Apple Watch App Store is ready to equip your device upon arrival
If you’ve already ordered Apple’s smartwatch, it should arrive sometime in the next few weeks. To prep for that delivery, the App Store’s selection of Watch-specific apps is available for browsing on the web or with that trusty iOS device. The Wall Street Journal reports that over 3,000 software options now reside in iTunes, ready to outfit the wearable with tools for keeping tabs on scores, fitness data, news, social channels, payments and more. Of course, if you haven’t secured one yet, you won’t be able to nab the gadget at your local retail store tomorrow, so you’ll have to wait until it arrives by mail.
Filed under: Wearables, Software, Apple
Source: Apple
JXE Streams: Playing ‘Shovel Knight’ PS4 with Yacht Club Games
Shovel Knight raised a mighty pixelated fist to the sky when it came to Nintendo Wii U, 3DS and PC in 2014. Yacht Club Games created a marvelously assured debut, giving the little blue warrior and his righteous spade an adventure that felt classical in the tradition of Mega Man and Castlevania while also smartly modern. Wandering intricately detailed stages full of enemies and pits to jump over recalled the NES’ best but never felt cloying, never retro for retro’s sake. Now Shovel Knight‘s made the leap to PlayStation 4, PS4, and PS Vita so we’re checking back in with the game on today’s stream with Yacht Club Games.
We’ll be streaming a piping hot plate of Shovel Knight on PS4 starting at 3:30PM ET right here in this post, at the top of Engadget.com/gaming and over on Twitch.tv/Joystiq. Come hang out with us and ask questions of the Yacht Club Games crew as they talk about how Shovel Knight‘s changed since it first came out.
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[We’re playing Shovel Knight on PlayStation 4, streamed through an Elgato Capture HD via OBS at 720p.]
Chinese automaker shows off country’s first EV sports car
It shouldn’t be a surprise that China is looking to zero-emission vehicles to help tackle its air-quality issues. Beijing-based CH-Auto is looking to take advantage of that push with the country’s first all-electric sports car dubbed the Event. The company used the recent Beijing Auto Show to show off its sleek two-seater EV. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Event packs a 48kWh battery and can sprint to 100KPH (62MPH) in less than five seconds. As for range, WSJ says we can expect about 155 miles on a charge, while recharging takes around six hours using a 220-volt source.
No firm price details are available yet, but analysts are expecting it to sell for roughly 700,000 yuan ($113,000). While this isn’t the first time the Event has been shown off at the Beijing Auto Show, CH-Auto is inching closer to production with a projected start date in late 2016. Of course, the high-tech sports car is just the first in what CH-Auto hopes will be a full lineup cars, including more traditional, mass-market vehicles. The company reportedly wants to churn out up to 500,000 vehicles each year some day. Before those plans get off the ground, however, it’ll have to convince local buyers to opt for its EV offering over traditional sports cars, established EV makers like Tesla and upcoming electric options from the likes of Aston Martin and others.
[Image credit: CH-Auto]
Filed under: Transportation
Source: The Wall Street Journal
You can now browse through notes with Google Keep on your Android Wear device
If you’re a Google Keep user with an Android Wear device, managing your notes will soon become much easier. In a new update that’s rolling out now, Google Keep is getting better Android Wear support, allowing you to dismiss and scroll through notes directly from your wrist.
In previous versions, you could only use Keep to take a quick note on your wrist, but now you can do much more than that. To open Keep from your Wear device, you can scroll through and select Keep from your apps list, or simply say “OK Google, open Keep.” If you’d like to take a new note, just say “OK Google, take a note.” When the app opens on your wrist, you can scroll through your notes by swiping up and down, tap on an existing note to view it, or press the plus sign to create a new note. Also in this update, Google has added in recurring reminder support on Android Wear, too.
The update is rolling out to the Google Play Store as we speak. You can follow the Play link below to check for the update, or if you don’t want to wait, we’ve attached the APK file below.
Comcast will drop its bid for Time Warner Cable
That heavily-criticized $45 billion Comcast and Time Warner Cable merger? Well, it looks like it’s not going to happen after all. Bloomberg reports that the former company is dropping its bid to acquire the latter, with an official announcement expected as soon as tomorrow. Just yesterday, reports surfaced that the FCC was looking to put the deal in front of a judge, serving as the latest sign that the merger could be doomed. It appears that now, despite efforts to lobby support and offer concessions, Comcast will finally give up on bringing over 30 million cable customers under one roof. Much of the criticism has been that deal wouldn’t be good for consumers, with little incentive to offer solid service once the two massive cable providers merged.
