Radio might be so last century, but it’s a cheap and effective format for broadcasting media — and it won’t cost you any data to tune into. Many foreign-built smartphones actually come with radio tuners, but they’re hard to find in devices meant for…
With EA Access’ all-you-can-eat video game service, you can play full versions of the publisher’s games, which include big name titles like Titanfall 2, Mass Effect: Andromeda, and FIFA 17. Today, the video game publisher tweeted that its popular sho…
We found out in April that a YouTube Kids app for Android TV was in the pipeline, and now that app is finally available. The app, of course, gives Android TV owners the ability to watch child-friendly content from the YouTube Kids service, rounding out the Android TV offering to make it a slightly more robust system. Whether the app … Continue reading
Discord, the Slack-like gaming chat app, has been steadily improving since its initial launch a couple of years ago. Last January, it added a $5 paid tier for fans to essentially thank the company — the bonuses simply include GIF avatars, custo…
Unlike other popular FPS titles such as Quake which emphasizes free-for-all matches, one of the hallmarks of Blizzard’s Overwatch is that it seems to emphasize teamwork. After all this is why in Overwatch, different characters are classed differently, where you have tanks to help absorb damage, healers to help keep the team alive, and offense whose job is to deal damage.
However it seems that Blizzard has had a change of heart as in an announcement by the game’s director Jeff Kaplan, Blizzard will be adding a free-for-all as well as team deathmatch modes to the game. Kaplan acknowledges that in the past he had stated that deathmatch mode would be something that would never come to Overwatch, but admits that thanks to the game’s Arcade mode, it has proven to be something of a game changer.
According to Kaplan, “The coolest part of the Arcade is that it’s opened up our ability to as developers to introduce game modes to you guys that we wouldn’t normally feel comfortable putting in the quick-play or competitive rotation.” At the moment the feature is being tested out on the Public Test Realm so if you’re interested you can check it out first before it makes its way to the main game. You can also learn more about the deathmatch mode in the Developer Update video above.
Overwatch Will Be Getting A Free-For-All Deathmatch Mode , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
If you write a lot and you use a Mac or an iOS device, there’s a good chance you might have heard of the popular writing app Ulysses, which promises to be an app ideal for writing as it offers up zero distractions. The app used to be a paid-for app, but in a recent announcement, the developers have announced that they’ll be turning it into a subscription model instead.
So what does this mean? Basically instead of paying a one-time fee to use the app, users will now be charged $4.99 per month, or $39.99 if you’d like to purchase for the entire year. There will also be discounts offered to students at $10.99 for a 6 month period. So what about those who have already paid for the app in full?
For those who have purchased the app, there are two scenarios: one is that you’ve purchased the app and have been using it for a while. If that is the case then you will be offered a lifetime discount on the subscription to the app at 50% off the monthly subscription, although AppleInsider notes that it’s more like 25% as the annual rate is at $29.99 versus $39.99 for everyone else.
The second scenario is that if you purchased the app recently (we’re not sure how the developers determine “recent”), you can choose between either getting 18-months free subscription, or the lifetime discount (which could add up to be cheaper in the long run). As to why they have switched to the subscription model, the developers have penned a rather lengthy post to explain the rationale behind the change, which you can check out if you’re interested.
Writing App Ulysses Will Be Switching To A Subscription Model , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
When it comes to location services, Apple’s iPhones have built-in GPS which allows the device to be pinpointed to its location, which comes in handy for apps such as Find My iPhone, Find My Friends, and so on, which has in the past been used to save lives and to locate people who have been kidnapped.
While such features are great, they’re not exactly perfect which is why emergency services organizations around the world are now urging Apple to implement a potentially life-saving location feature in the iPhone. Dubbed the Advanced Mobile Location (AML), this is a feature built into carrier networks that can pinpoint with extreme accuracy the location of the person making an emergency call.
This means that when an emergency call is made, GPS and WiFi chips inside the mobile device will automatically transmit the precise location to emergency services. This will come in handy for times when a person makes a call and they’re not too sure of where they are, like if they’re lost hiking in the woods or if they have been kidnapped and can’t recognize their location. It is said to be so precise to the point where it can even tell emergency services the specific room in an apartment.
The European Emergency Number Association reached out to both Apple and Google last year to implement the feature, something which Google was quick to do and has been enabled for Android devices since last year, but Apple has yet to respond. It is unclear why Apple has resisted implementing it, but some cite privacy concerns as a possible reason.
Apple Urged To Add Life-Saving Location Feature To The iPhone , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Earlier this year Swedish furniture maker IKEA announced that they will be launching their own range of smart lighting systems, thus providing homeowners with the ability to equip their homes with smart lights that are relatively more affordable than what is available out there, and now it looks like the company’s smart lighting systems are compatible with Apple’s HomeKit.
IKEA had announced several months ago that they would be updating their system to make their smart lights HomeKit compatible, and it looks like they have. The update has been pushed to all existing hubs which means that you should technically be able to control the system using the Home app on your iOS devices.
To top it off, it seems that the update has also made IKEA’s smart lights compatible with Philips devices, so if you already own a Hue Bridge and want to purchase IKEA’s bulbs, they will work together and you can save money from having to purchase a separate hub. This isn’t IKEA’s first foray into creating smarter homes.
A couple of years ago the company started creating furniture that came with wireless chargers built into them, which we have to wonder if it will play nicely with the upcoming 2017 iPhones which are rumored to support wireless charging.
IKEA’s Smart Lights Are Now HomeKit Compatible , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
When it comes to mobile internet browsers, there are quite a few to choose from. However if you’re looking for an alternative to whatever you’re using right now, you might be interested to learn that Samsung has announced that its Samsung Internet mobile browser is now open and available to all Android users.
This means that even if you don’t own a Samsung handset, you will now be able to download the browser and take it for a spin yourself. This is following a release from earlier this year where the Samsung Internet browser was made available for the Google Nexus and Pixel handsets, but now it will pretty much cover all Android handsets that are running Android 5.0 Lollipop or higher.
So why would you use Samsung Internet? According to the company, “Our desktop Chrome extension now supports syncing your bookmarks with Samsung Internet Beta – on all Android L+ phones. So you can easily open your Samsung Internet bookmarks on the desktop and vice-versa. You can also sync your bookmarks, saved pages and open tabs across your mobile devices. Enable ‘Sync with Samsung Cloud’ in the settings menu across multiple devices and keep them all up to date.”
Samsung is also touting features like support for content blockers so if you hate pushy ads, you can install certain blockers for Samsung Internet. Note that the latest Samsung Internet release is still in beta, but users can go ahead and download it from the Google Play Store if they’re interested.
Samsung Makes Its Mobile Browser Open To All Android Devices , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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