Humble Cartoon Network Mobile Bundle grows to 14 games
At the start of last week, Humble Bundle launched a Cartoon Network edition of its mobile bundle. There were eleven games, based on Cartoon Network characters, available at the start. Today, the amount of games has been raised to fourteen. Donors will receive the games based on the amount donated. Any donation will net four games and that numbers climbs to the full fourteen when exceeding $8.
This round of Humble Mobile Bundle will benefit Khan Academy and Child’s Play Charity. In addition to being for a great cause, funds will be rewarded to hardworking developers.
Pay any amount to get:
- Regular Show: Best Park in the Universe
- Regular Show: Ghost Toasters
- Regular Show: Ride ‘Em Rigby
- Adventure Time: Treasure Fetch
Pay more than the average (of $6.18 at the time of this post being published) to get:
- Regular Show: The Great Prank War
- Adventure Time: Jumping Finn Turbo
- CN Superstar Soccer
- Ski Safari: Adventure Time
- Adventure Time: Fionna Fights
- Adventure Time: Rock Bandits
- Ben 10: Wrath of Psychobos
Pay more than $8 to get:
- Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake
- Adventure Time: Time Tangle
- The Powderpuff Girls: Defenders of Townsville
The Humble Cartoon Network Mobile Bundle donation period will end in just under seven days.
Source: Humble Bundle
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Best Buy website outs the Moto E (2nd gen)
While the Moto X and Moto G lines were refreshed in late 2014, the Moto E has yet to follow suit with an update, until now. Out of the blue, it seems that Best Buy has now listed up the Moto E 2nd gen, despite the fact that Motorola has yet to announce it.
The model listed on Best Buy’s website is for Sprint Prepaid and appears to be powered by a Qualcomm 1.2GHz processor, likely a Snapdragon 200. There’s also 1GB RAM, 8GB storage with microSD, a 5MP rear shooter, VGA front cam, a 4.5-inch display with 540 x 960 resolution, Android 5.0 Lollipop and allegedly the phone has support for both 3G, 4G and 4G LTE. The Best Buy listing also says the phone is 5.12×2.64x.47-inches and weighs in at 5.04 ounces. The claim of LTE support is pretty interesting, especially considering the Moto G (2nd gen) doesn’t offer LTE, although an optional LTE model did recently surface.
Much like the Moto G’s successor, the next-gen Moto E isn’t a massive update from the original, though it appears to be a more sizable upgrade than the Moto G (2nd gen) was. Some of the notable changes include increasing hte size from 4.3-inches to 4.5, going from 4GB to 8GB storage, and the addition of a VGA front cam. Oh, and LTE — if that part of the spec sheet is accurate.
While the Best Buy listing appears to be live, there’s no shipping options outside of site to store and no stores appear to have it stocked. It’s possible that Motorola’s announcement is just around the corner and Best Buy simply jumped the gun, or perhaps the phone’s launch will simply be a quiet one.
Here’s why people are volunteering for a one-way trip to Mars
If you’ve heard about the Mars One mission, you’ve probably had one overriding question: what the hell would prompt someone to volunteer for a one-way trip to another planet? Thanks to The Guardian, we now have a clearer answer. The news outlet has just published If I Die on Mars, a documentary that asks three Mars One finalists why they’re willing to leave Earth (and everyone they know) behind. In short, they have little to lose and a lot to gain. None of the three candidates has a romantic attachment, and they all feel that they’re achieving a higher purpose by settling a distant world. That common response won’t be very reassuring to their families, but it does help make sense of a seemingly irrational desire for interplanetary travel.
Filed under: Transportation, Science
Source: The Guardian (YouTube)
Android patent lawsuit between Samsung and Microsoft settled
In what has to be one of the quickest resolutions to a patent lawsuit between tech giants in recent history, Microsoft and Samsung have announced a settlement over patent royalties for some code included in Samsung’s Android devices. The lawsuit stemmed from an agreement reached between the two companies in 2011 that flared up in August 2014 when Microsoft accused Samsung of breach of contract.