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[Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images]
Filed under: Misc, Home Entertainment, Internet, HD
Source: Bloomberg
NVIDIA will offer the SHIELD TV with 500 GB of storage
NVIDIA made a huge splash when they announced the SHIELD TV, which is an Android TV set-top box on serious steroids. Priced at $199, NVIDIA is clearly going after other consoles like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. However with only 16 GB of storage, that won’t satisfy the hardcore gamer.
Sure, you can attached a USB drive to it, but built-in storage is just plain cleaner. It looks like NVIDIA has realized this need because they are now showing a 500 GB version on their site, which is priced at $299. That’s $100 more than the basic 16 GB version.
We can only assume the rest of the specs are the same which include a Tegra X1 processor, 256-core Maxwell GPU, 3GB RAM, support for 4K video playback at 60 FPS, 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound pass through over HDMI, 802.11ac 2×2 MIMO 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1/BLE, Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI 2.0, Two USB 3.0 (Type A), Micro-USB 2.0, MicroSD slot, and IR Receiver (compatible with Logitech Harmony).
On top of the basic Android TV interface, the SHIELD TV will offer a streaming gaming solution. NVIDIA’s GRID service will allow Players to stream select Windows PC games to the device. They will offer both 720p and 1080p subscription models in June.
The SHIELD TV is supposed to be available in early May, which isn’t too far off. We aren’t sure if the 500 GB version will be available at the same time though.
What do you think? Will NVIDIA be able to compete in the console war?
source: NVIDIA (click on “Purchase” to the left)
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TestFlight Updated to Support WatchKit Apps for Apple Watch [iOS Blog]
Apple today updated TestFlight with support for WatchKit apps on Apple Watch and minor stability and performance improvements.
TestFlight is a beta testing service that enables developers to seed pre-release versions of their apps to select individuals for testing.
The official App Store for Apple Watch apps went live earlier today.
OnePlus restarts Lollipop update for the One with “Ok, OnePlus” feature built-in
The Lollipop update for the OnePlus One was said to have been delayed by the manufacturers to make sure that they bake in a new “Ok, OnePlus” voice command feature that would work in lieu of the standard “Ok, Google” command.
The company has now started the update yet again with this feature on board. This should officially put an end to your wait to get Android 5.0 Lollipop on the OnePlus One.
To be specific, this update is pertaining to the CyanogenMod12S update that the OnePlus One is expected to receive from Cyanogen. The update is 584MB in size with build number YNG1TAS17L and will come bundled with all the goodness of Lollipop. This is a significant update for the smartphone considering that it’s coming from Android 4.4 KitKat.
If you own a OnePlus One and are eligible to receive updates from Cyanogen, the OTA notification should be on its way.
Source: OnePlus Forums
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Dual-sim version of LG G4 surfaces in Iran
It seems there may not be much left for LG to share with the world when they hold their LG G4 launch event next week in New York City. Just in the last day we have seen a leak about pricing for the smartphone and more information about the user interface to join all the previous information that has surfaced. Another tidbit of information that turned up thanks to a site in Iran is that a dual-sim version of the LG G4 exists. Coming from Iran, we think this variant will be available in that country and we would guess it will find its way to other markets where dual-sim devices are commonplace.
The dual-sim nature of the LG G4 pictured in the image is revealed by the icon on the bottom of the screen. Along with that image, the source of the leak also grabbed a couple images showing some views of both the leather back cover as well as one of the plastic versions.
source: Zoomit
via: phoneArena
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Samsung starts updating Galaxy Tab S 8.4 with Lollipop
Owners of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 should be on the lookout for a notification letting them know an update is available. Samsung has started rolling out the update to Android Lollipop for the WiFi version of the tablet. This update is hitting about one month after Samsung started updating the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 to Lollipop. Like the update that went out for that larger device, Samsung is basing this update for the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 on Android 5.0.2.
Like most major updates these days, Samsung is deploying the update in a phased manner, so it may take a little while before it shows up on user devices. The update will be available over-the-air or through Samsung Kies.
source: SamMobile
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