Google Play launches app pre-registration feature with Terminator Genisys: Revolution
Being able to sign up for a product before it is actually available is not a new sales strategy and is actually used quite often in the smartphone industry. Google has been working to bring a similar strategy to their Play Store. For example, Avengers: Age of Ultron was made available for pre-order at the same time it hit theaters. Now Google is bringing this feature to the Apps portion of their marketplace.
The first title to get this treatment comes from Glu Mobile and is the companion app to this summer’s new Terminator franchise entry. The game is Terminator Genisys: Revolution and is now listed in the Play Store. Where users may normally find the Buy or Install button, they are greeted with a “Pre-register” button. This does not commit a user to buying the title – it merely sets up a notification for when the title is released.
With regard to Terminator Genisys: Revolution, it will be a third-person shooter set in the year 2028. Players will be tasked with helping John Conner escape from a Skynet prison camp and take the fight to the machines. Besides all of the weapons and locations, users will be able to fight next to characters from the movie.
If you are interested in the game, head over to the Play Store and get pre-registered. No availability date is listed, but it will likely be close to the release of the movie which is scheduled for July 1st.
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via: Android Police
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Recommended Reading: Wearing Google Glass every day for two years
Recommended Reading highlights the best long-form writing on technology and more in print and on the web. Some weeks, you’ll also find short reviews of books that we think are worth your time. We hope you enjoy the read.
Two Years Through the Looking Glass
by Allen Firstenberg
I’m pretty sure there’s nothing I’ve done every day for the last two years. Maybe I’ve taken a vitamin, but I’m sure I missed a day here or there. Allen Firstenberg is way more dedicated to habit than I am, though. He’s been wearing Google Glass since he received the headset two years ago and has a load of observations about the past, present and future of the tech.
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Masters of the Universe: Marvel’s Unprecedented Storytelling Gamble Sure, Marvel’s recent comic book films have seen their share of box office success, but bringing the Marvel Cinematic Universe with narratives that span not only films, but also franchises , is a massive undertaking. |
Reasonable Doubt: Is Jay Z All About the Money or the Fans? At this point, I’m sure few people doubt that Jay Z’s upcoming concerts — where he’ll perform so-called deep cuts — are little more than an attempt to draw new subscribers to his struggling music-subscription service. |
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The Weird, Wonderful History of Basketball Retrieval Device Patents for Lonely Shooters Practicing your free throws by yourself usually ends up being more of a workout than you intended. SB Nation runs down a collection of patents that aimed to solve that problem, and some of them are downright strange. |
‘Our Demand Is Simple: Stop Killing Us’ Since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, last August, a group of activists have leveraged social media to quickly mobilize civil-rights protests in cities where other police shootings occur, building perhaps the biggest movement of the 21st century. |
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Filed under: Misc
Mozilla launches Firefox OS phones in Morocco and Senegal
Firefox OS might be in a distant fourth place (or further?) here domestically, but Mozilla sees plenty of value for it in emerging countries. Specifically? Senegal and Madagascar in Africa, where it recently partnered with French telecom Orange to launch the KLIF. And no, you aren’t wrong, it’s neither a flip-phone or a slider. Nor is it transparent. A Mozilla blog post says that the main idea with this 3G smartphone is to get more people online in places where they previously couldn’t. It’s the web outfit following through on a promise it made back at Mobile World Congress in Spain, and the Middle East is where we’ll see the initiative pop up next.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile
Via: The Verge
Source: The Mozilla Blog (official)
Russia and China promise not to hack each other
Russia and China have further solidified their growing friendship this week by making a cybersecurity pact. According to The Wall Street Journal, the two countries have sworn not to launch cyberattacks against each other. They’ve also agreed to an exchange not only of technologies, but also of information (such as data about cyber threats) between their law enforcement agencies. In addition, the two heads of states promised to have each other’s backs and thwart any technology that might “destabilize the internal political and socio-economic atmosphere,” “disturb public order” or “interfere with the internal affairs of the state” together.
The two countries have been friends since the end of the cold war. But Russia has been turning to the East more and more after its military actions in the Ukraine affected its relationship with the US and the rest of Europe. The WSJ says this new agreement “is the latest sign that Beijing and Moscow favor changes to global Internet governance that would reduce the traditional role of the US.” Both nations believe the government should have tighter control over the internet and their people’s digital information. It’s also in line with Russian Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov’s confirmation last year that the country’s conjuring up a plan of action to take in case their “esteemed partners [US and Europe] suddenly decide to shut [them] off from the Internet.”
As for China, well, everybody knows the country’s frenemies with the US, even though things have been awkward since the DOJ charged five Chinese military men for espionage in 2014. Sure, it made this pact with Russia, but it also recently started working with Homeland Security to fight cyber criminals.
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Filed under: Misc
Via: The Hill
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Fox officially plans ‘Minority Report’ TV show for this fall
It’s official: Fox will bring back Minority Report later this year. Steven Spielberg directed the 2002 movie, and his company Amblin TV is behind the new TV series, set 10 years after the end of “pre-crime” in Washington D.C. The plot details available tell us it will pair up a now-released pre-cog (Stark Sands) trying to figure out his future before teaming up with a detective (Meagan Good) who helps him find a purpose for his ability to see the future. Of course, Minority Report was notable for technological visions of the future that went well beyond just pre-cognition, and we’ll have to see how much of that sticks around on a TV budget — Almost Human’s armor-clad Ford Fusions didn’t quite scream “future” to us and Fox is famous for its quick trigger finger on cancelling sci-fi shows, so there’s always some risk.
