Grab one of these Galaxy S4 skin cases today for only $2.95!
The Mobi Skin is a slim, form-fitting TPU case that wraps around your Samsung Galaxy S4 to protect against drops and scratches while providing a better grip on your device. The back features both glossy and smooth matte finishes for a unique look. Get yours today and save 80%
Spotify for Windows Phone updated with an iOS-esque visual revamp
Spotify has released an update for Windows Phone to bring its app on par with its Android and iOS offering. The latest release – version 5.0 – includes a UI revamp that provides subscribers with an iOS-esque interface, deploying transparency and other visual features. While the new Spotify does not strictly follow Microsoft’s Modern UI, the new look is actually rather nice.
These BlackBerry Q10 anti-glare screen protectors are only $8.95 today while supplies last
These custom protectors from BodyGuardz are designed to shield your BlackBerry Q10’s display from scuffs and scratches while reducing annoying glare at the same time. Including 2 per package, you can apply one right away and save the extra for when you need to replace yours, or share it with a fellow Q10 user!
Wrap your iPhone 5/5S in this glossy skin case and save 67% today
The Amzer skin’s gloss finish abridges your iPhone’s subtle contours, giving you the sleek look of a hard case and the shock absorption of a soft case. This case is fashioned from multiple thermoacrylics forming a cover that is highly elastic and highly resistant to oil, corrosion and abrasions. Yours today for only $4.95!
Deep-fried graphene may be the key to long-lasting batteries
The deep frying process isn’t just useful for livening up your food — it might also be the ticket to better batteries in your mobile devices. South Korean researchers have created highly conductive, stable electrode materials by spraying graphene oxide droplets into a very hot blend of acid and organic solvent, much like you’d dip chicken into oil. The resulting “pom-poms” (what you see above) aren’t at all tasty, but their open 3D structure makes them far better for transferring electrical charges than plain graphene.
Other scientists have developed 3D graphene before, with similar energy capacitance. However, this deep-fry method is a lot easier to translate to mass production — it’s simple and scales easily to larger batches. This is just one piece of the puzzle (albeit an important one), so it’ll be a while before you see batteries based on this trick. Should everything pan out, though, your future smartphone or electric car may last much longer thanks to some carbon-based cuisine.
[Image credit: Chemical Materials]
Filed under: Science
Via: Daily Dot
Source: Chemical & Engineering News
Cookie Jam: Your ultimate tips, hints, and cheats guide!
Cookie Jam is either a striking homage or shameless copy of the mega-popular Candy Crush series of games. Regardless, there’s no denying that jamming cookies just as addicting and can consume just as much of your free time as crushing candies. What’s more, there are just as many tips, hints, and cheats that can not only help you blaze through levels faster, but even earn you unlimited free lives without spending a dime. If that sounds good to you, follow along for our top tips!
1. How to get unlimited free lives in Cookie Jam
Cookie Jam is susceptible to the same date and time change trick as most similar games. When you run out of lives, simply hop into the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad and change the time forward a few hours. Hop back into Cookie Jam and voila, you should have lives again. You can repeat this trick as often as you’d like. Just remember that when you’re done, you’ll need to put the time back to normal or you may run into issues with iMessage.
2. Played Candy Crush? Look for the same patterns!
Cookie Jam is so derivative, It even includes the same patterns and types of special pieces as Candy Crush. That means 5 candies in a row will do the same thing a donut will, an L or T shape formation will give you an exploding ingredient. There are a few differences but seriously, use your candy crushing abilities to your advantage. That being said, if you havne’t already, be sure you check out our Candy Crush guides as well, since many of the same rules, tips, and tricks, will apply here.
- Candy Crush: Top 10 tips, tricks, and cheats
- Candy Crush Soda Saga: Top 10 tips, tricks, and cheats you need to know
- Even more Candy Crush help and information
3. Save your rolling pins for hard to reach corners
Rolling pins will clear an entire row of ingredients in one go. While it’s tempting to use them to finish off a certain type of ingredient, it’s much smarter to save them for obnoxious corners and crevices you can’t reach easily. For example, if you have waffles that you have to clear, you’ll run into many times where they hide in corners that are hard to match.
4. Let the gingerbread men do themselves in
Don’t go chasing gingerbread men around the board. Of course you have to keep an eye on them but for the most part, they’ll take care of themselves in due time. By that I mean look for patterns above and around them. For example, if a green gingerbread man is moving up a row and there are two green candies not far from him, let him move there and then swipe him to his demise. Don’t try to lower pieces or bring them to his level, you’re better than that.
