Mortal Kombat X for Xbox One goes up for digital pre-order
If you’re chomping at the bit to get your hands on Mortal Kombat X, you can now digitally pre-order the game for your Xbox One a little under a month ahead of its April 14 launch date.
5 tips for shooting videos on Android
Your Android phone can take some great videos, as long as you know how to use it.
While there’s a constant conversation about which Android device takes the best photos, the ability to capture decent video is something most smartphones are capable of nowadays. Whether you’re grabbing a sneaky video of your friend tumbling face-first down the water slide into the pool or recording your child’s first steps, video is one of those things that everyone will want to do at some point.
The difference between a cool video and an amazing video usually has way more to do with the person holding the camera, and the cool thing about people is they don’t require a software update. With that in mind, here’s a couple of quick tips for shooting video on Android.
Apple’s bringing smarter and automated iAds to iTunes Radio
Apple today has extended automated iAd purchasing to iTunes Radio, along with the introduction of a new ad-targeting system called Customer Match.
The news was reported by AdAge, which says:
Starting on Thursday, Apple is extending its mobile advertising network to iTunes Radio, its web streaming service that competes with Pandora, through programmatic ad buying. Previously, advertisers had to buy through Apple’s lean iAd sales staff. The new feature also comes with updated targeting capabilities, using customer phone numbers and email addresses that can be cross-referenced anonymously against marketers’ data.
Apple originally started automating its iAd purchase process in November of last year when it partnered with three advertising firms in an effort to make it easier to buy ad space in supported apps.
Of course, the new ad targeting feature, Customer Match, is sure to raise some alarms from privacy-minded individuals. However, AdAge notes that privacy has been a top concern for Apple in implementing the feature:
As it pitches advertisers, Apple is stressing privacy controls as paramount. When a brand matches Apple’s customer data with its own, Apple insists neither it nor the client can see which customer is matched.
In addition to the above precautions, AdAge notes that if users are still uncomfortable with ad-targeting, they have the option of opting out of the feature altogether.
Source: AdAge
MWC 2015 Final Recap – Insider Perspective
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Hey guys, Ash here! I don’t normally get around to providing a more personal post but we wanted to change things up a bit. This year, the guys over at Android Authority graciously allowed me to partake in all the great content you witnessed over the past few weeks. It was a hard but absolutely amazing time.
The buzz, hype and chaos of the everyday at MWC was a sight to behold. We saw big product announcements from Samsung, HTC, Huawei and more. If they were the ‘rockstars’ then there were a number of ‘indies’ in full flourish too, debuting all sorts of intriguing products and technologies.
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Being involved in the industry that we currently occupy, its easy to forget the backdrop that is the foundation of MWC and that is Barcelona. It was also my first time here which is probably slightly odd considering London isn’t too far but I must say that the city is vibrant, full of great architecture and people but more importantly, a general attitude which would be appreciated in any city.
I don’t want to keep all of you too long but over the past week I’ve been working on something I want to show you all. It’s some highlights of MWC, but not just limited to technology. It’s more than that – it’s the great people, great moments and the great AA team which we’re all fortunate to have. They all worked incredibly hard, sacrificing a number of hours not normally seen elsewhere. I hope you all like it.
Be sure to check out the other great content from MWC 2015, including our excellent podcast that we recorded on scene in Barcelona. You can also see AA’s top picks of MWC here. Thank you all for the warm welcome and I’ll see you soon!
Drop the controller: Atari Fit arrives in the Play Store
Prior to today, consumers would never associate Atari with health and fitness. The company has spent years in the video game industry but now sits quietly without much activity. Today, Atari has released an app to better the well-being of users. Atari Fit takes gaming elements and drops them into a health and fitness app. Individually or with friends, users earn points by completing a task or objective. These points can be used on items such as classic Atari games and additional workouts.
Atari Fit does feature compatibility with health and fitness aggregators such as Google Fit, Runkeeper, and Facebook.
Hit the break for the gallery and download links.
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Fitness Magazine Shares Behind-the-Scenes Details on New Apple Watch Cover
The Apple Watch has already been spotted within the pages of several fitness and fashion-oriented magazines during the month of March as Apple makes an advertising push ahead of the device’s launch, and as of this week, it’s also scored a spot on the cover of Fitness Magazine.
On the cover, model Kate Bock wears an Apple Watch sport with an aluminum band. The Apple Watch feature focuses heavily on images and doesn’t offer much in the way of details compared to other Apple Watch magazine spots, but Fitness shared some information about the shoot with MacRumors, giving us an interesting inside look at Apple’s Apple Watch marketing efforts.
Apple first reached out to the magazine about HealthKit following the launch of the iPhone 6, which developed into a relationship that allowed Fitness to be the first women’s magazine to photograph the Apple Watch back in early December.
The prototype Apple Watch that was provided to Fitness and photographed on the wrist of Kate Bock was accompanied by an Apple security detail to prevent it from disappearing. Apple representatives were also on hand to approve the photos that were taken.
