T-Mobile pushing out Marshmallow OTA for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge in Poland
T-Mobile has at last started rolling out the long-awaited Android 6.0.1 update for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge in Poland. The carrier is pushing the firmware to all handsets bearing the model numbers G920 and G925. It’s also set to port an identical upgrade to its carrier-branded devices in the United Kingdom later this month.
The update brings the latest build of Marshmallow, which applies greater control over application permissions, an enhanced battery-life through Doze, a redesigned application drawer, Fingerprint-authentication for payments, a handful of speed optimizations and bug fixes to the duo.
The upgrade should take around an hour to download and install on your smartphone. However, the amount of power your device has at the time of installation will play a huge role — so try and keep it plugged into the wall to take advantage of faster processing speeds.
To see if it’s ready for your handset, open up the Settings application, scroll right down to the bottom and tap on About Device, select the System Updates subheading, then tap Check for Updates. Alternatively, you can wait until you receive a push notification prompting you to download and install it.
Source: Telepolis
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75 HD wallpapers from your favorite video games
Many of you are video game enthusiasts and we have collected 75 HD and QHD wallpapers from your favorite video games, from Call of Duty to Super Mario Brothers we have you covered.
We’ve changed things up lately and will be sharing the entire collection through Google Photos rather than hosting them on our servers. There are thousands of you who love these wallpapers and rather than drain the speed on our server, we’re offloading that responsibility to Google. All you have to do is join the collection through this link and you’re free to download all of the wallpapers to your device.
We would also love it if you tweeted screenshots of your home screens to us at Twitter.com (@AndroidGuys). We might feature your background in an upcoming wallpapers collection!
See the entire collection by clicking on this LINK to Google Photos.
Here some of our favorites from the collection.
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Software maps the ‘Star Wars’ universe
You may have a good feel for the scope of the Star Wars universe, but Swiss researchers just took things to another level. They’ve created maps of the space fantasy series’ expanded universe that visualize the connections between 20,000 characters, spanning a period of 36,000 years. The results are surprisingly pretty (you’re only seeing a fraction of it above) and help fill in gaps for characters that aren’t fully fleshed out, such as where they sit in the timeline. They also turn up facts that might not be readily apparent, even if you’re well-versed on the likes of the Old Republic or Grand Admiral Thrawn. For example, just shy of 80 percent of characters are human — clearly, writers aren’t going out of their way to include more Sullustans and Wookiees in their stories.
Before you ask: no, this isn’t just a clever side project. The algorithms mapping Star Wars can also be used with other large data sets, illustrating links and answering lingering questions. In other words, the same code tracing the influence of the Skywalker family could one day help a company serve you better, or help scientists discover things that are hiding in plain sight.
Source: EPFL, Kirell Benzi (1), (2)
‘The Walking Dead: Michonne’ debuts on February 23rd
The Walking Dead: Michonne is a three-episode miniseries from the undead-drama masterminds at Telltale Games, and the first installment is set to drop on February 23rd for PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One and Xbox 360. Android and iOS versions land on February 25th. The premiere episode is titled “In Too Deep” and it ties directly into Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead graphic novel: Michonne disappears between issues #126 and #139, and Telltale’s miniseries divulges what she did during that absence. Spoilers: She becomes a badass pirate.
The first episode follows Michonne as she boards the sailing ship The Companion, which stalks the coastline seeking survivors and supplies. The crew answers a distress call to find the remnants of a gory massacre, and this leads them to the floating survivors’ colony of Monroe as they hunt down the person responsible.
“Haunted by her past, and coping with unimaginable loss and regret, the story explores Michonne’s absence,” Telltale writes. “Over the three episodes of the miniseries, players will discover what took Michonne away from Rick, Ezekiel, and the rest of her trusted group… and what brought her back.”
Michonne is voiced by Samira Wiley, the actress who portrays Poussey Washington in Orange is the New Black. “In Too Deep” will be followed by the second episode, “Give No Shelter,” in March and “What We Deserve” in April. The entire miniseries is $15.
Telltale promises you don’t need to read the comics or play the previous Walking Dead games to dive into Michonne’s miniseries. But, you should totally do both of those things. The studio will release an extended preview of the premiere episode, complete with developer commentary, on February 14th at 8:30PM EST on the Telltale YouTube channel.
Source: Telltale Games
Particle’s Electron board lets anyone make 3G internet devices
As sweet as it might be to dream of making your own Internet of Things device, there’s one big problem: keeping it online at all times. How do you connect that smart sensor in your backyard when it’s nowhere near WiFi? Particle (aka Spark) thinks it can help. It just started shipping the Electron, its cellular-equipped tinkerer’s board, to its Kickstarter backers. The tiny device not only has the basic components you need to make IoT gadgets, but a modem (a 2GB Electron is $39, 3G is $59) and a simplified, if slightly costly, data plan. If you’re willing to spend $3 per month for 1MB and 99 cents for every megabyte afterwards, your project gets online in 100 countries around the world — not trivial, but just fine if you’re building a meter or anything else that transmits only a tiny amount of data.
If you didn’t get in on the Kickstarter action last year, you won’t have to wait long to get the hardware. Regular pre-orders start on February 22nd, and wider availability starts on March 8th.
I’ve had a brief chance to check out the Electron, and I’ll say this: getting started with it is easy, at least if you’re comfortable working with bare circuit boards. I had a test unit connected to 3G and talking to my phone within a few minutes, and most of that was simply getting everything attached. It’s not that much harder to attach some basic LEDs and load test code through a web browser, either. It’ll take considerably more effort to make a practical device, of course (you’ll need decent grasps on both electronics and programming), but the key is that the basics are taken care of. You can focus on actually creating that always-connected dream machine instead of wondering how it’s going to work.
