Samsung Unpacked event live stream coming at 11AM EST
The Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus will make their official debut in just a few hours, and you can watch the event live.
Samsung abandoned the venerable tradition of launching the Galaxy Note in Berlin during IFA in early September. The reason is, according to sources, a desire to outshine the next iPhone, which is expected in a few weeks. Bringing the same glass and metal design we’ve seen on the Galaxy S6, the Note 5 and Edge Plus will definitely shine bright, but can these two devices lighten up Samsung’s dark mood? We’ll find out from 11AM EST.
Our Josh Vergara and Lanh Nguyen are in New York for Samsung Unpacked 2015, and as usual, you can expect a raft of quality videos on the two stars of the show. Stay tuned for all our coverage coming soon!
If you want to witness the action as it unfolds, Samsung will have a live stream set up for the event. The stream is not yet live, but we will update this post by embedding it here or linking to it, once the stream is published.
The live streamed event should begin at:
- New York: 11AM
- San Francisco: 8AM
- London: 4PM
- Berlin: 5PM
- Moscow: 6PM
- New Delhi: 8:30PM
- Beijing: 11PM
- Tokyo: 12AM August 14
- Sydney: 1AM August 14
Expect Samsung’s usual pomp and circumstance, and the sleekest Galaxy Note smartphone yet. For a fairly good idea of what to expect, check out our rumor roundup!
While we all wait, tell us what you hope to see from Samsung today!
Fallout Shelter for Android is out right now
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It’s the day we’ve been waiting for: Fallout Shelter for Android is now available to download on the Google Play Store. You can now laud over your own Vault, managing and growing it to make it perfect. So without further ado, here is the Play Store link – and yes, it is free to download:
The iOS version of the game topped the Apple App Store charts the day it was released – helped by the announcement of Fallout 4 of course – and it looks like the Android version is on par to do the same – the game has barely been out for 30 mins and it’s already accumulated almost 12,000 reviews (the installs doesn’t appear to have caught up yet, as it’s still showing 10-50). If it’s any sign as to how much people have wanted to play this game, the reviews are littered with comments like these “I can’t give an honest review just yet. I just came here to express my extreme joy”.
I would love to keep talking about Fallout Shelter for Android, but I don’t want to set the world on fire think I’m going to be able to resist playing myself – see you in the Wasteland.
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Facebook axed internship for student who exposed location flaw
If you’re about to start an internship at one of the world’s biggest social networks, it might not be in your interest to publicly embarrass it shortly before you begin. It’s a lesson that Harvard student Aran Khanna learned the hard way after creating an app that took advantage of a privacy flaw within Facebook Messenger. Khanna had found that, whenever you chat to your friends, the system automatically shares your location. As such, he built a browser plugin, called the “Marauder’s Map,” that showed you where your buddies were as they were talking to you.
According to his explanation on Technology Science, that didn’t go down well with the folks at Facebook, which demanded that he take down the plugin and not speak to the media. Khanna did as he was told, but that apparently wasn’t enough for the leadership over at HQ. Just a few hours before he was due to fly to the West Coast, the student was told that his offer of an internship had been withdrawn.
Facebook, meanwhile feel that the decision was entirely justified, with the company’s Matt Steinfeld telling Boston.com that the tool “scraped data in a way that violated our terms.” He added that “despite being asked repeatedly to remove the code, the creator of this tool left it up.” Whichever side you take, just remember that it’s probably better to wait until after your internship is done before you start airing the dirty laundry.
Filed under:
Internet, Facebook
Via:
Boston.com
Source:
Technology Science
Tags: facebook, Internship, Location, MaraudersMap, Privacy
Best of Public Access Vol.9: So What’cha, What’cha Want?
Google is Alphabet now, in one of the more confusing rebrandings since Netflix thought that Qwikster would be a good idea. This week, in addition to trying to think of clever headlines about the Alphabet announcement, we heard back from the Def Con hacker conference, and electropop band Yacht ensured no one would ever see their album artwork when they released it via fax machine only… because there is nothing artists hate more than you actually looking at their work.
In other news, we’ve been running the grand experiment that is the Public Access channel for about two months now, producing over 180 stories on everything ranging from cutting out cable to refusing meeting requests. While we work on the back end to spruce up the PA home page, we’re wondering what you all think so far: How have you liked contributing to Public Access? What don’t you like about it? What’s working for you? Do you have suggestions on assignment topics you’d like to see other contributors write about? Do you have thoughts on what kinds of features or functionality you’d like to see on this page or in our CMS system? Talk to us in the comments or reach me on Twitter (I’m @Dameright) and let us know. The whole point of Public Access is to create a place where people want to hang out and write, and we can’t do that without your feedback!
