not see that tomorrow.
All in all, you’ll want to keep an eye on Huawei’s CES event tomorrow.
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Oppo will introduce the F series: entry-level phones with powerful cameras
Oppo has developed quite a reputation for its extremely well-spec’d devices, as well as its interesting advancements in the world of smartphones. The company has experimented with revolving cameras and creating some of the thinnest devices on the market. While its portfolio is already diverse, the company has announced that it will soon be introducing a new line, the F series, which will focus on the entry-level market.
The key selling point of the entry-level phones in the F series will be the camera. Oppo has done great work with cameras in the past and will be bringing that expertise to the F series devices, giving customers an affordable option that maintains the integrity of the camera.
The Oppo F series will be a core product line for Oppo in 2016, so expect to see a lot of news coming out in regards to the F series. Oppo has said that the first device will be the Oppo F1, which is slated for launch in late January. The company hasn’t disclosed any specifics about the device yet, but you can expect a low price, entry-level specs and a powerful camera.
You can read the full press release below.
Shenzhen, Jan. 4, 2016 – Cementing its status as a premier brand for outstanding smartphone photography, OPPO announced plans to introduce a new product series that will make photography its central focus. The F series is rooted in a growing global demand for premium-quality mobile photography experiences, and in research that has indicated a strong consumer recognition that “OPPO shoots great photos”. The F series will be a core product series for OPPO in 2016.
According to Mr. Sky Li, OPPO Vice President and Managing Director of International Mobile Business, the F series will inherit the excellent camera performance and exquisite design tradition that have earned accolades for OPPO’s flagship series. The series will bring devices with impressive specs, eye-catching style and amazing prices that will have consumers doing double takes on the excellent specs and build quality.
“We are very excited to introduce the F series, which will allow an even wider range of users from all around the world to experience OPPO’s outstanding photography technology,” said Li.
Meanwhile, OPPO will keep innovating its unique flagship devices to satisfy the continued demand for devices on the vanguard of technology.
The first product of the new F series is called the F1. It is set to launch in a wide range of OPPO’s global markets this January.
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Smart gadgets are getting their own Wi-Fi standard in 2018
With CES, a.k.a. the world’s biggest Consumer Electronics Show, coming up this week, we’re about to hear a whole lot more about the Internet of Things and smart connected gadgets. Which makes this the perfect time for the announcement of a new type of Wi-Fi called Wi-Fi HaLow, which is an extension of the upcoming
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Supercell a punto de lanzar en Android su nuevo videojuego: Clash Royale
Hay algo en lo que Supercell y Blizzard se parecen mucho. Todos los videojuegos que tienen en el mercado tienen gran calidad y no sacan títulos por sacar, sino que se lo piensan y mucho, aparte de que en los lanzamientos intentan que todo vaya como la seda y que se encuentren estos sin bugs ni problemas de rendimiento. Intentan conseguir que el boom inicial de miles de jugadores que están esperando el lanzamiento de un nuevo videojuego, sea el perfecto y así aglutinen a más y más jugadores en el. Esto, a Blizzard, le ha permitido consagrarse como una de las mejores compañías de videojuegos, y por lo que le ha salido dignos competidores en parte de sus “secretos”, como es Supercell.
Supercell tiene solamente tres videojuegos en la Play Store. Clash of Clans, Boom Beach y Hay Day son los tres que se encuentran entre los más destacados de la tienda de videojuegos de Android y a los que se podrá sumar uno nuevo dentro de muy poco. Este será Clash Royale y es en si un videojuego multijugador en el que son dos los jugadores que se enfrentan el uno contra el otro en tiempo real. Un MOBA en el que podremos eliminar las torres del oponente al usar las unidades que seguirán un circuito predispuesto para así poder realizar las tropelías necesarias. Así que ya tenemos otro gran videojuego en ciernes que está ya disponible en algunas regiones en iOS y que próximamente (esperemos que no tarde mucho) desembarcará en Android para el beneplácito de millones de jugadores en todo el mundo.
