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This week Gameloft continues their high-powered relationship with Marvel Comics in a teaser for no less than Thor: The Dark World. This came will be appearing on Android devices as well as Apple mobile devices of all kinds – iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch included, and will be appearing close to the release of the film itself, later this year. What you’ll see in this game is another birds-eye-view of a superhero, keeping with the successful modes introduced in games such as the Amazing Spider-Man not too long ago.

Gameloft’s approach with games such as these is the same – it would seem, and appears to have been proven several times over – as those full-fledged original storyline games they’ve been releasing for years. They put in just as much effort here as they would their own title, so to speak, this breaking the trend of major-label movie-sourced concepts released alongside Hollywood films almost without fail since the dawn of video games.

Here you’re going all-in, complete with support and updates well after the film is released.

“Thor: The Dark World – The Official Game will allow fans of the franchise to play as one of Marvel’s most iconic Super Heroes in a game of epic scope and beauty. With this new game, we are further expanding the successful relationship between Marvel and Gameloft.” – Javon Frazier, VP Games Marketing at Marvel

Unfortunately you’ll not be able to get your hands on this title until later this Fall, again much closer to the actual release of the movie itself. Unlike Gameloft’s release of Iron Man 3, this game relies a bit more on a more traditional gaming structure, aiming to bring Thor to you from overhead, allowing you a full-on god-like vision of your environment. Strike true!

BONUS: Can’t wait to play it on NVIDIA SHIELD? Not surprising, especially given the original code-name. We’ll still have to wait until Autumn though, no matter how hardcore the combination might be – stay tuned!

Thor: The Dark World mobile game heralds incoming film is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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If you find yourself out of the house while traveling, at work or on vacation, home security is definitely a concern for most of us. While there are many solutions on the market today, most of them are expensive, difficult to install or just downright useless due to false alarms.

Now, a new startup called Canary is about to launch what could revolutionize the home security business, with a new device that’s a complete, affordable home monitoring system in a soda-can sized package.

Canary CEO Adam Sager describes the device as the “first smart home security device for everyone.” Setup takes just about 30 seconds – all you need to do is place it in a common area in your home (i.e. the living room, dining room or foyer) plug it in and connect it to your network. From that point on, you’ll be able to monitor your home from anywhere you have connectivity on your mobile device.

Sager has a background in large-scale corporate security, and realized that he had no such monitoring in his own home. When looking at the market he realised that most of the solutions out there are costly, and usually involve complex installations. And if you’re a renter, you really don’t have a good option at all. This inspired him to create a product which is accessible to everyone, from a technological, usability and cost perspective.

The Canary measures just 6-inches tall by 3-inches in diameter, and combines a HD video camera (with night vision) and sensors which can monitor movement, sound, vibration, temperature, humidity and air quality. This package of information empowers you to monitor just about everything you’d ever want about your home environment remotely. The device captures data and streams it to the “cloud” where a companion mobile app can receive alerts and track information remotely. All data is stored with financial-grade encryption, which should allay fears about privacy and security of your information.

Sophisticated algorithms help Canary to learn about your environment, so it can gradually understand what is normal or unusual activity. It even uses pattern recognition technology to help discern the difference between your cat moving around the room and a cat burglar to decrease false alarms.

The mobile app provides information in easy-to-understand plain English, and can not only show status information, but can send emergency alerts, and display trend reports for key data points (like temperature and humidity). When an alert is triggered, you can choose to trigger the Canary’s built-in siren, or contact the appropriate authorities to let them know about a break-in or other problem.

Of course, you don’t just have to use Canary when there’s an emergency. The company envisions owners using the device to remotely monitor kids, pets and the elderly, thanks to its built in camera, microphone and speaker.

Since I live in a larger home, I had some concerns about the ability for a single Canary to monitor the whole environment. Thankfully, the application will support multiple devices, so I’d recommend putting one on each floor of your house if you live in a multi-floor dwelling.

Best of all, The Canary is moderately priced. The device will retail for just $199(USD), but early birds who help fund the production through Canary’s Indiegogo campaign will be able to score one for as little as $169. The project kicks off this morning, so you’ll want to move quick if you want to get in on the earliest batch, which they hope to ship in Q1 2014.

Nakabayashi Co, a Japanese company specialized in sourcing and reselling product from around the world in Japan announced last week the IPScan for iOS, a compact and portable scanner for your beloved iPhone or iPad. In just 331x110x98mm and for 740g, the IPSCan is a compact 300/600Dpi scanner that works as an iPhone/iPad doc and that will immediately scan an A4 document in to a nice JPEG file from the comfort of your iOS device. Only compatible with iOS 6 Devices, the IPSCan also require a dedicated application in order to work, iSCan Pro, that seems to be offered for free to any future IPScan buyers.
Announced at around 25,000 Yen the IPScan (PRN-A01) will be available across Japan within the end of this month (July).

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Evernote has pushed out an update for its iOS app, tossing some more features into the mix, as well as support for Skitch. Those who update to version 5.4 will find Favorites on the iPhone transformed into Shortcuts, the ability to annotate notes with Skitch, and for Premium users, a new related notes feature that pulls up relevant past content.

The shortcuts addition is something that can be pulled up with a tap on the star tab, revealing shortcuts to a variety of content, as well as saved searches if desired. The shortcuts are synced across multiple Evernote apps for those who shift between devices. Shortcuts can be created for notebooks, notes, and such by tapping the same star tab from within the content.

As mentioned, the Skitch integration with the update allows users to mark up their content, whether it is a note, an image, or a PDF. Users will need to grab the Skitch app in order to use the new functionality, after which point a Skitch icon will be available to tap, pulling up the feature. Using Skitch with PDF files is reserved for Premium users.

The related notes is as simple as it sounds – related notes being pulled up beneath newer notes, making it easier to find content you might need from your notebooks while working on something else. As long as there is related content, it will automatically be pulled up underneath the current note. This feature is also reserved for Premium users.

And rounding it all out is Announcements, which is a section that Evernote will use to push it own content for users. Among the announcements will be things like tips, updates, and popular tutorials. This feature is accessible via the Bugle icon. Aside from these big four, the rest of the changes are minor, pertaining to things like performance and stability.

SOURCE: Evernote

Evernote iOS app updated with Skitch support is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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