Our first close look at Microsoft’s HoloLens
It’s only been a few months since Microsoft introduced the augmented reality HoloLens headset, and now we’ve finally got a close look at the unit to show you. We don’t have much to show other than these pictures at the moment — we couldn’t take pictures of the early dev unit we tried on back in January — but check back for more details shortly.
T-Mobile gives customers season-long access to MLB At Bat Premium
Once again, customers of T-Mobile are receiving free access to the premium features of MLB At Bat. The carrier will allow customers to download MLB At Bat starting May 1 and use premium features that include streaming of all games, in-game highlights, and live look-ins on key plays. All of this would normally cost $19 per season.
The initial download of the app must be done on T-Mobile’s network in order to authenticate and activate the premium features at no cost.
Source: T-Mobile
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Galaga:TEKKEN Edition storms into the Play Store, bringing some classic retro action
Galaga and Tekken have teamed up to bring the unique Galaga:TEKKEN Edition game to the Google Play Store. This game brings characters of Tekken into the Galaga universe, mixing aspects of both games perfectly. Even better is the fact that this game is completely free, so you don’t have to shell out big to relive some memories from your childhood.
Even if you haven’t played Tekken or Galaga before, this could quickly turn out to be your new favorite given the diversity of the characters and the rapid gameplay. It’s an interesting mash of the two games and will certainly strike a chord with old school gamers.
Check out the screens below to understand how the game works.
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Samsung acknowledges bug with the Galaxy S6’s management of RAM
Owners of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge are experiencing performance issues with their devices that can be blamed on the mismanagement of RAM. At times, apps are being forcefully closed. The 3GB of RAM is nearly filled to the brim due to the bug and Samsung has yet to issue a fix. The company, however, has commented informed one device owner that micro-updates for performance and stability issues are on the way.
The following is what Samsung Mobile UK said on Facebook:
Micro-updates are in the process of being rolled out to correct issues relating to device performance and stability Johan!, Keep checking for these on your device via Settings>About device>Software update>Update now
Are you experiencing this bug with your Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 Edge? Let us know in the comments.
Via: Android Community
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Vivo XPlay5S could feature a unique under-glass fingerprint scanning tech
After the Vivo X5Pro smartphone was said to be sporting an iris-sensor, a new rumor now talks of another device from the company, the XPlay5S sporting an under-glass fingerprint scanner. This essentially means that fingerprint scanning can be achieved right on the display panel, without requiring a home button or any physical key to swipe on.
At this point, CrucialTec is the only company that specializes in this technology, so it will be interesting to see what the Vivo XPlay5S has to offer. This could be the best innovation to come from the mobile industry for quite some time and will offer a more convenient way of handling user fingerprints.
The manufacturer is yet to confirm the use of this technology on the smartphone, so we’ll reserve judgement until we actually see the device in action. What do you think about this?
Source: Weibo – Translated
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Motorola’s Mother’s Day sale discounts the Moto 360 and Moto X (2015)
How about appreciating mom or yourself with something special on Mother’s Day? Over at Motorola, two flagship devices are discounted through May 12.
- Moto 360 for $179 after a $70 discount (Moto Maker available)
- Moto X (2015) for $399 after $300 discount when bundling with Sol Republic Tracks Air headphones
Source: Motorola
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Deal: Pick up a Nexus Player for $70 through Amazon, $20 of Google Play credit included
If you’re looking for a convenient way to stream movies, TV shows and games to your television, Amazon may have a great deal for you. From now until Sunday, May 3rd, you can pick up a brand new Nexus Player for just under $70 from Amazon and receive $20 of Google Play credit with your purchase. So not only do you receive a $20 discount on the Nexus Player, but you also get $20 to spend on whatever you’d like in the Play Store, whether that be movies, shows or games.
Read more: Best Media Streamers
Buying the Nexus Player from Amazon for this price will only get you the system and the remote, not the controller. So if you’d like to pick up a Gamepad for your new system, the Google Store is selling them for $39.99 (~$5 cheaper than what they cost on Amazon).
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Considering that the Nexus Player has yet to see many discounts or promotions since its launch, this is one heck of a deal. If you’re interested, be sure to head to the deal link below before time runs out!
LG G4 – Camera Focus
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The LG G4 retained a lot of the great qualities of its flagship predecessors in terms of the design and software, but one area where it greatly leapfrogged forward was in the camera experience — at least on paper. During the LG G4 launch event earlier this week we had some time with the LG G4 and while we’ve already brought you our first look and impressions, in this feature focus we take a look at the LG G4’s camera and all the features it brings to the table.
