Daily Archives: May 25, 2016

Samsung’s next phablet will be called Galaxy Note 7 instead of Note 6, new report claims

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A new report out of Samsung’s native South Korea now claims that the company’s next flagship phablet will not be called Galaxy Note 6, as everyone expected. Instead, Samsung will allegedly go with Galaxy Note 7, skipping the number 6 entirely.

The main reasoning behind this move apparently has to do with consistency. Samsung wants all of its flagships released in the same year to have the same number – so if this pans out, in 2016 we’ll have the S7, S7 edge, and Note 7. That way there’s no chance of some consumers assuming that a Note 6 is a generation older than the S7 edge, for…

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ZUK Z2 goes through TENAA ahead of its May 31 unveiling, images and specs outed

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Lenovo subsidiary ZUK unveiled the Z2 Pro last month, and the official announcement of the non-Pro Z2 is scheduled for May 31. ZUK has been outing a teaser here and there for the past few days, trying to build hype for the device.

And now the Z2 has been certified for sale in China by TENAA, the country’s FCC equivalent. As usual, this means we get to see what the phone looks like, but also the exact hardware it’s packing.

The Z2 will come with a 5-inch 1080p touchscreen with 2.5D curved glass on top, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 chipset, 3 or 4GB of RAM, 32 or 64GB of non-expandable…

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PES 2017 Officially Announced With New Gameplay Features and Screenshots

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Konami officially announced the release of Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 on Wednesday. Per a press release provided to me from Konami, the game is set to premiere during the UEFA Champions League Final in Milan and 2016 PES World Finals of the UEFA Champions League eSports event on May 27-28.

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Target Shooting And Knife Swapping: Inside 4Chan’s Most Interesting Meetup

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Imagine you’re trekking deep into the woods of Virginia. You are searching for the clearing where you will be camping for a June weekend. Once you find it, there’s more than three dozen people with machine guns, sniper rifles and handguns. These people are your fellow guests; they are from 4chan.

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Discovering The New Frontier Technology: An Interview With AR/VR Investor Ryan Wang

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Virtual reality and augmented reality have moved at a blistering pace, and excitement is rising. A recent CBS survey of global executives and IT professionals found that 67% are considering adopting VR and/or AR in their companies; 30% within the next three years. Apple, that juggernaut of innovation, has hired a VR researcher, ostensibly to compete with Facebook’s Oculus Rift and Google’s Magic Leap. We already know that VR and AR are being developed for the usual simulation exercises, testing, and computer modeling, but VR and AR also being developed for uses as widely varying as pain management (using VR distraction), firefighting, and of course, gaming.

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