Run to the hills in upcoming Iron Maiden mobile game

Legendary metal bands and mobile games, oh my. Photo: Roadshow InteractiveAre you willing to die with your boots on? Do you know the number of the beast? If so, you’ll want to keep an eye on this upcoming mobile game from heavy metal band extraordinaire, Iron Maiden. In conjunction with Roadhouse Interactive and 50cc Games, the legends of metal are putting together a free-to-play role-playing

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LG’s redesigned G5 revealed early in new design drawings

Meet the LG G5. Photo: Android AuthorityLG’s new G5, which will make its official debut at Mobile World Congress next month, has been revealed early in leaked design drawings. The handset looks a lot like its predecessors from the front, but LG has made a number of big hardware changes. “First, we can reveal that the rumours of a departure from the tried-and-tested

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Enjoy a lifetime of BitVPN protection for just $34.99 [Deal]

a520375fd6827db8518bcdb255c174a671453cdb_main_hero_imageSurfing the Internet on a public Wi-Fi connection? You’re putting yourself and your data in danger. With BitVPN, you can route your traffic through a different server located in an entirely separate region or country, so hackers can’t access your information. And for a limited time only, you can get a lifetime of protection for

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Buying an Xperia Z5 in the U.S.? Forget the fingerprint scanner

The Xperia Z5's fingerprint scanner is being removed for the U.S. Photo: PC AdvisorSony’s new Xperia Z5 lineup is its first to include fingerprint scanners, but the Japanese company has decided to remove them before bringing the Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Compact to the U.S. Due to unspecific “business reasons,” the Xperia Z5 devices that Sony will launch in the U.S. on February 7 will not have

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Sony has something up its sleeve for Mobile World Congress

Sony's coming to Barcelona again. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of AndroidSony is attending Mobile World Congress again this year, and it has invited attendees to a press event on Monday, February 22. The announcement all but confirm the Japanese company has something up its sleeve, but what? Sony traditionally announces a whole host of new devices at MWC in Barcelona, but its latest offerings — the Xperia Z5

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Samsung tweaks Galaxy Note 5 internals to prevent S Pen jams

Galaxy Note 5 gets a hardware fix. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of AndroidSamsung has quietly tweaked the internals of its Galaxy Note 5 to prevent S Pens from getting jammed inside the device when inserted upside down. Newer logic boards have a redesigned mechanism that looks less likely to become stuck on the S Pen’s eject button. As shown in the photo below, the more recent Note 5 logic board

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WhatsApp will ditch its $1 per year subscription fee

Use the official WhatsApp client, or else. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of AndroidWhatsApp will ditch the service’s annual subscription fees, after founder Jan Koum admitted that the $1 per year payment concept “doesn’t work that well.” As a result of ditching the payment model, Koum explained that WhatsApp will be looking at new ways that businesses can use the service to connect with individual users, although it’s

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Apple topples Samsung in United Arab Emirates top brands list

Is Samsung back? Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of AndroidApple has beaten Samsung to claim one of the top three places in the United Arab Emirates’ Annual BrandIndex Buzz Rankings — knocking Samsung from its previous No. 1 position down to No. 4. That wasn’t Apple’s sole placement on the list either, since the iPhone (placed at No. 7) was the only handset brand

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Nintendo promises “big characters” like Mario coming to smartphones this year

Mario could be coming to smartphones this year.Last year, Nintendo said pit would deliver its first smartphone game by the end of 2015, and five other smartphone games by 2017. The first Nintendo game for smartphones, though, was delated until March, and worse, features none of Nintendo’s best known characters. What about the other games slated for 2016 then? Don’t fear: Nintendo’s

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Samsung’s snazzy case transforms any Galaxy into a Note

Samsung's been working on an S Pen case. Photo: SamsungIf you’ve been longing for the Galaxy Note’s S Pen functionality but simply can’t manage its size, Samsung could soon deliver a case that fixes your problem. In a new patent filing, the South Korean company describes a neat case that adds an S Pen stylus to other Galaxy smartphones. Samsung’s Note lineup has always been large.

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