If you’re a fan of RPGs, especially humorous action-RPGs, then you’re in luck. The Bard’s Tale for Android is currently available in the Google Play Store for 50 percent of what it would normally cost.
The Bard’s Tale, originally released in 2004 for the Playstation 2 and Xbox, was released for Android devices last month. It promises 20-30 hours of gameplay and more than 50 enemy types spread over a vast world of “with towns, wild forests, rivers, castles, towers, secret dungeons, snowy mountains, caverns, haunted tombs and more.
If you’re an app developer uploading content to the Google Play Store – or you plan to be at some point – then the following may serve as a cautionary tale. Austin Meyer, an app developer from South Carolina, has posted a video on YouTube explaining how he is being sued by a patent troll in East Texas simply for uploading his app to Google Play. But not because his app infringes on some patent: because the patent troll apparently owns the idea of the Google Play Store itself.
The $400 ZTE Axon 7 was a pretty fly smartphone when it was released in June this year, and ZTE seems committed to improve it with regular software updates.
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Available over the air now, the second software update for the Axon 7 will bump its version number from A2017U B20 to A2017U B27. One of the major improvements in this update would be a vastly improved RF performance, which could not come any sooner.
Update: it’s official: the Chromecast will go on sale from tomorrow December 10 in India, via the Google Play Store, Airtel, and Snapdeal. The device will cost a bit more than we anticipated, at Rs 2,999 ($50.) Airtel is throwing in 60GB of free data for broadband users.
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Google’s Chromecast has already proven hugely popular with media consumers around the world and Indian film-buffs should be next to join the media streaming phenomenon.
I’m sure that I don’t need to remind you that mobile gaming caught a big break this year with Pokemon Go, and it seems that major games developers have taken notice. According to Nikkei, Sony is aiming to release games based on some of its popular PlayStation brands on smartphones.
According to the report, Sony is planning to release five or more mobile games, which will be targeted at the Japanese and other Asian markets to begin with.
The company just announced on its forums that Oxygen OS version 10.0, based on Android 10, is now rolling out to the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro.
The official changelog mentions:
System Upgraded to Android 10 Brand new UI design Enhanced location permissions for privacy New customization feature in Settings allowing you to choose icon shapes to be displayed in the Quick Settings Full Screen Gestures Added inward swipes from the left or right edge of the screen to go back Added a bottom navigation bar to allow switching left or right for recent apps Game Space New Game Space feature now joins all your favorite games in one place for easier access and better gaming experience Smart display Intelligent info based on specific times, locations and events for Ambient Display (Settings – Display – Ambient Display – Smart Display) Message Now possible to block spam by keywords for Message (Messages – Spam – Settings -Blocking settings) Manu J.
In case you haven’t noticed, retro is totally in vogue and has been so for at least the past five years. There’s just something extra charming about simple, unassuming graphics and tight, crunchy gameplay that tickles all of the right neurons. So it’s no surprise that the old-school-feeling Super Phantom Cat is making some waves in the mobile gaming arena.
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Super Phantom Cat is a modern twist on an old concept that has all the enemy-stomping, brick-breaking action that you would expect from a game unleashed in the mid-nineties.
UK retailer Dixons Carphone has struck a deal with Sprint to expand into the USA and will open and manage 20 Sprint-branded stores as part of a pilot programme that could see up to 500 US stores opened. If the pilot is successful, Dixons Carphone will invest up to $32m (£20m) for a 50% stake in the joint venture during the second stage of the programme.
The deal is the first major expansion programme since Dixons and Carphone Warehouse merged to form Europe’s largest retailer in Dixons Carphone last year.
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Apple is attempting to fix some of the privacy concerns raised by its AirTags, which will include creating an AirTags Android app. The new privacy changes are rolling out now, and the Android app will land later this year. These announcements come the week before WWDC 2021, its largest software-focused developer event of the year. Earlier this year, Apple finally got around to launching its long-awaited smart tracker known as AirTag.
Dual cameras have found a home in some of today’s high-end smartphones and 2017 is already seeing a line-up of new devices equipped with or expected to sport the cutting edge photography technology. As with all new pieces of technology, we’re also likely to see dual cameras trickle further down into the mid-range too. Huawei’s Honor range is already there. But should we immediately leap at this technology over single sensor alternatives?