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Aug

Smart first-aid kit uses algorithms to explain how to prioritize emergencies


Why it matters to you

An “intelligent” first-aid kit and CPR Kitchener can help you treat injuries and possibly save someone’s life.

Technology and medical research have both progressed enormously over the past few decades, but first-aid kits have not necessarily advanced at the same rate. Emergency management startup Mobilize Rescue Systems wants to change that with its new “intelligent” first-aid kit, the Comprehensive Rescue System. Alongside the first-aid tools you expect to find in order to deal with a serious injury, it also boasts an embedded tablet in its lid — containing lessons and instructions from thousands of pages of triage and emergency response documents.

Not only is the information available to read, but it will also advise you on exactly what you need to do (and when you need to do it) in an emergency situation. And, no, you do not need a medical degree to follow its advice.

“What we’ve done is give anyone immediate access to custom instructions to aid an injured or sick person, no training necessary,” Matt Pelak, director of business development and technical co-founder of Mobilize, told Digital Trends. “Because of our unique algorithm, the input you give to the app gives you back simple directions, specifically tailored for the victim, on how to stop bleeding, do CPR, or several other treatments. This isn’t just a one-size-fits-all list of generic instructions, but exactly what you need, when you need it.”

Pelak says that the system could be usefully incorporated into any environment, although Mobilize has had particular interest from schools and universities, the oil and gas industry, and local authorities.

“Because of the different sizes of the kits, there’s generally a size for every need and budget, plus having the app on your phone makes it incredibly portable,” Pelak said. “The app requires no data or cell service so it can be used anywhere, and it [can be updated] through the app stores.”

The high-end hard-case version runs for $2,250, while a soft-case version will set you back $1,750. That is not cheap by any stretch of the imagination, but if you’re going to shell out on technology, you may as well do it for technology which could one day save a person’s life. If you can’t afford that, a $180 version offers a scaled-down kit that works with a user’s cellphone rather than its own tablet.

30
Aug

How to use the Amazon trade-in program


Did you know you can trade-in products like smartphones and tablets to Amazon and get store credit? The Amazon Trade-in program has been around for some time, but if you haven’t heard about it before, here’s how to use it.

Through the program, you can trade in a slew of different items — but perhaps the most important these days is the smartphone. If you’re in the market for a new phone, Amazon will buy your old phone from you to help offset the cost. Interested in the new Samsung Galaxy Note 8? Amazon could pay you up to $170 for a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, which could go straight to helping you buy your new phone.

But how does the trade-in program work? Here are the steps to follow:

Submit a trade-in: Head to the Amazon trade-in store and find the items you’re looking to trade-in. To do that, first select the category (cellphones, tablets, etc.), then click on the right item.

Ship your trade-in: The next step is to ship out your product. Within 7 days of submitting the trade-in, you’ll be issued a shipping label, which you can use to ship out the product to Amazon. Make sure to include the packing slip inside the box so Amazon knows the item is from you.

Get paid: When Amazon gets the product and confirms its condition, your account will receive credit that can then be used to buy anything on the Amazon store.

In between shipping the item and getting paid, you can actually track the status of the trade-in. This is done by heading to the trade-in account and clicking on Review the status of your trade-in item. It may take a few days for the payment to be credited to your account, so don’t worry if after shipping you don’t immediately get paid.

Apart from the Galaxy S7 Edge, there are a number of phones you can trade-in for Amazon store credit. Perhaps the most notable is the black iPhone 7 Plus, which could net you a whopping $370 for use on your Amazon account. Again, phones aren’t the only items you can trade in — you can even trade in your old textbooks, DVDs, video games, and so on.




30
Aug

How to use the Amazon trade-in program


Did you know you can trade-in products like smartphones and tablets to Amazon and get store credit? The Amazon Trade-in program has been around for some time, but if you haven’t heard about it before, here’s how to use it.

