Microsoft enters partnership with Deutsche Telekom to push devices and services
Microsoft and Deutsche Telekom have entered an agreement to push Microsoft’s Lumia devices, as well as the company’s online services like Office 365. The new marketing push will appear across Europe, in all of Deutsche Telekom’s markets, including Austria, Germany, Greece, and Poland.
OnePlus One sales to expand to 16 more European countries
The Android smartphone will soon be available in all European countries with this newly announced sales expansion.
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood for Xbox One has BJ Blazkowicz fighting Nazis once again
Developer MachineGames and publisher Bethesda Softworks announced plans today to release Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, a stand alone prequel to their acclaimed 2014 first person shooter Wolfenstein: The New Order. The game will launch May 5 for the Xbox One, among other platforms, for $19.99.
Apple Watch featured on cover of Chinese magazine Yoho
The Apple Watch is once again being shown off in the pages of a fashion magazine, this time China’s Yoho.
Apple’s upcoming wearable continues its pre-launch media campaign, this time with Apple Watch Sport on the cover and a feature inside the April issue of Yoho.
Other recent Apple Watch appearances include the U.S. and French edition of Vogue and Hong Kong’s East Touch.
Apple is holding a “Spring Forward” event event on March 9, where they are expected to unveil more information about the Apple Watch.
Via: AppleInsider
Samsung’s Galaxy S6 themes let you take control of TouchWiz
Your Galaxy S6 won’t have to look like everyone else’s, that is if you can find a theme that fits your style.
Most of the criticism surrounding Samsung’s software is about the looks more than the functionality, but with the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge Samsung is giving users the ability to quickly and easily change the look of TouchWiz. Usually reserved to those who want to root their phones or use various other tricks and third-party apps, theming is now baked into the software on the latest Samsung flagships. It isn’t as complete or tweakable as some may want, but it offers more customization than any previous version of TouchWiz did.
Three will be the exclusive UK tariff partner for the Honor 6 Plus
The UK carrier will give consumers a chance to buy the the new 5.5-inch smartphone with a 24 month contract.
You can pin individual settings to the Start screen in Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2
The Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL have been announced this week at MWC 2015, and they come with a newer version of Windows Phone 8.1. Other Windows Phone users are probably going to see the new features in an update called Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2. The changes are subtle, but make life a little easier. We’ve noticed the settings page received some changes, including the ability to pin individual settings to the Start screen. Watch our hands-on video to see it in action.
This just might be the only video of the BlackBerry Slider
Well, thus far anyway. Since BlackBerry showed off their BlackBerry Slider at Mobile World Congress, one question people have been asking is, how come no one got a good picture of it? Even our own Derek Kessler who was there couldn’t capture it. Well, Ron Louks, BlackBerry’s President of devices and emerging solutions only showed the device on stage for approximately five seconds.
If higher quality images exist, even BlackBerry isn’t sharing them on their company blog. However, Mobile World Live was there at the event yesterday documenting the occasion for Mobile World Congress and they managed to capture at least some video of the all new BlackBerry Slider. You can skip to 2 minutes and 40 seconds in the above video to see more.
Huawei confirmed to make the next Nexus phone
Last week we told you that not one, but two Nexus phones could get launched this year,and it was rumored that LG and Huawei would be the makers. Today we are getting further confirmation on Huawei as the Director of China Research at iSuppli, Kevin Yang, has confirmed it.
If you look at this in hindsight, it can’t be a surprise since Huawei is so up and coming right now, it’s ridiculous. They are sitting as the 3rd phone manufacturer in the world in terms of market share and they made a huge splash with a very nice looking Android Wear smartwatch. It will be interesting to see if Huawei utilizes their own Kirin processor in the phone.
It still hasn’t been officially confirmed if there will indeed be two Nexus handsets, but as I said before, it makes the most sense to offer new versions of the Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 since Google cannot offer a Nexus 7 phone for obvious reasons.
source: Weibo-iSuppli
via: GizmoChina
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Nvidia to launch GRID game streaming in May
Nvidia has just unveiled details about its upcoming GRID game streaming service, which will offer AAA titles at up to 1080p 60fps over your internet connection. The company has dubbed it the “Netflix of games” and the platform will launch with more than 50 games in its catalogue.
GRID will operate with two different subscription options, a basic package and a “premium” tier, which doesn’t have a price yet. A decent internet connection is a requirement to stream games without lag, as Nvidia has targeted a reasonably low latency of 150ms between the user and its servers.
Nvidia demoed a handful of games reportedly streaming from its servers. Some big names already running on the streaming platform include Batman: Arkham Knight, The Witcher 3, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and Resident Evil: Revelations 2. GRID will be used to bring all of these titles, and more, to Nvidia’s newly announced Shield 4K gaming console. Visual quality seems marginally lower than playing the game directly on a PC or console, but it holds up very well overall and some level of video compression is expected in order to keep latency low enough.
Nvidia has been promising this technology for a quite a while, but the streaming service is now scheduled to launch in May, alongside the Shield 4K. You can already check out the list of launch titles on Nvidia’s GRID website.
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