It has been an amazing week for Final Fantasy enthusiasts. Especially for Final Fantasy 7 fans, who will be granted a couple of requests they have been begging for for years. For starters, Sony and Square Enix totally won E3 with the announcement of a Final Fantasy 7 HD remake (can you even believe it’s actually happening?). Now Square Enix executive producer Shinji Hashimoto is telling us the original Final Fantasy 7 is finally coming to mobile!
Now this is the kind of news we like to hear – a thread just popped on Reddit, with what seems to be a press photo of the Samsung Galaxy S3. The image contains a lot of juicy details, including a supposed Galaxy S3 release date: May 22, at the Samsung Unpacked event in London. The May 22 date fits perfectly with earlier bits of news, including Samsung’s statement that the Galaxy S3 will debut sometimes in the first part of the year, closer to the actual availability of the product.
We are hosting the livestream of the Google I/O 2013 opening keynote, and Nate Swanner and Joshua Vergara will pitch in with their impressions from Moscone West in a live blog.
The opening keynote of the Google I/O 2013 conference is scheduled to begin soon, with thousands of developers, enthusiasts, and journalists already heading towards the San Francisco venue where Google is set to unveil its new projects. Among them, our Nate Swanner and Joshua Vergara, who are as excited as they can be to see what Google is up to.
From adding curves to checking for ebooks at your local library, Google‘s web search has been no stranger to design changes and added features. Over the weekend, Google added another feature, one that helps you compare two devices and see which one might be best for you.
Google's Pixel 2 fabric cases are well worth the steep price tag
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If you go to Google Search on mobile or desktop and type in “Pixel 2 vs iPhone X,” or any two devices with “vs” in the middle, a comparison chart should pop up.
Update, June 3, 2019 (12:49PM EST): Ahead of E3 2019, Google announced today on Twitter a livestream event set for this Thursday, June 6.
Some news can’t wait for #E3. Called Stadia Connect, the livestream will feature launch information, game announcements, and details on pricing. Even though the YouTube livestream link is already available, it currently only shows a static image.
Stadia Connect starts at 12:00PM EST.
Original article, May 24, 2019 (2:46PM EST): With Google set to talk more about its upcoming Stadia game streaming platform this summer, the company announced today on Twitter what some of those details entail.
A security firm posted information about a new Android Trojan that appears unlike anything seen before when it comes to complexity and the number of malicious actions it’s able to perform.
Called Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a, the malware is compared to malicious threats that usually target Windows, not Android. The new malware uses several exploits, some of them new to security researchers from Kaspersky, who discovered Obad.a.
The Trojan is able to perform a variety of tasks once installed, and it appears to be impossible to remove, as Obad.
The Samsung Galaxy Camera is finally coming to the United States this Friday, November 16th. The camera will be sold for $500 and will not require a data plan or contract, which is great news for those that really are only interested in using the camera over Wi-Fi.
For those that need a refresher, the camera is powered by 1.4GHz Exynos quad-core processor and has a large 4.8-inch HD display. Other features include 8GB storage, microSDXC, 3G/LTE radio, GPS, Bluetooth 4.
Update: Sam Mobile has noted that the update described below has also added a new prompt just above the navigation bar. The new “button" now reads “tap here to fill entire screen" in apps that don't natively support the Galaxy S8's 18.5:9 aspect ratio. While there's already a button in the app overview menu for that, it seems Samsung felt the need to make the option more explicit. Samsung has been rolling out Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus updates recently with Bixby improvements and fixes for SD card related issues.
Samsung has been charged with misleading advertising in Australia over claims regarding its Galaxy smartphones. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced it was taking Samsung to court today in a press release (h/t CNET), accusing the South Korean manufacturer of deceiving consumers with its smartphone water-resistance claims.
Many of Samsung’s recent Galaxy phones (since the Galaxy S7 in 2016) have supported IP68 certification for dust and water resistance. This stipulates the devices can be submerged in 1.
In what most are considering a huge victory, or at least a monstrous step forward for Android TV, Sony has committed to using the Google built platform for all of its Bravia line smart TVs in 2015.
The press conference packed CES 2015 launch day has been filled with all sorts of announcements from a large handful of the largest players in technology. Among these press events has been a lot of talk of the television set, and Sony was no exception.