Through the program, you can trade in a slew of different items — but perhaps the most important these days is the smartphone. If you’re in the market for a new phone, Amazon will buy your old phone from you to help offset the cost. Interested in the new Samsung Galaxy Note 8? Amazon could pay you up to $170 for a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, which could go straight to helping you buy your new phone.

But how does the trade-in program work? Here are the steps to follow:

Submit a trade-in: Head to the Amazon trade-in store and find the items you’re looking to trade-in. To do that, first select the category (cellphones, tablets, etc.), then click on the right item.

Ship your trade-in: The next step is to ship out your product. Within 7 days of submitting the trade-in, you’ll be issued a shipping label, which you can use to ship out the product to Amazon. Make sure to include the packing slip inside the box so Amazon knows the item is from you.

Get paid: When Amazon gets the product and confirms its condition, your account will receive credit that can then be used to buy anything on the Amazon store.

In between shipping the item and getting paid, you can actually track the status of the trade-in. This is done by heading to the trade-in account and clicking on Review the status of your trade-in item. It may take a few days for the payment to be credited to your account, so don’t worry if after shipping you don’t immediately get paid.

Apart from the Galaxy S7 Edge, there are a number of phones you can trade-in for Amazon store credit. Perhaps the most notable is the black iPhone 7 Plus, which could net you a whopping $370 for use on your Amazon account. Again, phones aren’t the only items you can trade in — you can even trade in your old textbooks, DVDs, video games, and so on.




30
Aug

Google Maps can help you find a parking spot in 25 cities outside the U.S.


Why it matters to you

Finding parking and then keeping tabs on where you parked can be hard. Google Maps allows you to leave a parking reminder and search parking difficulty depending on your destination.

As part of its latest update, Google added 25 more cities outside the U.S. for people to use parking difficulty icons via Google Maps for Android and iOS. The icons inform you ahead of time of how difficult it is to park wherever you are headed.

To find out how hard it could be to park, simply get directions to your destination and look for the parking difficulty icon in the directions card at the bottom of the screen. Based on historical parking data and machine learning, parking difficulty levels can vary from limited to medium to easy.

The app can also help you remember where you parked. By tapping a little blue dot that represents your car, you are able to leave yourself a parking reminder. It is an option that Apple Maps has actually had for quite some time (Apple first began offering its users parking reminders last year), but better late than never, Google.

Once you tap that familiar little blue dot, you are able to enter notes and take photos that help guide you to the exact location of your vehicle. So whether you are in an expansive parking lot in suburbia or a winding parking garage in the middle of a big city, you have the information you need to find your ride.

If you happen to be in a metered spot, Google Maps will also let you input data on how much time you have left, setting a timer to remind you to either high-tail it back to your car, or pay the piper.

On iOS, the experience is pretty much identical. Tapping the blue dot and selecting “Set as parking location” adds a spot to the map. If you connect to your car using USB audio or Bluetooth, Maps takes care of the heavy lifting for you, automatically adding your spot to the map when you disconnect and exit the vehicle.

While this is all very useful, the bummer is that none of this process is automated. That means that while you do not have to recall the location of your car, you will have to recall the need to manually set a reminder for yourself and enter all of the details. This differs from the Apple Maps feature, which lets users create parking reminders without having to input a ton of additional information. Google added automatic parking detection to the iOS app recently, but it is not quite as robust as Apple’s solution.

Update: Google rolled out an update to the parking difficulty icons on Google maps for Android and iOS.




30
Aug

Misfit Vapor smartwatch boasts a touch-sensitive bezel and full waterproofing


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Smartwatches are on the rebound, but price is still a barrier for a lot of people. At $200, Misfit’s Vapor is one of the more affordable Android Wear smartwatches.

Ever since Misfit took the world by storm with its subtle Shine fitness tracker back in 2011, it has been making unique products. Now that it’s part of the fashion company Fossil Group’s portfolio of brands, Misfit has released activity trackers at a breakneck pace, partnering with brands like Speedo and Swarovski for prime placement. It’s perhaps best known by the Shine 2 and Ray, screen-free fitness trackers with notification lights, vibration motors, and activity-tracking features. But at CES 2017, Misfit broke tradition by debuting the Misfit Vapor, its first touchscreen smartwatch.