The home page is coming soon! I swear! I saw the mock-ups yesterday and everything. In the meantime you can check out the latest from Public Access right here. If you’re not a member yet, you can apply here.
Recommended reading
“Some satellite TV providers offer gift cards or statement credits when you refer friends to their service. Take advantage of your social media networks, or use old-fashioned word-of-mouth, to refer friends to your favorite satellite TV provider and get paid for watching TV — or at least for talking about it.”
Read the rest of Satellite TV Subscriber? How to Get the Best Service for Less Money by Cosette Jarrett.
“Researchers had to collect water spiders and recorded videos of their movements, analysing the mechanics that permit them to jump on and skim the surface of the water. They discovered that a water spider’s legs have slightly curved tips which enable it to take off from the water’s surface by rotating their legs inward.”
Read the rest of Tiny Robot Can Leap On Water Without Making A Splash by Christopher ONeill Cabra.
“According to Gartner, by 2020, more than 7 billion people and businesses, and close to 35 billion devices, will be connected to the Internet. Whether [it’s] Amazon with DASH or any other connected device, success to market via the IoT is dependent on what happens after the DASH button or any other IoT user interface is activated.”
Read the rest of Behind the IoT: Success Hinges on Reliability, Scalability and Security by Chris Nguyen.
Your dose of inspiration
Mostly, this week we want to hear from you about your experiences contributing to Public Access — what you like and what you don’t, and any ideas that you have for the page. But if you’re just dying for a new topic to write about, tell us about the last time you used a fax machine and why.
Tags: Alphabet, bestofpublicaccess, CableTv, community, def con, google, internet of things, publicaccess, Robots, satellite tv
ICYMI: Robot barkeeps, Android Experiments and more
Today on In Case You Missed It: We take on two pieces of robot news, both of which seem promising for different reasons. First, a robot with responsive, human reflexes is being designed to enter dangerous situations where a real person might be injured. The secret is that the controller is a guy wearing a matching robot exoskeleton. Then, more MIT scientists executed an algorithm that allows robots to actually buzz around and serve alcohol. Obviously, we’re fans of that. Lastly, Google unveiled a video describing its Android Experiments project and some of the applications are super interesting.
For our final video, we are sharing a not tech-related video that is mesmerizing. It’s from an artist’s work that uses honey, paint and oil to show swirling close-ups as colors merge and flow together.
If you come across any similarly interesting or noteworthy videos, we’d love to see! Please tweet us (or comment below) with the #ICYMI hashtag to @engadget or @mskerryd.
Filed under:
Cellphones, Cameras, Displays, Misc, Gaming, Handhelds, Robots, Transportation, Science, Internet, Google
Tags: Alphabet, android, AndroidExperiments, boozebot, engadget, engadgetdailyshow, engadgetvideo, google, icymi, incaseyoumissedit, MIT, robot, robotbarkeep, video
BBC Three’s TV channel set to disappear on March 1st 2016
Under the BBC’s latest proposals, BBC Three will remain on TV for a little longer than expected: March 1st 2016, to be exact. The broadcaster’s original plan was to make the channel an online-only service this autumn, but back in April the move was delayed until “after Christmas.” The BBC Trust still wasn’t happy, however, and called for a “more carefully managed transition” back in June. Now, the BBC’s response to those concerns — released as part of a new consultation, although it appears to have been available online before now — has given us a fresh look at how the changeover will shake out.
The BBC’s current thinking is to publicise the channel’s closure and new online home from October this year. At the same time, the BBC will air repeats of BBC Three shows on BBC One and Two to indicate how the channel’s programming will survive on linear TV. Between January and March, the Beeb will then turn BBC Three into a “transitional channel” and publicly launch BBC Three Online. It’s unclear exactly how this almost-closed TV channel will work — the BBC has suggested that it could run 12 hours per week of “archive programming” late at night. On March 1st, the channel will then disappear completely.
It seems there’s no turning back. Despite petitioners’ efforts, the BBC is pushing ahead and has the provisional backing of the BBC Trust. Unless something drastic happens, the demise of BBC Three’s TV channel is just a matter of when and how.
[Image Credit: BBC Pictures/Rough Cut]
Filed under:
Home Entertainment
Via:
TBI Vision
Source:
BBC
Tags: bbc, bbcthree, bbcthreeonline, channel, closed, closure, iplayer, tvchannel
Google reopens Map Maker edits after digital vandalism
Google is ever so slowly reintroducing Map Maker, the service that allows anyone to contribute to Google Maps. The company was left a little red-faced in May when a prank submission was discovered depicting an Android mascot urinating on the Apple logo. Google eventually took it down and suspended auto-approved edits while it figured out a new moderation system. The answer, it hopes, is to increase its reliance on the community. Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, India, Ukraine and the Philippines are now open for editing again, but this time Google has appointed “regional leads” to double-check the submissions in each area. Google only has so many employees dedicated to Map Maker, so it’s praying the passion of its fans will be enough to avoid any further mishaps.
