LG G4 community offering over $2000 to anyone who can achieve root and bootloader unlock
Time to sharpen your coding and tinkering skills. LG G4 users have assembled and managed to collect over $2000 USD. The purpose? Giving it all to the first person to come up with a new root method or full bootloader unlock for LG’s latest flagship smartphone.
The original thread has been posted at the XDA Developers forums, where an onslaught of LG G4 owners have shown their interest in finding a way to tinker with their smartphones. The included list shows dozens of participants cooperating with whatever amount of money they can share.
More specifically, the group is looking to get a root method or full bootloader unlock for the Verizon and AT&T LG G4 iterations. These are usually the hardest to crack, given the carriers’ tighter hold on hardware/software control.
There are two separate bounties: one for root and the other for unlocking the bootloader. Both would ultimately achieve a similar goal, so whichever bounty is taken first will dictate the qualifying winner. Sadly, the bootloader unlock bounty is a bit lower at $1485 (at this point). On the other hand, achieving full root and recovery alone will get you a generous $2205.
In order to get your cash reward, you have to be the first to create or find a method, make a post in the thread proving your procedure works and provide step-by-step instructions to your solution. In addition, a separate user has to follow the same instructions and confirm their validity. When all of that is out of the way, the discoverer can claim his bounty via PM from donators. Yes, it will be a hassle, but this is 2 grand we are talking about!
Interested? You can go to the original threads and learn all the details. And if you are an LG G4 owner trying to get a new root method, you can also pitch in for the cause there. Are any of you going to test your skills with this? Will you be donating?
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Apple’s Fourth Retail Store in Hong Kong on Canton Road Opens July 30
Apple’s fourth retail store in Hong Kong, located on Canton Road in the upscale shopping area of Tsim Sha Tsui, will have its grand opening on Thursday, July 30 at 9:00 AM local time, according to a new store listing on Apple’s website. The store, at 100 Canton Road in southern Kowloon, will be open Monday through Sunday between 10:00 AM and 10:00 PM.
The new Canton Road location will be one of the biggest Apple Stores in Asia and marks the fourth store in Hong Kong alongside Causeway Bay, Festival Walk and IFC Mall locations. Apple has been completing the final stages of construction on the store this month, with photos of the store’s beautiful white facade with an Apple logo and wavy design surfacing last week.
LG recruits Dude Perfect to help advertise the LG G4
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LG loves its new phone, the LG G4 – especially the camera. And with good reason too as the G4 arguably has one of the best, if not the best, cameras available on the smartphone market right now. LG has already strapped the LG G4 to a drone to capture some cool footage, but now they’ve gotten the help of YouTube royalty to help them plug the phone’s camera some more – in particular, we’re interested in how LG got Dude Perfect to help advertise the LG G4. If you’re not familiar of Dude Perfect, they’re pretty much the YouTube kings of trick shots – basketball, ping pong balls, paper planes; they do it all. This time, in a video which includes lacrosse god, Paul Rabil, the Dude Perfect team take the time to run through a few of the LG G4’s features – check it out:
As you can see from the video, the plethora of professional photography settings that LG has included in the LG G4 do lend themselves to video makers who can make use of them, not unlike Dude Perfect. We will note that the new OIS that LG has been touting doesn’t appear to negate much of the shaky cam that goes on during the video, but hey, if you’re expecting no shaking either, you’re kidding yourself. Definitely a neat way to advertise your new phone – keep it coming LG.
What do you think of LG getting Dude Perfect to help advertise the LG G4? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: YouTube
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Panasonic’s Lumix GX8 is a sleek and compact flagship camera
Only two months after introducing the G7 Micro Four Thirds camera, Panasonic is now expanding its compact line with the Lumix GX8. The new shooter, which is dustproof and splashproof, features a 20.3-megapixel Digital Live MOS sensor, Venus Engine imaging processor, an ISO range of up to 25,600, high-speed burst shooting modes of either 8 or 6 fps, NFC, WiFi and a 3-inch LCD. Panasonic’s also going after the video-making crowd with this flagship camera, since it can shoot 4K (3,840 x 2,160) at both 24 and 30 fps — similar to other members of the Lumix series. Most notably, the mirrorless GX8 packs a dual image stabilizer, an attribute that should push out clearer shots across the board, especially in handheld, low-lit scenarios. If it grabs your interest, Panasonic’s Lumix GX8 will be available in mid-August for a cool $1,200 — although that won’t include any lenses.