Coming to @FOXTV! #MinorityReport pic.twitter.com/8tuwUKQQCr
– Minority Report (@MinorityRepFOX) May 9, 2015
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD
Source: Minority Report (Twitter)
Google executives talk Snowden and NSA backdoors during AMA
Senior members of Google’s public policy team took to Reddit today to discuss the company’s stance on government surveillance reform and the pending expiration of Section 215 of the Patriot Act that allows for the bulk collection of phone records. Google’s director for law enforcement and information security, Richard Salgado and David Lieber, its senior privacy policy counsel took part in the discussion. Judging by the responses, the AMA didn’t start as smoothly as they probably hoped. The very first answer about Google being hacked by individuals in China in 2009 seemed extremely canned and prompted the reply, “that is a non-answer. Did the PR team type it up for you?” After that, the answers got a bit more genuine.
They called the federal appeals court ruling that Section 215 doesn’t give the NSA authorization to collect phone records in bulk “great news” and reiterated that Google does not build backdoors into its services and does not have a surveillance portal. When asked about Edward Snowden and his actions — which include leaking data the inferred that Google does have a surveillance portal — Lieber wrote: “too much of the debate around Snowden has focused on whether he’s a hero or traitor. It’s fair to say that we would not be having this debate without Snowden’s disclosures.”
Lieber also noted that some government officials have “expressed concerns” about Google’s deployment and use of end-to-end encryption. But that the company is doing so to safeguard its customers against identify theft.
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Filed under: Misc, Internet, Google
Source: Reddit
Sega will be removing several games from mobile app stores over the coming weeks
In a blog post today, Sega has announced that they will be pulling several of their older titles from mobile app stores over the next few weeks. According to the company, some older games don’t quite meet their standards of quality anymore, and so they’ll be removed from Google’s Play Store, Amazon’s App Store, and Samsung’s Galaxy Apps, plus the iOS App Store.
This is a pretty odd move, especially for a company that was probably still pulling in some cash from its older games, but I guess it’s better for consumers so they don’t buying up games from Sega’s back catalog only to find out that they aren’t working properly on their 2015 device.
Unfortunately, Sega didn’t list any of the games that it was planning on pulling. You’d think that’d be helpful information, but nope. If you’ve downloaded the game previously, you’ll still have access to it, but new customers won’t be able to see the games once they’re pulled. Maybe it’s just a marketing ploy to get everyone to go drop some change on old Sega games. Who knows.
source: Sega
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The dark side of competitive archery hits ‘TowerFall’ in May
TowerFall Ascension is a glorious little game. It shines as a local, competitive platformer, with players bounding around levels, shooting explosive arrows at each other, dodging and grabbing power-ups such as wings and shields. The first major expansion for TowerFall is called Dark World and it’s due to hit PlayStation 4, Vita, PC, Mac and Linux on May 12 for $10, developer Matt Thorson announced today. This is a hefty expansion, adding four new level sets for versus mode, four-player co-op with four original boss fights and a new Legendary difficulty setting, 10 new playable archers, and two new arrow power-ups, Trigger Arrows and Prism Arrows. The fourth and final new level set is procedurally generated, meaning it will be different every time you play. “I have to thank TowerFall players for your patience and support while developing this expansion,” Thorson writes. “It took a bit longer than we were expecting but we’re thrilled with the result, and we can’t wait to hear your feedback.”
Source: Matt Thorson
Samsung’s round smartwatch to be debuted alongside Galaxy Note 5
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After we found out that Samsung is enticing developers to adopt their SDK and develop apps for a round smartwatch, we started to wonder when Samsung’s round smartwatch would eventually be announced. If today’s latest rumour is anything to go by, this round smartwatch is going to be debuted alongside the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, expected to be announced at IFA 2015, because that’s when it’s announced every year. This makes a lot of sense given that a smartwatch has been announced there the last few years with a Note device, so this rumour is logical at the very least.
However, as with all rumours, this one should be taken with a grain of salt. The device is expected to be called the Samsung Gear A, though it’s possible the naming might change between now and when it’s released. Samsung has been remarkably quiet following the release of the Apple Watch, as no doubt they consider the Apple device to be their biggest competition in the wearable space. We just hope Samsung makes their devices a little more open this time so that Android users without Samsung devices can use them too.
What do you think about Samsung’s round smartwatch so far? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: SamMobile via Phone Arena
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Android Lollipop for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 might be coming after all, to select markets
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We’ve been getting a few mixed messages about whether or not Android Lollipop for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is going to become a reality, but we might have a slightly more solid answer today. Thanks to the Twitter account of Samsung Danmark (not a typo, “Danmark” is Danish for “Denmark”), we know that the Lollipop update for the Note 2 is said to be coming to devices in that region, and confirmed that the roll-out would vary region to region. This makes sense given that Samsung Gulf said the Note 2 update to Lollipop wouldn’t be happening – they must have meant it is not happening there.
@Kamil_Sabry Hi! Each market has their own updates so it can vary from market to market. Danish Note 2s (CSC code: NEE) will get Lollipop.
— Samsung Danmark (@SamsungDK) May 8, 2015
For everyone else hoping that their Note 2 will get the update, this will be a nervous time wondering if your device is going to get the goods. Our advice: hit up your respective Samsung branch and see if you can’t get some information out of them. And feel free to drop us a line if you find anything out.
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