Mar 27
As visualizations go, this is a simple one: it simply shows the heartbeats of Jen Lowe from the last 24 hours, gently pulsing as a big, bold, red screen. And it is insanely mesmerizing.
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Mar 27
One of the best games to hit the PS3 in a long time was the game The Last of Us. If you are one of the many PS3 gamers who … Continue reading
Mar 27
So Respawn Entertainment’s Titanfall was released not too long ago and so far we have been hearing many good things about it. Of course the game has it fair share of hiccups but this is to be expected of any highly anticipated game that has to deal with the influx of gamers rushing to play the game as soon as it has been released.
Now apparently the Titanfall that you are enjoying is not the full game, at least not what the developers wanted to ship. Apparently because of time constraints, Respawn Entertainment had to omit certain features of the game but thankfully it looks like those features are on its way. (more…)
Titanfall’s Upcoming Game Modes Will Be Free, DLC Will Cost $10 original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 27
We guess by now everyone should have heard about how Facebook made a surprising acquisition of Oculus VR. From Facebook and Oculus VR’s point of view, this is actually a good thing because what this means is that virtual reality technology could become cheaper and also helps Facebook to expand into new markets.
Not everyone was enamored by Facebook’s acquisition, and quick look at the comments our readers have left us have indicated that there are more than a fair share of people out there who highly oppose the acquisition. In fact it seems that because of the acquisition, Facebook’s share prices might have taken a hit. (more…)
Facebook Stock Dips By 7% Following Oculus VR Acquisition Announcement original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 27
In early February the Crytek game Warface entered a limited beta allowing only specifically chosen gamers access to the game. The closed beta is now over and Warface is entering … Continue reading
Mar 27
There seems to be a slightly disturbing trend these days with smartphone manufacturers. What typically happens is that they release a flagship smartphone but follow it up later with additional devices that are supposedly based on the flagship smartphone’s design/specs, but are typically less powerful.
We’ve seen Samsung do with the Galaxy S4 which spawned at least 3 variants. Recently LG has also announced the LG G2 Mini which is a smaller and slightly less powerful version of the LG G2, and now if a tweet by @evleaks is to be believed, HTC could be spawning additional HTC One M8 variants as well. (more…)
HTC One M8 Mini And M8 Ace Rumored To Be In The Works original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 27
Photo: Josh Valcarcel/WIRED
You know how it’s supposed to work: As you type, your iPhone or iPad keyboard silently learns words in the background for future autocorrect suggestions. But sometimes that “learning” can backfire — especially if you inadvertently teach the system words and phrases you don’t really want autocorrected. Luckily, when your iOS keyboard gets a chronic case of letter-rot, there’s an easy way to undo all those bad habits.
If adding new shortcuts and contacts still hasn’t fixed your autocorrect woes, you likely need a fresh start. iOS 7 makes this easy.
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap the “Reset Keyboard Dictionary” option. If you have a password set, your device will prompt you to enter it and then warn you that it’s about to “delete all custom words you have typed on the keyboard.” Say good riddance, and hit “Reset Dictionary.”
Bingo. No more typos or embarrassing autocorrects when using keyboard — at least for the next few months.
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Mar 27
Photo: Tim Moyinhan/WIRED
When it comes out in the second half of this year, Samsung’s whopping 105-inch Ultra HD TV won’t be the first television set with a 21:9 aspect ratio. It also won’t be the first 105-inch Ultra HD set — or the first curved TV with those specs.
None of this will make the massive set any less of a stunner though. It packs more than 11 million pixels into its concave curved display, which stretches about 8 feet wide and 3.5 feet tall. With those dimensions, the curved screen actually does make a difference when it comes to “immersion.” It’s a full-array LED-backlit set with local-dimming features, and it’s built for watching movies.
“This is targeted toward movie buffs who don’t want to put a projector in their home,” says Samsung’s Mike Wood, director of the company’s AV testing. “They may not care as much about how television programs look, but they want movies to look as big as possible.”
The terms “Ultra HD” and “4K” are usually interchangeable, but that’s not the case with this TV. It has a resolution of 5120 x 2160, so it’s actually higher-resolution than 4K on one axis. But while a 21:9 display combined with a sharp picture and a concave screen should create a more cinematic experience, the problem is finding content that’s a direct match for this TV’s resolution and aspect ratio.
Samsung says that the new TV can scale 16:9 4K movies to fill the screen — with some loss of resolution — to eliminate the black letterbox bars that appear when you watch widescreen content on 16:9 TVs. There will also be other options for viewing 16:9 content on the wider, slimmer screen: At native 16:9 ratio with pillarboxing on both sides of the picture, or with the 16:9 video pushed to one side of the screen, as smart-TV features or a web browser appears on the other side.
Those scenarios involve either artificially modifying the picture by stretching the picture or using only a portion of the super-wide screen. That said, with 4K source footage and an Ultra HD panel, you won’t notice the distortion as much as you would with standard-definition content on an HD screen. Samsung says that it is working with studio partners like 20th Century Fox and Paramount to provide streaming and hard-drive-based Ultra HD content shot in 21:9 to get the most out of the set.
“You could play LaserDiscs shot in (CinemaScope) on this screen, and it would fill it,” said Wood. “I don’t know how that would look because of LaserDisc’s resolution, but you could do it.”
No pricing has been set for the Samsung 105-inch set just yet, but seeing as LG’s own curved 105-inch Ultra HD set costs around $70,000, expect this Samsung’s tag to be up in the same astronomical price range.
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Mar 27
In late January, we mentioned that Synology was waiting for Google to give the approval on an app that would support streaming from the DiskStation using Chromecast, thought the feature … Continue reading
Mar 27
The G2 mini’s far from being a perfect smartphone specimen, but LG’s hoping it has what it takes to compete in developing markets when it comes out in April. That’s right — the 4.7-inch Android KitKat phone’s coming out next month, and it’s making…
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