Action-adventure game ‘Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice’ to be released in September
At the SXSW 2016 Gaming Expo, it was confirmed that the 3DS title “Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice,” developed by Sanzaru, is going to be released on Sept. 27.
At the SXSW 2016 Gaming Expo, it was confirmed that the 3DS title “Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice,” developed by Sanzaru, is going to be released on Sept. 27.
Listening to music over WiFi gets even better, as Samsung is out with a compact speaker designed upright that can be connected to a smartphone app.
Apple's iOS 9.3 includes various new features for iPhones and iPads including Night Shift that dims a display to help people sleep better at night. However, there is no solid evidence that the color temperature of a smartphone's or tablet's display screen is the main reason mobile device users get less shut-eye at night.
Nintendo's Pokemon GO is a much-anticipated mobile game whose developer has just released details and screenshots. This is the first official news from the gaming giant and developer Niantic since the game was announced last year. In a blog post Niantic shared some details about the new mobile game that has an interface like Google Maps and Streetview.
Texting or walking on a mobile phone could become illegal in the state of New Jersey based on a new bill proposal. Pedestrians caught breaking the new law could receive a $50 fine or 15 days in prison. Offenders would include people walking on sidewalks and roadways who use cellphones not equipped with a hands-free device.
Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey delivered the company's first pre-ordered virtual reality headset to a lucky customer. The first batch of the VR devices are shipping now but the first unit bought was hand-delivered by the company executive instead of delivery personnel from FedEx, DHL, or United States Postal Service. The big event was live-streamed by Oculus' parent company Facebook.
Microsoft's HoloLens augmented reality (AR) headsets were recently featured in new demoes that included virtual forests and caves, and holographic communication like in Star Wars movies. The new tech allows people to talk to a live hologram of someone who is in another room. 3D cameras are used to capture the real-time speech and movements of a person, then transmits them to the room where the HoloLens user can see them.
Millions of Android devices are vulnerable to attack, after the security researchers found a new way to exploit these type of device. Google was successful in patching the older vulnerability previously; however, North Bit, software Research Company based in Herzliya, Israel, published a paper and declared that it has “properly” exploited a bug in the Android devices.
Linking new PC tools with an older operating system should not routinely cause a big deal of concern. But, Microsoft issued a challenge in the box of Intel's latest Skylake chips. One has to upgrade to Windows 10 until July 17, 2017.
These days, game companies are more concerned about effective match making as this helps in keeping the players drifting away towards the rival attractions.