Filed under: Cameras
Panasonic outs the Lumix FZ300, a superzoom 4K camera
In case that GX8 flagship mirrorless camera is too much for you, Panasonic has prepared another announcement for today. Enter the Lumix FZ300, a feature-packed superzoom that can do many things. The main highlight here is, not surprisingly, the 24x optical zoom, but the FZ300 is also capable of capturing 4K (3,840 x 2,160) at both 24 and 30 fps — which will make it an appealing option for people who are interested in shooting video. Powering the FZ300 is a 12.1-megapixel High Sensitivity MOS sensor, the same Venus Engine image processor as the new GX8, an ISO range of 6400 and a Leica DC Vario-Elmarit 25mm, f/2.8 ultra-wide lens (a 25-600mm equivalent at 35mm). Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait until October to get your hands on the FZ300, which is expected to be priced at $600.
Filed under: Cameras
First smartphone running Sailfish OS 2.0 to be announced tomorrow
Competing against the current top mobile operating systems is no easy task. Android and iOS own the market, and even larger competitors like Windows Phone are struggling to keep up. Every major empire is bound to see its fall, though, and we can’t under-estimate several Nokia staff members when they try to bring something unique and powerful to the market.
Jolla’s Sailfish OS is no joke. If all goes well, it is bound to be a good contender. This operating system offers great convenience by displaying your most valued information front and center at all times, as well as keeping other content just a swipe or two away. Sailfish OS 2.0 has been in the works for some time, with a plethora of improvements on board. And though we saw a bit of it at MWC 2015, the operating system still hasn’t reached a smartphone.
According to the latest reports, Indian manufacturer Intex is set to change this tomorrow at MWC Shanghai, when they will be announcing the first smartphone running Sailfish OS 2.0. Very little is known about this upcoming device; we wouldn’t even be able to tell you its name yet. What we do know is the unique handset will come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor and 4G LTE compatibility. Its expected Rs. 15,000 price (about $236 USD) also corroborates the fact that it should be a mid-end smartphone.
The phone will be available “in the coming months”, but only for India (at least initially). Will this change things for the market? We don’t think Sailfish OS 2.0 is yet a threat to operating systems like Android and iOS, but this could signal the beginning of something great. Especially if this Intex phone becomes popular in India, a very significant market to have in your pocket. Jolla just needs to play its cards right – but will they?
Facebook wants you to shop inside its store pages
Here’s a mystery: if Facebook is bending over backwards to give stores more power, why can’t you shop those stores? Facebook doesn’t think that makes sense, either. Accordingly, the social network tells Buzzfeed News that it’s testing an option to buy goods directly from stores’ Facebook pages, rather than kicking you over to another website. The effort is still early enough that only a few dozen brands are participating (Facebook won’t name names), but it could expand to include groups, sports teams and even celebrities.
Facebook doesn’t take a cut from sales at the moment, but it might not need to. The more you’re tempted to shop on Facebook, the more alluring it is for advertisers — they’d not only be more likely to clinch a sale, but learn more about what you’re likely to buy. And while you might not be thrilled with the prospect of marketers trying even harder to get your dollar, it’s only logical that you should do more with store pages than give them likes and click on the occasional link. Even if you’re unlikely to see a store bring its full catalog to Facebook, the feature could make it much easier to leap on sales that show up in your timeline.