5. Always make moves at the bottom of the board first
When you make moves at the top of the board, you typically don’t ever have an opportunity to get combos. This is because less pieces are moved around all at once. Instead, always take all your moves at the bottom of the board first. This way, you create a cascade effect and more new pieces become available. And hey, sometimes the pieces you would have swapped at the top take care of themselves as pieces fall.
6. Focus on special cookies more than ingredients, most of the time
7. For 3 stars, end with as many moves left as possible
While some folks are A-OK with passing a level with a mere one star, there are lots of us out there that just don’t think that’s good enough. In order to master each level, not only do you need to clear ingredients and become a combo master, one of the best ways to earn all 3 stars is to end with as many moves as possible. This way you get special ingredient pieces at the very end to pad your score even more. So watch for patterns and clear as much as you can in single moves. And most importantly, avoid meaningless moves at all cost.
8. Don’t assume combos with special candies are your best move
It’s super easy to get distracted by two special candies sitting right next to each other. It’s almost as if there’s a tiny voice inside your head that says “Swipe them now!” That being said, it isn’t always your best option. While swapping two rainbow cakes or a rainbow cake and a striped ingredient are always a sure bet, two diagonal ingredients and a few other combinations are not typically worth wasting. Instead, save them for when they are in better positions independently and can serve you two purposes.
Your top Cookie Jam tips?
Those are our top tips for jamming as many cookies as possible. We’re always on the lookout for more, however, so if you know any others, tell us all about them in the comments!
YouTube app jumps to version 10, but only small changes noted [APK download]
Google has started the process of rolling out an update to YouTube taking it from version 6.0.3 up to version 10.02.3. The jump in version number seems odd as most indications thus far are that the changes are mostly cosmetic in nature with no major changes or features included. The biggest change seems to be in the “intents” screen that pops up when a user decides they want to share a video. Instead of a list of applications to choose from, a grid display is brought up instead.
Besides switching to a grid display for sharing, the new window also includes an option to “Copy URL” that is displayed in the top bar of the pop-up window. Outside of the change in the sharing options, voice search is once again present in the app. Upon hitting the search icon, users will notice a small microphone in the search bar. Just tapping that brings up the voice input box.
Others who are really paying attention to the YouTube app may notice the “replay” spinner is now pointing in the opposite direction. Sources indicate the code for the APK also includes some references to YouTube’s forthcoming video editing features. None of that code is active or visible to end users at present though. Users are also reporting performance seems to be a little bit better, particularly on older hardware, so the code may have been optimized a bit.
You can grab the APK to install manually on your device by visiting the source link below. If you are willing to be patient though, you can wait for the update to hit your account and then handle it through your normal update process.
source: APK Mirror
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From the Editor’s Desk: Doing the right thing when no one’s tweeting …
There was no liveblogging. Only a smattering of tweeting. And not a single selfie stick. The “Living the Dream” event my wife and I attended Saturday night, honoring generations of civil rights leaders and ushering in the new generations to come, was quite the departure from CES in Las Vegas a week ago.
I freely admit I probably don’t appreciate the importance of an event like that. But it was clear to see just how important it was for others, particularly those who were around for the civil rights era in the 1960s.
But what really stood out was this — and I promise I’m tying this all back to mobile in a second:
Marriott backtracks under pressure from FCC, Microsoft, Google
Marriott’s efforts to block its customers’ personal WiFi hotspots have ended, according to a statement from the company.
Last month, Microsoft and Google expressed concern over the issue, and Marriott is finally backtracking.
In an email to Inc., a Marriott spokesperson said, “Marriott International listens to its customers, and we will not block guests from using their personal Wi-Fi devices at any of our managed hotels,
The FCC had also filed a complaint against Marriott, so that was likely part of the decision to stop using cell jammers as well.
Source: TechnoBuffalo
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Hackers wreck a game making fun of North Korea’s leader
Clearly, hackers who sympathize with North Korea don’t have a great sense of humor. Weeks after Sony briefly cancelled The Interview, Moneyhorse Games has frozen work on its Kim Jong-un parody shooter Glorious Leader. The studio says that hackers destroyed game data and locked the company out of its computers, making it tough to both continue work on the dictator-inspired side-scroller and maintain a crowdfunding drive for the title. The funding goals weren’t likely to be met as-is, for that matter. This isn’t the first time Moneyhorse has faced an attack, but it’s serious enough that the company is “reevaluating” its willingness to go forward with a game that has dealt with multiple threats.
Don’t be too quick to blame the Guardians of Peace or North Korea’s cyberwarfare team. While it’s not clear who’s responsible, Moneyhorse believes that an “opportunistic copycat” was more likely behind the campaign. No matter who’s to blame, it’s not exactly heartening when even unreleased indie games aren’t safe from hacks. And how else are we going to see Kim riding a pegasus?
Via: USA Today
Source: Kickstarter (1), (2)
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