⚡ Good morning! Some personal news… I’ll let you know next week! For now, on with the news…
Fellowship of what now?Okay, there’s a bit of a wild story coming out of Google.
The New York Times published this detailed look at a Google contractor suing Google for being sacked (gift link). That wouldn’t usually be worth a Page 1 appearance in the B1 slot in the Times. But goodness, look at this thing.
The Galaxy S2, S3, and Note 2 all use various versions of the Exynos 4 chip.
At the time, we wondered if it’s possible for Samsung to completely take Exynos chips out of the equation – after all the company has other powerful SoCs in the Exynos in addition to the newly launched Exynos 5 Octa – and rely solely on new Qualcomm processors.
We don’t have a definitive answer to that question yet, but we do have a secondary report today that seems to confirm the former.
If you have been looking for an app using Google’s mobile search lately then you may have spotted a new, colourful results layout, showcasing the most relevant apps from the Play Store. As well as looking nice, the update is also pretty handy if you’re looking for a specific type of app.
The results display some useful app information, including the number of downloads the app has and its rating in the Play Store.
Virtual reality has been in the spot light a lot in the past twelve months, with HTC entering the market with Valve, Samsung partnering up with the Facebook owned Oculus, and Razer announcing its OSVR headset too. Razer recently unveiled a load of gaming related goodies and has now entered into a partnership with Leap Motion, who will be providing built in motion sensors for the OSVR headset.
The key to great VR is said to be in the little immersive details.
We’re all excited for Android 4.4 and the new Nexus, but some in the Android community are heading to delirium territory with the latest batch of numerology-infused predictions.
In case you’re not up to date with the story, here’s a roundup. First, it was October 15, which obviously wasn’t the big date. Then people connected the dots, and noticed that the text in a Google Plus post of KitKat (the candy bar, not the Google OS) matched the title of a rather obscure song that was released on October 18, 1990.
Manhattan:
Central Park Marcus Garvey Park Coenties Slip Old Slip Mannahatta Pier 15 East River Esplanade Bowling Green Park South Street Seaport Edgar Plaza Union Square Governor’s Island Queens:
Flushing Meadows Corona Park Rockaway Beach The Bronx:
Orchard Beach Brooklyn:
Brooklyn Bridge Park Coney Island Brighton Beach Staten Island:
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Famous iPhone (and Sony PlayStation) jailbreaker Geohot has already rooted the recently released Galaxy S4 Active rugged phone.
Moreover, he provided an app which any Galaxy S4 Active owner can use to root his or her device without hassle. Naturally, we’ll remind you that we don’t advise you to root your devices, and that anything that happens during such procedures falls under your responsibility.
That said, if you want to root your device, you’ll have to head on to Geohot’s website (Source link below) and follow the instuctions:
Between Apple Pay, Google Pay and other insert-company-name-here-plus-Pay solutions, it seems like many mobile payment apps are copy-paste efforts.
It’s not just the naming convention that gets copied, as the actual payments process is similar across the board. When it comes to point of sale payments in particular, they all harness NFC technology, allowing you to use biometrics to tap and go.
It’s not hard to see why the wireless communication chip has become the foundation for mobile payment apps.
Google has just issued an update to the Chrome OS Admin Console that should come in handy for educators and businesses. The update enables both business/enterprise and education devices running Chrome OS to be locked remotely if the devices are lost or stolen. To do so, ask your IT admin to lock the device remotely from the web-based control system. If you’re an IT professional that works with Chromebooks, head to this link to learn how.
What is Flynx Browser? Flynx Browser is a floating web browser. That means that pops up in its own window and you can access it without leaving the application that you’re currently in. We’ve no doubt that this app is being built in competition to the very popular Link Bubble app but it’s still currently in beta.
Here is how Flynx Browser works. When you click on a link in an application the app will open a little bubble.