"Just described ‘microjewel’ snail in extinction danger," announces NewScientist. Every time I see a headline like that and I look a the picture, it really makes me sad. Just admire that beautiful, delicate little beast. Which secrets will this soon-to-be-gone species take away with it?
Earlier in the week, we brought you word that Apple intends to raise the prices in its iTunes App Store in select regions so that those will be on par with changes in foreign exchange rates. The five affected regions will include Australia, India, Indonesia, Turkey, and South Africa, while Israel and New Zealand will see select price tiers decreased. That day has arrived, in Australia at least, where apps that used to cost A$0.99 on the Australian iTunes App Store will now be 30% more expensive at A$1.29.
Apple App Prices Raised Already By Up To 30% In Australia original content from Ubergizmo.
Blizzard had already announced that Warlords of Draenor would be World of Warcraft’s next expansion, and earlier this year, we also discovered that there will be pre-order bonuses thrown into the mix as well. After some time, it is nice to note that World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor has already entered the alpha testing phase.
World Of Warcraft: Warlords Of Draenor Enters Alpha Testing Phase original content from Ubergizmo.
Samsung promises truly flexible electronics sooner with graphene breakthrough
Posted in: Today's Chili Graphene. It was going to reinvigorate the electronics industry. Better than silicon, flexible yet more durable than steel and with high heat conduction, it all sounded like The Dream for thinner components and wearables.. but it kinda faded away….
Do you know of someone who simply cannot be left apart from his or her smartphone, even for a minute? Not only that, the main app that this particular contact of yours happens to be WhatsApp, so much so that you’re sick and tired of hearing the incoming message alert of WhatsApp. Well, that particular person could actually be suffering from a disease known as “WhatsAppitis”. We’re not making this up for sure, as The Lancet, one of the most well respected medical journals in the world, has reported on the diagnosis of this disease in a 34-year-old doctor who actually spent six hours on Christmas Eve sending WhatsApp messages to her friends and family.
‘WhatsAppitis’ Classified As A Disease original content from Ubergizmo.
There is an ancient Chinese saying that goes something like this, once a word has been spoken, even the fastest horse in the land is unable to catch up with it. Hence, there are moments in life when our mouth moves quicker than our brain, leaving us to regret our choice of words. Samsung ChatOn knows this can happen, which is why in their recently updated ChatOn messaging application for Android devices, new features were thrown into the mix, including the ability to recall messages.
Samsung ChatOn Lets You Recall Messages Now original content from Ubergizmo.
While Sprint launched their Spark service that delivered high speed capability to the masses in October last year, it seems that not all is well in Spark-land. Apparently, Sprint’s Spark data network would end up as impotent whenever there is a voice call going on. The basic premise is this – Spark phones tend to hang up when it comes to the likes of GPS navigation, Facebook, or when running other apps each time you are chatting away on a voice call.
Sprint Spark Data Network Experiences Issues During Voice Calls original content from Ubergizmo.
The HTC One M8 Developer Edition was made available on March 25th last month, and it seems that the adage of the early bird getting the worm holds true here to a certain extent – price wise, at least. The HTC One M8 Developer Edition will be more expensive from tomorrow onward according to this tweet, retailing for $50 more than when it was first introduced, which means that the final sticker price for the HTC One M8 Developer Edition would be at $699.99 a pop.
HTC One M8 Developer Edition Price To Increase Tomorrow original content from Ubergizmo.
One of the talents that helped define the last generation of console games has a new home. Amy Hennig, the creative director and lead writer of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and its PS3 sequels recently joined the team at Visceral Games (best known for…