As if the smartphone platform wars weren’t bad enough, the rivalry between iOS and Android also threatens to invade our homes. Lines are drawn between Apple’s HomeKit and Google’s Android, with some smart home products supporting one but not the other. Fortunately, companies like Schlage want to be embrace as many as they can. Better late than never, the security … Continue reading
A Dutch court has ruled that developer Riot Games must pay former Netherlands midfielder Edgar Davids for using his likeness in League of Legends. According to the ruling, a championship skin used in the game infringed on his personal image rights.
If you’re looking for stuff to buy online, check out Facebook Marketplace — it might now be available in your country. The social network has expanded the presence of its eBay and Craigslist rival to cover 17 more countries in Europe, namely Austria…
Android users in search of a smart lock now have another option available to them. On top of its existing iOS (and HomeKit) support, Schlage is adding compatibility for Google’s OS to its top-of-the-line Smart Deadlock. That’s not all, if you’re will…
So far for every Apple Watch that has been released to date, Apple has made it so that it relies pretty much 100% on the iPhone for connectivity, which isn’t a bad thing if you own an iPhone, but troublesome if you don’t. However many rumors have since surfaced suggesting that the third iteration could finally bring about cellular connectivity.
In a new report from CNBC (via 9to5Mac), it seems that the news outlet has “confirmed” that the third-generation Apple Watch will indeed sport LTE connectivity, thus corroborating claims made by Bloomberg and KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The report claims that the Apple Watch Series 3 is expected to go on sale in September which is also when Apple is expected to announce its new iPhones.
The Apple Watch Series 3 will allow users to make phone calls, stream music, and more independent of the iPhone, and is also expected to sport an embedded SIM card similar to what we’ve seen Apple done with the cellular iPads in the past. The report did not state whether or not it will be LTE-only or if there will be 3G support as well.
The earlier report by Kuo suggested that due to certain technical restrictions, it will only support LTE which means that there might be some markets that do not have widespread LTE coverage that won’t be getting the cellular option.
CNBC Report ‘Confirms’ LTE Apple Watch In The Works , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
For as long as we can remember and ever since Blizzard introduced its own online server for multiplayer games, it has always been known as Battle.net, something that has persisted throughout the years, or at least until recently where it seemed like Blizzard was considering moving away from it.
However it looks like the company has had a change of heart after hearing fans express their disappointment at the rebranding. In a post on its website, “Battle.net is the central nervous system for Blizzard games and the connective tissue that has brought Blizzard players together since 1996. The technology was never going away, but after giving the branding change further consideration and also hearing your feedback, we’re in agreement that the name should stay as well.”
According to Blizzard’s reasoning back then, they claimed that there was some confusion between Blizzard and Battle.net, in which it seemed that some players thought they were separate things, which we suppose it could be confusing for those new to Blizzard’s platform, and those are still issues Blizzard wants to resolve.
To address this, Blizzard writes, “Moving forward, to help offset some of the original concerns we listed back in September, we will be connecting “Blizzard” to “Battle.net” in our logo for the service and in general when we refer to it in print: Blizzard Battle.net.”
It Looks Like Blizzard Isn’t Ditching The Battle.net Name After All , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Amazon has over the years built up a very impressive logistics network. Over time this has allowed the company to control their logistics to the point where they can even offer customers same-day deliveries, which does solve one of the problems of online shopping which is the waiting for your package to arrive.
Clearly having such features meant that Amazon had an edge over the competition, like traditional retailers, but the competition such as Target is definitely not going to sit around and do nothing about it. In a report from Bloomberg, Target has recently agreed to acquire a software company that manages local and same-day deliveries called Grand Junction.
In an interview, Arthur Valdez, Target’s chief supply chain and logistics officer was quoted as saying, “Speed matters. Grand Junction’s platform, along with our 1,800 stores, allows for speed to the guest that can be very competitive.” Whether or not this will help Target’s business remains to be seen, but at least now the company would be more competitive.
The same-day delivery service is already being tested at Target’s store in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood, but it is expected to expand to other stores in New York City by October, and to additional cities in the US early next year.
Target Acquires Company To Help Them Make Same-Day Deliveries , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
In a little over a week, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 will be revealed in full and we can finally get all the official details. However in the meantime the leaks and rumor mills have done an excellent job of revealing pretty much everything about the phone, and in case that wasn’t enough, there are now more benchmark results that “prove it”.
It seems that the Note 8 has recently been spotted at the AnTuTu benchmarks where some of the phone’s specs have been revealed. For starters we’d like to point out that these specs have been rumored about before, so this benchmark in reality just “confirms” what we know so far. This includes the use of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset, and also how the phone will pack 6GB of RAM, and 64GB of onboard storage.
The AnTuTu benchmarks also reveals a display with a rather odd resolution of 2220×1080, which we guess is in line with the unusual display aspect ratio we can expect from the phone, where it will have a “taller” display than normal. As for the camera, it mentions an 8MP + 12MP camera, which we’re not sure if one is for the front and one is for the rear camera, especially since there have been rumors about a dual camera setup.
In any case like we said, the Note 8 will be announced very soon so do check back with us in a week’s time for all the official details.
Samsung Galaxy Note 8’s Specs Revealed On AnTuTu Benchmarks , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Facebook might be known primarily as a social networking platform where its initial goal was to connect university students together, although over the years the platform has evolved to encompass more than just that and has served as a platform to watch videos, get the news, and even buy/sell things.
In fact last year Facebook launched a new platform called Marketplace that let people buy and sell things in communities. However the launch was limited to certain countries and pretty much lacked Europe on its list, but that has changed as Facebook has since announced that Marketplace will now be expanding into 17 new countries in Europe.
According to Facebook, “Today, we’re starting to roll out Marketplace to 17 countries across Europe (Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland), giving more people a single destination on Facebook to discover, buy and sell goods in their local communities.”
Prior to this, Marketplace was only available in the US, Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico, New Zealand and the UK, which means that the total number of markets that Marketplace is available in is now at 24. However you might notice that there are still lots of markets the platform has yet to launch in, namely Asia, but we expect that it should eventually reach those markets in the future.
Facebook Marketplace Expands To 17 New European Countries , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
In an ideal world, all that software updates do should be to improve users’ experience, either by adding new features or removing erroneous ones. In the real world, however, some bugs manage to creep in. And in some cases, they can be so terrible that they deserve more than just silence from software vendors. That’s the position the remaining few … Continue reading
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