Source: Particle
IRS says identity thieves nabbed 100,000 income tax e-file PINs
Tax season is a busy time for the Internal Revenue Service, and identity thieves are only making it worse. The IRS confirmed that hackers used stolen social security numbers automated malware to generate over 100,000 e-file (electronic filing) PINs before the department but the clamps on the attack last week. Thieves were actually after 464,000 of the numbers, but were stopped about a quarter of the way through.
The e-file PINs are used to file returns, well, electronically. Doing so would allow the perpetrators to file bogus returns and collect any potential refunds. The IRS says no taxpayer info was accessed as part of the intrusion, but it’s notifying people if their social security number was used to obtain a PIN. What’s more, this attack wasn’t related to the recent IRS e-file system outage.
Via: PCWorld
Source: IRS
Make massive mechanizations with Minecraft’s Overworld update
Following on from last fall’s update to Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition beta and Minecraft: Pocket Edition, which saw the introduction of basic redstone components, Microsoft today announced that the game’s next update will deliver even more advanced mechanisms as well as new enemies and achievements. Players will also be able to more easily share their favorite worlds with a new map import/export function.
The Overworld update, scheduled to drop at the end of February, will include a host of new components including, “comparators, repeaters, dispensers, droppers, hoppers, trapped chests and various additional Minecart types” according to an Xbox Wire post. The update will also bring witches to the two platforms as well as their cauldrons which not only contain randomly generated potions but which can also be used to dye your armor. What’s more, players will be able to show off their most prized possessions — whether it’s loot or a fully-explored map — thanks to the addition of Item Frames.
And for those looking for even more gamer glory, the Windows 10 Edition now offers eight additional achievements for completing various in-game tasks. The Windows 10 version is only available from the Windows Store, though you can pick up the Pocket Edition for iOS, Android, Kindle or Windows Phone from their prospective stores.
Source: Xbox Wire
Terabit satellites to supercharge remote internet access
Despite the growth of fiber and mobile networks, satellite broadband is now more important than ever. Google and Facebook already plan to beam internet connectivity to remote parts of the globe and airlines are in the process of upgrading their equipment to provide faster WiFi aboard flights.
While there are roughly 400 commercial satellites orbiting the earth, output is limited. US communications firm ViaSat believes it can change that, so it’s teamed up aerospace giant Boeing to launch three new satellites that will deliver twice the total combined network capacity of all the connected satellites already in space.
The two companies have already begun working on two of the three ViaSat-3 satellites, which will deliver more than 1 Terabit (1,000 Gbps) of capacity each. ViaSat will design and manufacture the payload and Boeing will be tasked with developing the “associated satellite bus platforms” ahead of a 2019 launch. The first two satellites cover the Americas and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the third will serve Asia.
Once in orbit, the ViaSat-3 array will be capable of delivering 100 Mbps internet to residential properties and will offer gigabit speeds to commercial companies in the air and oceanic sectors. Most importantly, ViaSat-3 aims to provide affordable internet to millions of people, many of whom are out of the reach of traditional networks and currently don’t have access to the internet.
ViaSat says it already has much of its infrastructure in place — its first generation 140 gigabit satellite already serves 687,000 subscribers in the US — giving it an edge over other companies and consortiums looking to connect the world from space. “The key technologies underlying ViaSat-3 are in hand today,” says ViaSat CEO Mark Dankberg. “[It’ll enable] us to move forward in building the first broadband platform to bring high-speed internet connectivity, including video streaming, to all.”
Source: ViaSat
‘Final Fantasy IX’ is now on iOS and Android
You could argue that Final Fantasy IX is the long-running series’ high point. It’s certainly the highest-rated Final Fantasy game on Metacritic, even if its sales and nostalgic value pale in comparison to Final Fantasy VII. Putting that argument aside for a moment, it’s easy to say that it’s definitely a game worth playing if you like JRPGs. And now — less than two months after it was announced — it’s available on iOS and Android. The bar for entry has never been lower.
The mobile port includes “high-definition movies and character models,” autosave, achievements and a collection of “game boosters” that let you essentially cheat your way through the game. You can speed up time, cut out random encounters or hit every enemy for 9,999 damage. The idea of the boosters is to make the game, which in its original incarnation involved well over a full day’s worth of grinding, more playable for casual gamers.
If grinding on a phone or tablet isn’t your thing — or you don’t have a phone with the necessary 8GB of free space to install it — Final Fantasy IX will also be coming to Steam in “Early 2016,” together with the enhancements mentioned above and some Steam trading cards.
Via: Kotaku
Source: Square Enix (Google Play), (App Store)
Machine turns your Twitter posts into tasty cocktails
Ever wondered what your tweets would taste like if you could distill them into a drink? Probably not, but there’s now a way to find out. Clément Gault and Koi Koi Design have whipped up Data Cocktail, an Arduino-powered machine that creates a drink based on Twitter updates. In its current incarnation, it looks for the five latest tweets mentioning keywords linked to ingredients, and fills the glass accordingly. The result is an original, spur-of-the-moment mix — it’ll even print out the ‘recipe’ (really, a ratio of the keywords) and thank the users who unwittingly contributed to the beverage.
There aren’t any known plans to let you buy Data Cocktail or make one of your own, but it could easily stick around. The creators note that they can easily change the keywords, ingredients and proportions to suit specific events. You may well see this robotic bartender producing drinks based on election coverage, award show buzz and even the trending Twitter topics du jour.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/154328950?color=fb9600&byline=0
Via: The Creators Project
Source: Data Cocktail
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