Meow ARCat Lets You Raise A Cat Using Augmented Reality

Have you ever wanted a pet but your building management won’t allow it? Or that you’re too busy? Or maybe you just love cats but are unfortunately allergic to them? The good news is that thanks to technology, you will now be able to raise a cat minus all the hassle, costs, and responsibility that comes with raising a real life one.

This is thanks to InnoVision who will be bringing their Meow ARCat app onto Android. At the moment the app is available on iOS devices, but following the launch of Google’s ARCore, Meow ARCat will be one of the debut apps that will help celebrate the framework’s launch. Of course not all devices will be compatible at the start so not everyone will be able to take advantage of the app just yet.

For those who are learning about Meow ARCat for the first time, this is like a souped up version of the Tamagotchi. Users will be able to raise a virtual cat but through the use of augmented reality, they will be able to superimpose this cat into the real world, so it will feel like you’re actually raising and playing a real-life cat. It is a very cute app and you can check out the demo of the app in the video above.

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YouTube Testing Picture-In-Picture Feature For The Web

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On mobile devices, YouTube has a picture-in-picture feature which allows users to keep watching their current video while browsing other content. However this feature isn’t available on the web, although given that it is pretty easy to open multiple browser tabs on your desktop/laptop this isn’t much of an issue.

However for those who might prefer keeping everything in one tab, the folks at 9to5Google have discovered that YouTube is testing out a picture-in-picture mode for the web. As you can see in the screenshot above, the feature is pretty straightforward and is reminiscent of the feature on mobile devices.

This is where users can minimize a YouTube video where it will now exist floating at the bottom of the user’s window while they are free to browse other videos without interrupting the playback. At the moment it appears that this is a test that is limited to a very small amount of users, so if you don’t see it then chances are you are not one of them.

It is a pretty nifty idea to bring onto desktops although like we said, given that this is a test it is unclear if YouTube will go through with it, although we are hoping that they will and we’ll keep our eyes peeled for more information if and when it launches.

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Google Shopping Actions lets you buy directly from search results

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Low-End LG Zone 4 Launched On Verizon

If you’re shopping about for a second smartphone but don’t want to spend too much money, or a phone for your kid that won’t cost you an arm and a leg, then you might be interested to learn that LG has recently announced a new smartphone in the form of the LG Zone 4 that will be launched on Verizon.

As you can see based purely on the design, this is clearly not a high-end smartphone. It will feature a 5-inch 720p HD display and under the hood, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 chipset with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable storage. Not the most powerful smartphone that we’ve come across, but we reckon it should be more than capable of getting the job done, at least if you’re not planning on doing much with it.

There will also be an accompany 8MP rear-facing camera, a 5MP front-facing camera, a fingerprint sensor (a nice surprise for a budget handset), and a 2,500mAh battery to top it off. Unfortunately for some reason the handset only comes loaded with Android 7.1.2 Nougat, which considering the fact that Android P’s developer preview has already been released makes us wonder why it did not come with Android 8.0 Oreo at the very least.

However if this sounds like a phone you wouldn’t mind getting, the LG Zone 4 is priced at $114.99 and you can get your hands on it via Verizon’s website.

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Machine Learning Could Help Make Notifications Smarter

Right now our smartphone notifications are pretty “dumb” in the sense that as soon as something pops up, we are notified straight away, whether it be an email, message, a tag/mention on Facebook, a sales event, and so on. The onus is mostly on the user to manage their notifications and to choose what they want or don’t want to see.

However what if our phones could become smart enough to know what we usually respond to? That’s something that two developers over in Taiwan are trying to do, where through the use of machine learning, our phones could start to learn our habits to determine what notifications it should display and which shouldn’t.

The developers, TonTon Hsien-de Huang and Hung-Yu Kao have dubbed this ‘Clicksequence-aware deeP neural network (DNN)-based Pop-uPs recOmmendation’ or C-3PO, which like we said is an algorithm that learns what users respond to and which they don’t. This is similar to algorithms used on Facebook and Instagram where posts that it thinks we like (based on interactions) are typically at the top, while those less important are buried further down.

It is an interesting project but whether or not companies will integrate it into their platforms remains to be seen. Until then if you’re interested in learning more about their efforts, details about it can be found on Arvix.

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Fortnite Battle Royale On iOS Made $1.5 Million In 4 Days

Fortnite Battle Royale for iOS has only been out for a few days but it seems that the game has managed to top the charts in thirteen different countries. However it seems that in addition to topping the charts, it looks like the game has also managed to pull in a fair amount of money for Epic where according to SensorTower, it made $1.5 million over four days.

The report also claims that compared to other similar titles available on iOS, Fortnite well and truly dominated the competition. This is compared to titles like Knives Out and Rules of Survival which made $57,000 and $39,000 respectively in their first four days of release. However compared to games in general, Fortnite is still behind the likes of Pokemon GO which earned $4.9 million and Clash Royale which made $4.6 million.

That being said, it should be noted that Fortnite is still an invite-only game as Epic is working on ensuring that the servers are overloaded. This means that there are still a ton of iOS gamers who have yet to get in on the title which could potentially increase the amount of money the game is pulling in for Epic.

Also it isn’t available on Android yet which means that when it does become available, we wouldn’t be surprised if Fortnite on mobile became a huge money earner for Epic. Also Tencent’s PUBG was recently released on mobile so it will be interesting to see which game might fare better.

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Marvel’s Animated ‘Black Panther’ Series Now Available On YouTube

Fans of Marvel’s comics are probably familiar with Black Panther, but thanks to the movie (which was a raging success), the Black Panther character is definitely more familiar to more people now who might not necessarily be into comics. In fact if you’re looking to learn more about Black Panther and his stories, you’ll be pleased to learn that according to iO9, Marvel’s animated Black Panther series is now available for free on YouTube.

For those unfamiliar, Marvel created an animated series for Black Panther back in 2011. This was a six-episode series which basically animates the comic which might be better for some users who might not want to read it. It also features a pretty impressive cast with Djimon Hounsou who voices T’Challa along with Kerry Washington and Alfre Woodard. Stan Lee even makes an “appearance” as the voice of General Wallace.

With each episode running about 20 minutes or so, this means that fans will have about 2 hours worth of content to go through. All six episodes are available for free to stream via YouTube so if you want to check it out, you can head on over to YouTube for the details or check out the first episode in the video embedded above.

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