Royale Flush, lo nuevo de Supercell
Clash Royale tiene también un elemento bien identificativo como son la colección de cartas. Antes de entrar en batalla podrás hacerte con una baraja que podrás utilizar para llegar a la victoria y que bien nos recuerda a Hearthstone de Blizzard. Otra de las características de este videojuego es que se puede formar un clan para así compartir cartas con otros miembros.
El juego se caracteriza por tener un montón de nuevos personajes entre los que se pueden encontrar a la Princesa, Caballeros, Dragones bebé y otros tantos más a los que estaréis familiarizados desde el mundo proveniente de Clash of Clans. Ya he comentado al principio que estamos ante un estudio de videojuegos que se ha inspirado, y mucho, de Blizzard, y al igual que en Hearthstone, usa personajes de los distintos universos creados para unirlos en esta especie de MOBA que nos mantendrá muy enganchados el resto del año que nos queda por vivir.
Hay que citar que este lanzamiento puede que se eche hacia atrás, ya que como avisa Supercell, si no llega a los niveles mínimos exigidos de calidad, se cancelarán al igual que ocurrió con Spooky Pop y Smash Land. De nuevo volvemos a recurrir a Blizzard para copiar un modelo de negocio que ha funcionado muy bien, sino que se lo digan a los millones de jugadores de World of Warcraft.
Supercell significa calidad
Otra de las mayores cualidades de Supercell es que ha sabido dar con la tecla adecuada para no deprimir a los jugadores que no suelen gastar ni un céntimo en micropagos y alegrar a los que sí que gastan euros de forma cotidiana para hacerles creer que están avanzando lo suficientemente rápido. Este pequeño hilo puede diferenciar entre el gran éxito cosechado con Hay Day, Boom Beach y Clash of Clans, o la derrota de otros tantos títulos de cientos de equipos de desarrollo que han apostado por este modelo de negocio freemium.
Otro de sus santos y seña es la calidad que imprime en cada uno de sus títulos y lo que serían sus expansiones cada poco tiempo. Unas expansiones que son lanzadas sin apenas bugs y que permiten al usuario embarcarse en nuevo contenido de gran calidad que le permita echar horas y horas de ocio de forma casi gratuita. La calidad a nivel gráfico y de realización técnica es sublime y digna de mención, donde ese estilo gráfico le ha valido para posicionarse como uno de los mejores estudios del momento.
Ahora esperemos que ese Clash Royale se convierta en todo un gran éxito y podamos echar partidas en tiempo real entre dos jugadores con partes de los personajes que se han convertido en populares gracias a Clash of Clans.
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Cloudera CEO Tom Reilly Wants To Help Traditional Businesses Operate Like Google
Tom Reilly has had an illustrious career of joining high growth companies and putting them on a path to continued growth and significant events such as an initial public offering (ArcSight) and acquisition (ArcSight by HP and Trigo Technologies by IBM). For a little less than three years, Reilly has been the CEO of Cloudera. Reilly describes Cloudera’s business as developing “open-source software for a world dependent on Big Data. With Cloudera, businesses and other organizations can now interact with the world’s largest data sets at the speed of thought — and ask bigger questions in the pursuit of discovering something incredible.” With investments from the likes of Greylock Partners, Ignition Partners, and Google Ventures, Cloudera has achieved a valuation of over $4 billion, allowing it to join the upper ranks of the so-called unicorns.
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No, Men’s Rights Activists Didn’t Cost Star Wars Any Money
A ‘men’s rights’ website’s claim that it cost Disney a significant amount of money with their ‘boycott’ is absurd.
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Usher Performs At Samsung Pay NYE Party, Explains Impact Of Tech And Social Media
As millions across America counted down the final seconds of 2015, Samsung Pay users were treated to a very special New Year’s Eve experience. Taking over The Fonda Theater in Los Angeles, Samsung USA threw a select list of its customers an exclusive celebration, highlighted by an intimate performance from multiplatinum-selling recording artist Usher. The Grammy Award-winner entertained a full house of sharply dressed men and women for more than and hour, delivering an exciting medley of hits that covered the full scope of his impressive career. Keeping the enthusiastic crowd partying far beyond midnight, the evening cultivated the perfect energy and environment needed to kick off 2016.
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