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The LG G4 camera boasts a robust feature set, with its f/1.8 aperture and OIS, along with the laser auto focus now being coupled with a color spectrum sensor, that will take a look at all the colors in your scene and analyze them for better white balancing. While the camera hardware is pretty impressive in its own right, probably one of the most exciting features is the new full-fledged manual mode that has many of the same settings you’d find on DSLRs and other professional camera equipment.
Of course, there is an auto mode present that makes it extremely quick and easy to take a shot, but it is the manual mode where you can really play around with the settings to get that perfect shot. Much like you would get on a regular camera, you have control over the white balance, manual focus, ISO, shutter speed, and exposure.
When changing the white balance settings, it isn’t just about choosing between preset options like cloudy, incandescent, or daylight. It actually comes with a meter with Kelvin readings, giving you a full gamut of white balance modes. As you will see in the video, all the changes you make happens in real time and can be seen in the viewfinder. Above the white balance meter is an auto option, to make things easier.
Manual focus is available as well, with another meter present to set the focus to exactly how you want, and with an f/1.8 aperture, you will be able to get some really nice depth of field shots. A general exposure slider is present as well. When it comes to the ISO meter, there are a lot of stops on it, and it goes up to a pretty impressive 2700.
When setting the shutter speed, options available range from 1/6000th of a second, all the way up to 30 seconds, with the latter being great for something like star gazing shots. With stops at regular intervals throughout, you can also set the shutter speed at 1 or 5 seconds to get light-trail shots also. There is also a histogram up on the left corner that shows you the different levels that you have of all the different colors in the actual shot itself. Finally, you also have the ability to take your shots in the RAW or JPEG format.
So there you have it for this quick look at the LG G4 camera! The camera has already proved to be quite impressive, courtesy of the robust manual mode it packs that rivals even some DSLR cameras, and we can’t wait to put it through its paces in an upcoming camera shootout and comprehensive review.
Android customization – how to set up two-factor authentication on your Google account
Did you get the chance to follow along our Android customization series for the last few weeks? We covered the Android SDK developer tool ADB. While designed for, well, developers, it is actually a solid tool for file transfers, installing apps from your PC, taking screen recording and even for hunting down rogue battery killer apps on your device.
This week we shift gears, we would like to look at device security, or rather, securing your entire Google account using Google Authenticator.
Before we begin
You will need an Android device and your PC to follow along today. Make sure you know your Google account password and are prepared for your Google Account to log out of all of your devices, be they Android phones, other smartphones, computers, TVs and more.
I should be more specific, the Android device you need today should be your own personal device, and it should be secured itself with a PIN, pattern or passphrase.
Finally, if you do not have it already, you will need a copy of Google Authenticator, which is free in the Google Play Store.
Google Authenticator
Google Authenticator is more than just a fleeting application, this tool turns your Android device into the master key to your entire Google experience. The premise is simple enough, Google Authenticator uses what we call two-factor authentication. In this implementation, you will sign into your PC, for example, with your standard Google email and password, but before you can continue to access your account, you will need to enter an additional access number, as provided by Google Authenticator on your Android device.
Once again, the moment you activate Google Authenticator, your Google Account will log out, or lock up, absolutely everywhere you have it signed in. Your home or work computers, all of your smartphones and tablets and more. Make sure you know your password, and can trust that your Android device with Authenticator installed is reliable and can always be connected to the internet to get you your access codes.
Set up two-factor authentication on your Google Account
Part 1: Enable two-factor on your PC
Once you have Google Authenticator installed on your device, but before you fire up the app, sit at your PC and head over to your Google Account at https://myaccount.google.com/
Your Google Account Settings page is absolutely full of great security tools and measures that you should be familiar with, do at least take the Security Checkup at the top of the page, if you have not already.
Scroll down a little way, look for 2-step verification and click into it.
Click Start Setup.
Enter a valid mobile phone number. This does not exactly have to be your phone that you are setting up Authenticator on, it will be used as a backup to Authenticator if anything goes wrong. Tap Send code and take this opportunity to time your provider, to see how long it takes them to process an SMS message. If your patience is stretched too thin, go ahead and use the Voice Call feature.
In step 2, you will enter the provided code.
In step 3, you are asked if you wish to use this computer as a Trusted computer. We are not talking about by-passing the two-factor authentication here. This will establish this computer as a backup to your phone and to the above provided phone number, if you lose them, you can use this PC to access your account.
