The Xbox One’s revamped interface is all about speed and community
When Microsoft said it had a new Xbox One user experience in store at E3, it wasn’t joking around. The company has unveiled its redesigned console interface, and it has very little in common with the tile-based UI you use today. The focuses here are on speed and community — there’s a quick menu for some of your most common tasks, and a prominent activity feed shows what your friends are up to. Oh, and Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant will play a big role on the Xbox, too. You can tell the system to handle certain duties (such as starting a party) at any point, even while you’re playing. Microsoft hasn’t said just when the new experience arrives beyond “soon,” but the tech giant has historically rolled out these bigger Xbox updates late in the year.
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Check out Sony’s 2015 E3 conference live
Sony’s setting itself up for a pretty big 2016 — with the release of the Project Morpheus virtual reality headset, a remastered Ratchet & Clank title and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End all expected next year. But does that mean there’s nothing to look forward to in the second half of 2015? Watch as Sony outlines its plan for this year and beyond at 6PM PT (9PM ET) on June 15th. You can expect the company to discuss first-party franchises (possibly including some that have yet to make their PS4 debut) as well as the upcoming roster of third-party and indie titles. Heck, there might even be a few last-gen titles that have earned the right to a “remastered” makeover. Check out the livestream below and rest assured we’ll have all the news from the event in our liveblog right here.
The PlayStation 4 is getting a media player
Believe it or not, Sony couldn’t even wait for its E3 event to get started to share some news about the PlayStation 4. The company is launching a media player for its console with some playback features you might miss from your PS3. It’ll stream media from DLNA-compatible devices on your local network, for a start, and you can plug in a USB drive if you’d rather play locally-stored music and videos. The player should be available later tonight, so it won’t be long before you can try it for yourself.
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Source: PlayStation Blog
‘The Last Guardian’ is still happening and it’s coming to PS4 in 2016
The Last Guardian. It still exists and Sony opened its big E3 showcase with footage of a toga-clad boy exploring ancient structures with his giant behaving-like-a-pet Fox-Hawk-Dog beast. Fumito Ueda’s beautiful on-off-on-again game is filled with the stylistic licks of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, but now with the power of PS4 beating behind it. The E3 event finally showed off how the game will play out, with your beastly buddy doing its fair share of destructive creation — and also coming through in a pinch. The long-delayed title is coming next year. Can you believe it?
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Facebook’s Moments app brings together photos from your friends’ phones
Hundreds of pictures are taken whenever family or friends get together. It can be at dinner, a party, or on a hike. People just love to take pictures. The only issue with that is merging them into an album. Everyone inevitably shares the photos in albums of their own, but it would make much more sense to just have one. Facebook believes to have solved the problem with the introduction of Moments. The newest app from Facebook groups photos from friends based on the people in them and their location. Friends have the option to merge them into a single album that syncs for everyone. The photos are searchable (in terms of the people in them) and can be downloaded to save on your device. Photos remain organized based on the event and can be sorted by date, location, and people.
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Source: Facebook
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Google Maps will let you know if a place will be closed by the time you arrive
Showing up somewhere late is bad and showing up somewhere that is closed is even worse. You could have saved yourself a trip having known the hours. Now, Google Maps will help prevent any of that from happening. Google Maps will alert you when a place you are plan to head to will be closed by the time of your arrival.
In addition to this, Google Maps added car rental reservations to search results of personal events.
Hit the break for the changelog and download links.
What’s New
– Receiving a warning when you are able to navigate to a place that is closed at time of arrival.
– Searching for ‘my events’ now also shows car rental reservations from your GMail, in addition to flights and hotels.
– Bug fixes
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Samsung Galaxy Tab E 9.6 official in Taiwan
After a bevy of rumors, Samsung has introduced a new budget-friendly tablet in Taiwan, dubbed the Samsung Galaxy Tab E.
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab E (SM-T560) is by all means a low-end tablet. It features a 9.6-inch 1280 x 800 9.6-inch TFT display. Powering everything under the hood is a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM, and 8GB of expandable storage. It has a 5,000mAh battery and is running Android 4.4 KitKat.
The device will be hitting brick-and-mortar outlets by the end of June, and will sell for as low as $225.
Samsung hasn’t revealed any details concerning availability in other markets. It’s certainly a device for a developing market, so the most expansion we’ll probably see is in a handful of countries in Asia.
source: Samsung
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[Deal] Motorola drops the Moto X (2014) to $299 with a 30-day return window
Motorola has made it pretty clear that two-year contracts are becoming obsolete. The phones released by Motorola in the last two years have been some of the best when it comes to off-contract options. Starting today and ending on June 29, the Moto X (2014), which was priced at $349 without a contract, drops to $299 after a $50 rebate. To sweeten the deal and make it less risky, Motorola has applied a 30-day return window.
The money saved from the rebate is actually applied once the 30-day window closes and the buyer completes a survey for Motorola.
Source: Motorola
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LG G3 won’t get Android 5.1, could jump straight to Android M, report says
It looks like the LG G3 won’t be getting the jump to Android 5.1, according to a social media post from LG Hellas. In fact, the device could jump straight to Android M.
There aren’t any immediate plans to offer the minor update to its LG G3 users, LG Hellas said in its post to social media. However, this isn’t new to LG. After all, the LG G3 went from 4.2 to 5.0, skipping the minor 4.4 update.
If that’s anything to go by, we could just see the device jump straight to Android M, which users probably wouldn’t mind, considering that 5.1 doesn’t bring much to the device anyway.
Read more: LG G3 review: everything you want in a smartphone
The major feature 5.1 brings to smartphones is Factory Reset Protection, which puts an extra layer of security over the factory reset option. It’s supposed to help defer thieves. But, who really uses that, let alone knows about it?
The LG G3 certainly has the hardware to support and run Android M, with plenty leftover. In fact, with Doze and App Standby on-board, along with a myriad of performance tweaks, users might even find the device running better on M.
Of course, if you’re smitten on downloading Android 5.1 to your LG G3, there’s always the option of rooting and flashing the image on your device. And if that’s your intention, you mine as well just take the Android M Developer Preview for a spin.
source: TechValue.gr
via: Phone Arena
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Samsung Galaxy Tab E official, packing relatively low-end specs
Last week the Samsung Galaxy Tab E leaked, packing relatively low-end specs, at least according to the leaked information. Now Samsung has gone and made the device official, at least for the Taiwanese market.
The Galaxy Tab E is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor with 1.5GB RAM, though Samsung has yet to specify what exact CPU it is packing. For what it’s worth, rumors previously pegged it as touting a Spreadtrum SC7730SE. Turning to the other specs, you’ll find a 9.6-inch TFT LCD display with a resolution of 1280 x 800, 8GB storage, microSD expansion, a 5000 mAh battery, and Android 4.4 KitKat. While KitKat is more than a little dated at this stage, it is likely that Lollipop simply didn’t perform well enough with these obviously low-end specs. The Tab E SM-T560 is a Wi-Fi only device, it is fairly likely that a cellular variant will arrive at some point in the future.
Let’s be honest, this tablet’s specs and hardware are more than a little disappointing, especially considering the asking point of $225. At this asking price, you can find a number of competing alternatives that offer much more power under the hood. It’s currently unclear if or when this tablet might arrive outside of Taiwan, though we’ll be sure to let you know if/when we learn more.
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