Filed under:
Google
Via:
Android Police
Source:
Google Product Forums
Tags: android, apple, digitalvandalism, google, googlemapmaker, mapmaker, mascot, urine, vandalism
NASA needs help designing a smartwatch app for ISS astronauts
NASA has launched a contest to design a smartwatch app interface for use by International Space Station (ISS) astronauts. Nobody will be entering it for the $1,500 prize money, but you’ll certainly get some pride and fame out of it. The app will be no less than “the general user interface for smart watch applications” aboard the ISS, according to NASA. As such, it’ll need a lot of different functions: A “Crew Timeline” app for astronauts’ agendas; a “Cautions and Warnings” app; another to check the communications status with Earth; and a timer “for procedures or until next activity.”
You’ll need to create the UI for a single app (as a JPEG or PNG) that covers all those functions, but not the apps themselves (NASA will presumably do that). Astronauts currently glean warnings and other info from laptops or iPads, so NASA is hoping that a smartwatch will give that info more quickly. It’s thus asking designers to “direct attention to the appropriate information for a task, provide appropriate feedback for actions, and be legible on the smaller Samsung Gear screen.” It added that “innovative representations (of) data displayed on a smartwatch is highly encouraged.”
Oddly, the hardware reference is Samsung’s Gear 2 smartwatch, rather than arguably superior models like the Sony Smartwatch 3 or Samsung’s Gear Live (we assume NASA ruled out the Apple Watch). Style-wise, the slabby design is certainly a giant leap down from the Omega Speedmaster models of the early Apollo program. As mentioned, if NASA chooses your UI, you’ll receive the princely sum of… $1,500? We knew that funding was getting tight, but that seems a bit chintzy for what sounds like a crucial app.
Filed under:
Wearables
Via:
CNET
Source:
Freelancer
Tags: app, astronauts, contest, Freelancer, GalaxyGear2, ISS, NASA, smartwatch
128GB Samsung Galaxy S6 available for just $599.99 till midnight
As Samsung prepares to unveil the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+ on Thursday, we have found a great deal on the Samsung Galaxy S6 for you. If you hurry, you can buy the 128GB variant of the Galaxy flagship for as low as $599.00.
The original price of the Galaxy S6 with 128GB onboard storage is $999.99, but you can get a $400 discount if you buy it at B&H before midnight. Meanwhile, there is a $200 off on the device at Verizon, which is $400 less than the offer price at Amazon.
The price cut on the Galaxy S6 is not surprising as Samsung had recently announced that it would make its current flagships more affordable in the wake of the launch of its new high-end phones.
We would advise you to wait for the launch of new Samsung devices and choose the one which fits your bill the most. Scheduled at 11:00a.m. today, Samsung Unpacked will reveal the prices and specifications of its upcoming Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+, giving you plenty of time to compare and decide.
Source: B&H
Come comment on this article: 128GB Samsung Galaxy S6 available for just $599.99 till midnight
Download Fallout Shelter for Android today
The day that Fallout fans on Android have been waiting for has finally come. No Fallout 4 is still 4 months away from release. I’m talking about being able to download Fallout Shelter from Google Play.
When Bethesda announced Fallout 4 at E3 earlier this year, they created a large amount of buzz by announcing that there would be a Pipboy smartphone case and a second screen Pipboy app and also that there would be a mobile app called Fallout Shelter. Android fans were immediately dejected upon learning that its initial release would be iOS only and an Android release would come at a later date.
In it’s initial 2 weeks on Apple’s App Store, Bethesda generated $5.1 million in revenue.
It wasn’t long until Pete Hines, Vice President of PR/Marketing at Bethesda tweeted that the Android version should be out in August.
@kolos_kovacs coming along nice. haven’t announced a date, but should be out next month. we’ll let you know when we have specifics
— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) July 1, 2015
Needless to say, our green Android rage was satiated, at least, a little. Later in the month Bethesda took to Twitter to announce that Fallout Shelter would be available to Android users on August 13th this year.
Very excited for Android users to begin playing #FalloutShelter on August 13th. pic.twitter.com/FYXvyIzaAj
— BethesdaGameStudios (@BethesdaStudios) July 24, 2015
Well, that day is today. Fallout Shelter is now available on Google Play for the extremely reasonable price of $0. There are in-app purchases if you wish to play faster, but they are not required. So what are you waiting for? Click the link below and get downloading.
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