Finally, in step 4, you will need to verify that you wish to go through with this setup. Trust me, you can very easily turn it all back off later, if you don’t like how it all works.
Part 2: Log into your Android device with the new credentials
As mentioned, you will now need to log back into all of your phones, computers and more that use your Google Account. You can tap Reconnect my apps to get on that, but I think it is easier to just head to the phone first.
Do not close your Google Account on your computer yet, but pick up your Android phone to continue.
Your Android device will be going a little crazy on you now. Your Google Account is unable to connect, but don’t worry, just tap on the error notification and follow the instructions.
For this first device, you will enter your Google Account password, which will fail, and then you’ll be asked to use a web login, just hit next to continue.
Enter your password again, then you’ll be directed to the two-factor verification page, in which you are going to need to enter a 6 digit numeric code. Google is going to send an SMS, or phone you with the code.
Enter the verification code.
Check off the box that asks if you want to trust this device in the future. If you do not turn on Don’t ask for codes again on this computer, you will need to go through all this again and again.
Finally, tap Verify.
Good news, your Google Account is configured and your Android device is Verified. Only one last step remains, to configure Google Authenticator so that you can setup all of your other devices.
Part 3: Install and configure Google Authenticator on your Android device
Head back to your computer. Head back into the Two-factor Authentication section, if it bumped you out.
You will see that your current Primary method of receiving codes is your phone number, just below that is the option to enable the mobile app instead. Tap Switch to app.
I presume you are on Android, but as you can see, a few other mobile operating systems are also supported. Choose Android and hit Continue.
Open the Google Authenticator app on your Android device.
Tap Begin setup to, well, begin set up.
If so equipped, use your Android device to scan the QR code on your computer screen. There is a link right there to help you if you cannot scan codes.
Once the QR code is scanned, it will provide a verification code, enter that into your computer and hit Verify and Save.
In the words of the app on your device, You’re all set!
What’s next
Are you still with me? That was a bit crazy, but now comes the hard part – I am sure I mentioned that you will now need to have your Android device with you everywhere you go and try to log into your account. Let the process begin.
As you log into your devices, computers and more, take careful note of which ones you choose to trust implicitly by selecting the Do not ask for a code again on this computer option. Yes, you will still need to have your password to access the devices, so you are still covered there, you just won’t be asked for the second layer of security on those machines.
Using the Google Authenticator app is really easy, simply open it and use the provided access code. Check out the video below for what Google has to say on the subject. You can see that the code resets every 30 seconds or so, which is how the system keeps your gear secure. It is well beyond modern day consumer computing equipment to reasonably anticipate a successful brute force attack in this amount of time. I hope.
Google has a thorough set of resources available surrounding two-factor authentication, be sure to hit their support pages for more details on just what this whole security tool is and how to use it.
You can use the same Authenticator app on your device to work with several different Google Accounts at the same time, just go through the setup on your computer, then scan in the secondary QR code to proceed. That is not all, you can even use the Google Authenticator app on other accounts. For example, I use it for the two-factor authentication for our team communications portal over at Slack.
Finally, remember how I told you two factor authentication is simple to disable if you don’t like it? Just head into the settings on your PC, and hit the Turn off button on the far right hand side. Please do give it a chance before you give up on it. Convenience is always sacrificed for the sake of security, but we think it is worth the trouble in this case.
Next week
I hope you got through our Android customization post this week, setting up two-factor authentication for your Google Account is much easier than it looks on paper, and more than important enough to be worth the trouble. Now that your Google Account is doubly secured, let’s dive into it – we’ll take a look at managing your Google Location History next week.
Do you use the Google Authenticator app to provide two-factor authentication for your Google Account?
Microsoft can guess your age using facial recognition
Since we’re right smack in the middle of Microsoft’s BUILD dev conference, the company’s showing off one of it’s Azure APIs with a site you can put to the test. How-Old.net allows you to upload a picture before the site recognizes faces and analyzes them to determine their age. No, I’m not 41… I’m 31, and that picture is from over two years ago. Other folks here at Engadget received results closer to their real age, but it made us wonder: why not use a web cam to snap a picture under current conditions. You know, after I’ve had a chance to apply my daily dose of wrinkle remover. Perhaps that option on the way.
The site is powered by Microsoft Azure’s Face APIs that not only recognize features and predict both gender and age. They can also group faces and determine if someone in multiple pictures is the same person. If you’ll recall, Windows 10 will use facial recognition as a log-in option, and the tools that this Azure API offers would certainly come in handy for organizing that personal photo album — expanding features already available in OneDrive.
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