No code necessary: Create and customise your website with SnapPages (93 per cent off)

Building and operating a website without a background in coding was an abstract fantasy just a few short years ago, but convenience is king in today’s day & age, and the times are definitely a-changin’.

If you’re looking to establish a simple but professional-quality website that you can completely update and maintain with no hassle, SnapPages is the answer – and a lifetime subscription is currently 93 per cent off at Pocket-lint Deals.

Fusing simplicity and power, SnapPages is a truly unique website creation tool with robust features honed in on the tools that people actually want. Choose one of their professional themes, and customise it to fit your taste quickly and easily with drag & drop functionality. You can change colors and fonts, or modify advanced settings like typography and dimensions.

In today’s mobile-heavy world, mobile adaptability is key. That’s why SnapPages allows you to automatically create a mobile website that’s optimized for smaller screens, with all of your content updated in sync so you don’t have to edit both versions separately. Additionally, your new site will load at fantastic speeds thanks to the Rackspace cloud network.

There’s no point in having a website if nobody can find it. SEO is key to the survival of a website – that’s why SnapPages ensures all of their websites are optimized for search engines. They’ve also made it easy to integrate your website with some of the top ECommerce solutions available, while built-in social network plugins make promotional outreach simple.

Whether you have just a few products to sell or you need a full blown online store, SnapPages has you covered. Get a lifetime subscription today for just £34.13 ($49) on Pocket-lint Deals.

Indie horror ‘Neverending Nightmares’ comes to PS4 and Vita

Neverending Nightmares will be tip-toeing its way onto PS4 and Vita before the second half of 2016, bringing its unusual brand of horror and psychological exploration in tow. The game was originally launched on PC, Mac, Linux and Ouya in 2014, following a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised just over $100,000 for developer Infinitap. Players take on the role of Thomas, a young man that wakes up from a horrific nightmare in his home. Or has he woken up? A cycle of dreams begin to form, unravelling dark emotions and memories that continue to haunt him.

Although the game is now two years old, it should still be effective given its use of (mostly) monochromatic and 2D visuals. For PlayStation owners, the developer says it’s improved “plenty of rough edges,” making it easier to reach and recognise the points where the narrative branches in different directions. “This makes a huge difference in the experience,” Infinitap creative director Matt Gilgebach says. The updated version will also run at a “targeted” 1080p and 60 frames per second with antialiasing, which should make the environments and character models a little sharper.

Finally, the PlayStation titles will support cross buy and cross save at launch — so if you own both pieces of hardware, you can switch between the two at any time and continue playing, no questions asked. Just have a pair of headphones ready when you switch to the Vita version, because the spooky soundtrack thoroughly deserves a decent set of cans.

Source: PlayStation Blog

Scientists plot sea levels using GPS satellites

Accurate sea level measurements are more critical than ever, but there are a limited number of radar satellites designed for that purpose. However, a team from the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC), University of Michigan and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have discovered a new way to do so using much cheaper and more plentiful GPS satellites. The technique is called GNSS-R, and involves bouncing low-powered signals from GPS satellites off of the ocean’s surface and measuring the reflected signal with a GNSS-R receiver. That lets the sat-nav contellation act as a type of distance-measuring radar without disrupting its regular job — guiding cars and airplanes.

The team used a research satellite launched last year as a GNSS-R receiver, but it will be able to tap a new constellation of receivers that NASA is launching this year as part of CYGNSS (below). That mission will make accurate measurements of surface winds using GPS satellites, but NOC scientists will be able to use them to measure ocean levels, too, yielding a thirty-fold increase in such data. By mapping small changes in sea levels, “we should be able to map currents from space by detecting even smaller variations in sea surface height,” according to NOC researcher Dr. Paolo Cipollini. That data would be valuable on many levels, making both the CYGNSS mission and GPS constellation far more useful.

Source: National Oceanography Center

‘Pokémon Sun’ and ‘Moon’ hit the Nintendo 3DS this holiday

Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon are indeed real games and they’re heading to Nintendo’s 3DS this holiday season worldwide. Nintendo’s announcement was short and sweet, but we know the games will feature nine language options with the addition of both simplified and traditional Chinese.

In other juicy Pokémon news, the classic installments Red Version, Blue Version and Yellow Version will all be available to download in the Nintendo eShop tomorrow, February 27th. These games will also take advantage of the Pokémon Bank, allowing players to transfer their Pokémon to the Sun and Moon games once those launch.

While there weren’t many details on the Sun and Moon front, we grabbed some screenshots of Nintendo’s concept art from its announcement video. Check those out below.

#PokemonSunMoon are coming to the Nintendo 3DS family of systems in late 2016!https://t.co/uF3yUWkgjS

— Pokémon (@Pokemon) February 26, 2016

Source: Nintendo

Apple Pay Could See Slow Rollout in France Later This Year

A new report from French newspaper Les Echos (via iPhon.fr) [Google Translate] states that Apple Pay will be making its way to France by the end of the year. The introduction of Apple’s mobile payment solution will be a gradual rollout, with “a small handful of major French banks” supporting the service in a pilot program period of three to five months.

No specific date was given for the start of the rollout, but the pilot program is rumored to launch by September. The current state of negotiations between Apple and French banks is said to be paused at the issue of the transaction amount for each time a user pays with Apple Pay. A traditional payment with a debit card generates 9 cents for the partnering financial institution, with Apple’s current deal taking 5 cents per transaction, “more than half of the average income.” Some of the French banks see hope for an agreement to be reached by pointing to Apple’s agreement with banks in China.