Filed under: Internet, Facebook
Source: Buzzfeed News
Tesla gets ready for its ‘Gigafactory’ by tripling its Nevada land
Tesla’s battery-focused “Gigafactory” isn’t even finished yet, but that isn’t stopping the electric car maker from expanding its plant’s territory. The company just confirmed that it has nearly tripled its Nevada land purchases, adding 1,893 acres to the 1,000 it got back in 2014. Not that Tesla is planning to grow the factory itself in the near future. A spokesperson tells the Wall Street Journal that most of the new turf is a buffer space — Tesla could put solar farms in this area to power the factory, but it won’t add manufacturing capacity in the short term. Elon Musk and crew have the option of buying thousands of more acres, though, and there’s a real chance that they’ll need the extra headroom if the Model 3 and Powerwall take off.
Filed under: Transportation
Source: Wall Street Journal
Purchases on Google – helping you buy products straight from search results
Google is one of the most dominant adventurers in technology. Their reach extends to nearly every market, but the business still revolves around our beloved search engine… and the advertising within it. In an effort to make shopping more convenient for consumers and increase ad revenue, the Mountain View-based company will soon enable retailers to offer their products for online purchase straight from Google’s search results.
The new service is currently undergoing testing, but we know it goes by the name of Purchases on Google. Essentially, it will work as follows: users will be able to search for any product and get shopping results in the form of Google-styled cards. The customer can than choose to buy the suggested items using Google’s pre-stored payment credentials (Google Wallet, Android Pay and the like), all without ever leaving the search results.
Google claims they have seen a 115% increase in shopping searches on the past year alone. It’s only sensible that they see this as a natural progression to their business model. And they won’t only offer shopping results for direct purchase searches. Reports suggest these shopping cards will also appear after searching relevant information on products, such as reviews.
Of course, you would still be doing business with the original merchant; Google would just act as the mediator and charge companies per click. The service would also take into account all the usual factors, including location, nearby stores and pricing options.
As mentioned above, Google is still testing this. Some believe Purchases with Google should be arriving just in time for back-to-school season, but those are only assumptions. All we really know is it should be launching “later this year”.
I am having a hard time trying to figure out whether this is good or bad. There’s no denying getting actionable shopping results on mobile searches will make buying anything a breeze, but this could also bring negative effects (and not only because we will be more likely to spend all our cash). Google is already jam-packed with advertising! Do we need more? Sound off in the comments to let us know how you feel about Purchases on Google.
Wartime survival game This War of Mine is now available for Android tablets
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I first played This War of Mine on PC during its preview stage on Steam. If you haven’t heard about This War of Mine, it’s a wartime survival game which puts you in control of some survivors who are living in a besieged city. The objective: to keep them alive as long as possible. It’s an emotional and harrowing experience, a story not often travelled by video games which addresses the other side of the coin during war and how that affects everyday people like you and me – and This War of Mine does a spectacular job of conveying these stories. This War of Mine has just this last week been released to Android tablets, and I couldn’t recommend picking it up more. Check out the tablet launch trailer here:
This War of Mine is created by 11 bit studios, and if that name sounds familiar, that’s because they’re the crew behind the hugely successful Anomaly franchise that made the tower offense genre mainstream. If This War of Mine is the kind of game you are interested in (and you really should be), you can get it for $9.99 USD at the Google Play Store for its first week only – links are below:
What do you think about This War of Mine? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Press Release
This War of Mine Available Today for iOS and Android
July 15, 2015 – This War of Mine, 11 bit studios’ provocative and award-winning strategy game of wartime survival, is available today for iOS and Android tablets.
Launch Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYOFI6d0IK0In war, not everyone is a soldier. This War of Mine captures war as experienced by the civilians trying to survive in a besieged city. Scavenge amid the shadows, make conscience-driven choices of life and death, and do what you must to live another day. During war, there are no good or bad decisions; there is only survival.
11 bit studios has been a proactive supporter of War Child; an organization dedicated to protecting, educating, and giving voice to the children affected by conflict. With the generous aid of the gaming community, 11 bit studios recently presented War Child with a donation of $65,000.
This War of Mine is available today on iOS and Android tablets for $9.99 during the first week ($14.99 normally).
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