Ahead of the shoot, Apple asked Fitness to share details on the concept of the cover, who would wear the watch, and what the model would be wearing. After the photo shoot, Apple’s own creative team was involved in editing the photos to make sure the Apple Watch looked good. Fitness Editor-in-Chief Betty Wong described the process to MacRumors, and shared her plans for future Apple Watch features in the magazine.
Apple was pretty engaged from the beginning and wanted to know details like who would be model be who would be wearing it, what sort of attire would she be wearing and what the concept of the cover would be. They liked FITNESS for our tech-savvy, goal-oriented female audience, and thought we’d be great partners in helping showcase the Apple Watch.
Apple reps were on-set at our cover shoot for the whole day to make sure the watch was photographed well. Then once we made our selects, their creative team helped with the retouching to make sure the face of the watch was lit up and live.
I hope to be able to get my hands on an Apple Watch Sport sample in the coming month and really put it to a sweat test for Fitnessmagazine.com to see how useful it is in helping our readers stay motivated to exercise, keep track of their physical activity, or connect with people and their to-do lists while out for a run.
With the Apple Watch positioned as Apple’s first wearable accessory, it’s no surprise to learn the company has been carefully curating its image and exercising control over the way it’s portrayed in magazines. Apple wants people to see the Apple Watch as fashionable, sporty, and genuinely useful to the average person rather than as something geeky and technical that doesn’t belong in the fashion world. Thus far, Apple’s Apple Watch marketing efforts have been split between posing the Apple Watch as a fashion statement and as a fitness accessory.
On the fitness side, the Apple Watch has been featured in this month’s issue of Fitness and it was on the cover of the March issue of Self magazine, on the wrist of Candice Swanepoel. Self did a full feature on the Apple Watch, highlighting its accelerometer, heart rate sensor, and more. Model Christy Turlington has also been promoting the fitness-oriented features of the Apple Watch, both on stage at Apple’s March 9 event and on a personal blog on Apple.com. Turlington is using the Apple Watch as she prepares for the London Marathon in April.
On the fashion side, the Apple Watch has been featured in Vogue, Style, East Touch, and YOHO. Late last year, it was on the cover of Vogue China and it was shown off at an exclusive event at Parisian fashion boutique Colette. It will also be featured in a number of high-end exclusive popup shops around the world after it’s released.
As the launch of the Apple Watch creeps closer, it’s likely the device will continue to appear within an increasing number of magazines and newspapers as Apple attempts to market the device to a wide range of potential customers. The Apple Watch will be available beginning on April 24, but it will be available for pre-order and in-store try ons starting on April 10.
The Big Picture: This missile can knock out warheads in space
Rising from a wall of flames, a Raytheon RIM-161 Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) takes flight from the Deveselu missile defense base in Romania. Designed to intercept short- and intermediate-range cruise missiles before the inbound threats re-enter the atmosphere, the SM-3 has been likened to “shooting a bullet with another bullet.” This cruise missile killer is deployed both on land and at sea where it is utilized as part of the Navy’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense.
Via: Raytheon
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Microsoft Translator for Windows Phone picks up support for Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian
The Microsoft Translator app for Windows Phone received an update today, bringing added support for a few new languages.
The new languages supported for online translation are Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian, with the latter also picking up camera translation support.
Acer launches Iconia Tab 10, available for $249
Acer has made a new addition in their line of tablets with Iconia Tab 10. The tablet comes with a 10.1 inch screen with a 1920×1080 resolution, with a Zero Air Gap touch panel and Gorilla Glass 4. To make the screen even better, Acer also added a fingerprint-resisting coat which will keep your screen clean and your experience smoother. It also has a 170-degree viewing angle, which is not bad for such a tablet.
Under the hood, it features a Mediatek quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 5MP rear facing camera, along with a 2MP front facing camera, HDMI port, 32GB of storage, microSD up to 128GB, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0. The tablet also comes with Dolby technology to make your tablet experience even better. Acer is offering all this for a price tag of $249. The Acer Iconia Tab 10 is available on Acer Store and also other retailers as well.
Are you planning to grab one? Let us know in the comment box below.
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T-Mobile Nexus 6 receiving Android 5.1 Lollipop OTA build LYM47M
So far, the rollout of Android 5.1 Lollipop has been… odd. Ever since Google officially announced it about a week ago, many people have been confused as to which build numbers coincide with each device. The first OTA update that we saw a few days ago, carrying build LMY47D, went out to international devices. Only a few days later, a new build, LMY47E, appeared on the official Nexus Factory Image page that was shipping on the Verizon Nexus 6. T-Mobile Nexus 6 owners are finally getting the update to Android 5.1, but labeled as yet another build: LMY47M.
For right now, we’re not seeing too many differences between the LMY47M build and the other two. T-Mobile’s software update page tells us that the Android 5.1 update will bring the normal additions we’re seeing on other devices running 5.1: Device Protection, a number of software stability fixes, and some squashed bugs. T-Mobile’s update also brings VoLTE to the Nexus 6.
While we try to find out what exactly has changed between build numbers, Nexus 6 owners on T-Mobile, you can start mashing your “check for update” buttons now. The update will come in at 409MB, so make sure you have enough room on your device before you try to update.
For those of you how have 5.1 already, how are you liking the update?
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