But ” the agreement that the Chinese domestic network Union Pay happened is auspicious because it shows that Apple may make concessions ,” said one informed observer. According to the Chinese press, the group based in Cupertino would touch nothing for two years and he then held 0.07% of the transaction amount, which represents about a third of the current Banking Commission.

Last week rumors about Apple Pay’s expansion to France began with reports pointing to an official announcement by the company in the first half of 2016. Shortly thereafter, the service launched in China through a partnership with Union Pay. Including China, Apple Pay is currently available in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, with Hong Kong, Singapore, and Spain expected to launch by the end of 2016.

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ICYMI: 3D-printed vertebrae FTW, YouTube blur and more

Today on In Case You Missed It: An Australian neurologist successfully used 3D printed replacements for vertebrae to save a man who would have died from cancer otherwise. YouTube has updated its editing tools to include a custom blurring option. Another new device for the problem of not having wireless service in the boonies is available, you just have to keep it on you… and whoever you’re trying to contact.

We also wanted you to see the latest Guinness Record for a robot solving a Rubik’s Cube. It’s less than a second and of course, incredible.

As always, please share any interesting science or tech videos, anytime! Just tweet us with the #ICYMI hashtag to @mskerryd.

Zuckerberg is the most known, liked and disliked tech CEO

A new survey from Morning Consult shows that Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg are, if nothing else, the best-known tech CEOs out there. It also shows the power of statistics to confuse — at first glance, the survey appears to show that the pair are reasonably well-liked by the public, with 48 and 39 percent favored ratings, respectively. However, Zuck is also the least-favored CEO, while Cook is in third place in that category. So what’s the deal? Well, most of the 1,935 voters polled hadn’t even heard of the other CEOs in the study, including Jeff Bezos, Satya Nadella, Elon Musk and Travis Kalanick.

That actually makes the favorable numbers useless unless you compare them to the unfavorable numbers. In that case, Jeff Bezos is actually the best-liked tech CEO, followed by Alphabet’s Larry Page, Satya Nadell and Elon Musk. Zuck and Cook are tied for fifth place, ahead of Jack Dorsey and Travis Kalanick, the least popular CEO.

The survey company also asked participants how much they trusted tech companies with their private data and, unsurprisingly, Amazon topped the “confident” list with a 57 percent rating. The public mistrusts Uber as much as it dislikes its CEO, granting it just an 18 percent “confident” rating. Apple, perhaps because of its stand against the FBI, received a 54 percent confident rating, while only 32 percent of users trust Facebook with their data.

The reason that Morning Consult staged this wonky popularity contest was, in part, to show what the public thinks of Tim Cook following his showdown with the FBI.

The reason that Morning Consult staged this wonky popularity contest was, in part, to show what the public thinks of Tim Cook following his showdown with the FBI. It’s hard to judge the results, however, without knowing what they thought of him before Apple resisted helping the FBI unlock the phone of terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook. We don’t have those stats, but the survey company reports that 51 percent of registered voters believe that Apple should unlock the phone, while 33 percent are opposed (16 percent don’t know or care). However, Morning Consult said that “when respondents saw some of Apple’s arguments laid out before them, they grew more likely to support the tech giant’s position in the debate.”

Via: The Verge

Source: Morning Consult

OnePlus X receives minor update to address occasional camera corruption issue

Should you own the OnePlus X, you’ll be pleased to hear we’ve been notified of an update which came through to address an occasional camera corruption issue. Coming in at just 9.5MB, it’s a minor bump to the update that brought manual camera support and a number of fixes.

You should get the update shortly. It’s an incremental roll out, so fear not if you haven’t yet received the hotfix yet, you should be good to go within the next 48 hours. More details on the update can be found over on the official forum.

Let us know in the comments if you’ve received the hotfix.

Tronsmart’s Quick Charge 2.0 wall charger is just $5.50 at Amazon with coupon code

Tronsmart is offering its Quick Charge 2.0 wall charger for $5.50 with coupon code WALLCHAR, a savings of $5. Being QC 2.0 compatible, you’ll be able to charge your phone or tablet at an even faster pace, giving you that extra battery to make it through the day. The charger is also backwards compatible with other devices that don’t support Quick Charge, so this won’t hurt your phone in anyway.

Whether you need another charger for the house, office or just one to throw in a travel bag, you won’t want to miss out on this deal. Remember, you need to use coupon code WALLCHAR for full savings.

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Facebook brings Live broadcasts to Android, starting in the U.S.

Facebook has announced that the company is planning to roll out its Live broadcasting platform on Android in the U.S. Starting next week, those with Facebook installed on their smartphone will be able to stream live video to your friends. Just in case the social network hadn’t fully integrated itself into your daily activities already, you can now stream absolutely everything as well.

The roll out will commence in the U.S. initially with new markets being added over time to bring Android up to speed with the 30 countries supported on iOS. But how exactly does one start broadcasting on Facebook? Simply hit “What’s on your mind?” at the top of your News Feed and choose the Live Video icon.

This will then allow you to whip up a short description and select the audience before going live on air. Number of viewers, names of friends who tune in, as well as a real-time stream of comments will be available as you broadcast. Once you’re finished, the video will be saved on your Timeline for those who missed the broadcast.

As noted already, this roll out will start next week. Stay tuned for updates as to when Facebook rolls out Live video in new markets on Android.

Source: Facebook