According to Microsoft’s original complaint, the company claimed Samsung had failed to make agreed upon royalty payments. Microsoft was asking that the contract be declared valid and that in addition to the payments owed, that Samsung also pay interest for late payments.
Neither side revealed any details of the settlement, instead issuing a joint statement that said, “Samsung and Microsoft are pleased to announce that they have ended their contract dispute.”
source: Re/code
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Skype 5.2 for Android update making it even easier to connect
Skype has announced an update to their messaging app for Android taking it up to version 5.2. The update includes several improvements and enhancements. Grabbing the headline as a new feature now available, users can send photos to their contacts whether the receiver is online or offline. When the recipient of one of your photos logs in to Skype, they will see any photos that have been shared with them inline in their chat history.
Along with the ability to send a photo to a contact at any time, Skype made a few other improvements including:
- Picture in picture view is now supported on phones, too – letting you keep a video call going even when you navigate away to other applications
- Chats load faster, especially when opened from a notification
- Call quality improvements, especially in low bandwidth scenarios
The updated version of Skype is now available in the Google Play Store.
source: Skype
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Android patent lawsuit between Samsung and Microsoft settled
In what has to be one of the quickest resolutions to a patent lawsuit between tech giants in recent history, Microsoft and Samsung have announced a settlement over patent royalties for some code included in Samsung’s Android devices. The lawsuit stemmed from an agreement reached between the two companies in 2011 that flared up in August 2014 when Microsoft accused Samsung of breach of contract.
According to Microsoft’s original complaint, the company claimed Samsung had failed to make agreed upon royalty payments. Microsoft was asking that the contract be declared valid and that in addition to the payments owed, that Samsung also pay interest for late payments.
Neither side revealed any details of the settlement, instead issuing a joint statement that said, “Samsung and Microsoft are pleased to announce that they have ended their contract dispute.”
source: Re/code
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Apple Rumored to Update Non-Retina MacBook Air Line in Late February
The much-anticipated 12-inch Retina MacBook Air is believed to launch sometime in the middle of 2015, but a new rumor out of foreign news website Letem svetem Applem [Google Translate] points to a smaller refresh of the existing MacBook Air line hitting as early as February 24.
The website, citing sources from the Czech reseller network, states the update will come with no fanfare or keynote presentation, unsurprising considering a lack of major changes for the lineup. The company also won’t discuss the long-rumored ultra-slim MacBook Air around the launch of the new refresh, hoping the “quiet” update tides users over until later in the year.
If true, the focus on the fact that the update would be “minor” points to only slight bumps in areas like storage and processing power, with Apple choosing from 2.2GHz Core i5-5250U, 1.8GHz Core i5 chip, and 2GHz Core i7 processors, while keeping the well-known 11- and 13-inch form factors of current MacBook Airs. Intel launched the new Broadwell processors appropriate for the current MacBook Air lineup last month.
Reports of the 12-inch MacBook Air have been swirling for over a year now, but the product missed the originally rumored timeframe of a 2014 launch. Rumored to be in mass production since last month and with claimed part leaks beginning to surface, the Retina MacBook Air is reported to launch sometime in the second quarter of 2015.
Microsoft and Samsung reach settlement over royalties dispute
Microsoft has announced that it has settled a contract dispute it has been having Samsung, which could signal an eventual arrival of new Windows Phone handsets from the Korean manufacturer in the future.
Sling TV goes live for all in the US, no invite required
Cord cutters have long been waiting for ways to legitimately cut the cords and gain access to live programming without the need to also pay for cable. Dish has had the Sling Player app and some associated hardware for some time that would let you access your satellite programming, but that still meant you had to […]
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Microsoft and Samsung settle their fight over Android royalties
It looks like Microsoft and Samsung aren’t eager to drag out their dispute over Android patent royalties. The two tech giants have reached an agreement that ends Microsoft’s lawsuit over interest payments and otherwise smooths things over. The circumstances surrounding the deal are “confidential,” so it’s unclear who made the most concessions. However, it’s more likely that Microsoft came out on top. Unless the Windows developer was willing to walk away empty-handed (which is doubtful given its aggressive licensing strategy), Samsung probably had to cough up more money than it originally planned.
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Mobile, Samsung, Microsoft
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