The popular Halo franchise is going to see a huge resurgence over the next year and a half, from Halo: The Master Chief Collection and the Halo Nightfall digital series this fall to Halo 5: Guardians next year. That’s three distinct Halo projects all releasing before the end of 2015, but based on the appearance of a job listing on Microsoft’s website this weekend, it looks like developer 343 Industries is already prepping another Halo game for the Xbox One.
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Google recently showed off new prototype tablet and smartphone hardware that was part of an intriguing endeavor dubbed “Project Tango.” Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects team has been working on the project for more than a year now, and it is focused on creating smartphones and tablets with a complex series of sensors that are capable of using a camera to quickly scan and build a 3D map of the interior of any room. One obvious use case is to create an indoor version of Google Maps Street View, but a third-party developer has put together what may be one of the most incredible mobile apps we have ever seen, and it shows us how useful Tango can be.
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Just over an hour after Apple seeded iOS 7.1.2 to the public, 9to5Mac confirmed that the Pangu untethered jailbreak originally released for iOS 7.1.1 still works on iOS devices. The jailbreak was released after Apple had already begun seeding the 7.1.1 update to carriers, so the chance that the company would have been able to combat a jailbreak in the interim was unlikely anyway.
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We’ve already seen countless images of iPhone 6 dummies and now we’re finally getting a good look at actual iPhone 6 parts. 9to5Mac has obtained some leaked images that show off the iPhone 6’s glass cover and show just how much more display space it will give you compared to the iPhone 5s.
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The Internet is truly a wondrous creation because it gives every one of us the power to show off our talents to the world that might otherwise have gone unnoticed. The People’s Daily’s Twitter account — yes, that’s the same People’s Daily that’s the official state-run newspaper of China — directs our attention to an unidentified YouTube user from Taiwan who has the amazing ability to put on a pair of pants without even once using his hands.
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The announcement of the Fire TV set-top box was inevitable. With a huge catalog of streaming movies, TV shows and original series, it only made sense that Amazon would eventually take on the likes of Roku, Apple TV and Chromecast with a powerful device of its own. But as Tyler Hayes learned, one of the most interesting features of Fire TV could quickly result in unexpected costs.
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Want to get a key Android L feature without rooting your device or downloading the entire Android L developer’s preview? Well you’re in luck — developer Shen Ye has managed to swipe the official Android L keyboard and modify it to run as a standalone keyboard app for any device that runs Android 4.0 Jelly Bean or higher.
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On Sunday evening, Samsung announced several new smartphone models. The most important may turn out to be Samsung Galaxy Star 2, which shows just how deeply into the budget market Samsung intends to burrow.
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Samsung earlier this month launched an even better version of the Galaxy S5 that featured stronger specs than the original model but that also is sadly only available in South Korea for the time being. The Galaxy S5 LTE-A was designed to take advantage of Korea’s super-fast LTE-Advanced wireless networks and support download speeds of up to 300Mbps, which are vastly faster than anything we can even dream of here in the United States.
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Apple on Monday released a new update for compatible iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. iOS 7.1.2 is available for download immediately and it brings with it several new bug fixes and other enhancements. Chief among them are iBeacon improvements, fixes for data transfer issues with some third-party accessories, and a fix for an issue with some attachments in the iOS Mail app. The update is available immediately as on over-the-air (OTA) download in Settings > General > Software Update, or it can be download and installed through iTunes.
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