The Misfit Vapor ran Misfit’s proprietary operating system when it was first announced, and while Misfit confirmed that the device would get Android Wear 2.0 in January, we now finally know when the device will launch — in October. The device will get all the standard Android Wear 2.0 features, including a customizable watch face, fitness tracking, and more.

“Our partnership means hundreds of your favorite apps will be available at launch, opening up a multitude of possibilities for Android and iPhone users alike,” the company said in a statement.

The Vapor boasts a 44mm satin-finished stainless steel upper casing and hand-polished case back. The body is swim proof and water resistant up to 50 meters. The interchangeable straps feature stainless steel hardware in matching tones.

The Vapor’s 1.39-inch OLED screen packs 326 pixels per inch, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor, and 4GB of internal storage. You use a touch-sensitive bezel to navigate through the Vapor’s menu of watch faces, applications, and notifications. Sensors including a “dual-injected polycarbonate” heart-rate sensor, accelerometer, altimeter, gyroscope, optical heart rate sensor, GPS, and microphone perform real-time fitness tracking. Since the watch has Bluetooth, it supports offline, phone-free music streaming to paired headphones.

The Vapor lasts an estimated two days on a charge and juices up wirelessly via a magnetic charging cradle. The Misfit Vapor is available for pre-order in two colors, jet black and rose gold. It will retail for $200 when it launches on Misfit’s online store late this summer.

With the Vapor, Misfit is entering an overcrowded field. But with an estimated two-day battery life, waterproof capabilities, and a low price point, it may best its other Android Wear competitors such as the $350 Huawei Watch 2, and the $350 LG Watch Sport.

Update: Misfit delays Vapor launch with Android Wear 2.0 until October.




30
Aug

Best Accessories for the LG G6


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Get the most out of your LG G6 with these great accessories!

As we head into the Autumn season, the LG G6 is still quite the compelling flagship and surely in the running for the best of 2017. Featuring a premium build design and a generous 5.7-inch screen, the LG G6 is a very beautiful and capable phone that you can enhance with the right accessories.

We’ll start off with some cases and screen protectors to keep your phone safe, then move on to some great charging options to make sure you never run out of battery during the day.

  • Spigen Rugged Armor
  • SUPCASE Full-body Rugged Holster Case
  • Trianium Clarium Series Case
  • Spigen Tempered Glass Screen Protector
  • Samsung EVO+ 256GB
  • Anker Micro-USB to USB-C adapter (2 pack)
  • Tronsmart Dual USB Car Charger w/ Quick Charge 3.0 technology
  • Anker PowerPort Q1 10 Wireless Charging Pad
  • Dretal Desktop Charging Dock

Spigen Rugged Armor

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Spigen’s Rugged Armor case is always a great option to protect your new phone, so of course we’re going to recommend it for your LG G6.

This one-piece case offers great protection for your phone while keeping a mostly sleek and slim profile. Made of flexible and durable TPU material that makes it easy to install, it’s got a premium look to it with carbon fiber textures at the top and bottom on the back. Featuring cutouts around the camera and fingerprint scanner on the back, and with tactile buttons for the volume control on the side, this case feels natural in hand while ensuring all your phone’s functionality remains intact.

For a stylish case that offers quality protection, get the Spigen Rugged Armor case for your G6 for just $14.

See at Amazon

SUPCASE Full body Rugged Holster Case for LG G6

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If keeping your new investment in good condition is important, you’ll want to slap a rugged case on your phone. SUPCASE provides some of the sturdiest cases you’ll find for smartphones, so you can buy with confidence here.

SUPCASE offers full protection for your phone, with a front plate that includes a built-in screen protector and port covers for the headphone jack and charging port. Made from a combination of TPU and polycarbonate materials, your phone will be protected from anything life throws your way for just $17.

Ideal for heavy use and outdoorsmen, it also ships with a 360-degree swiveling belt clip holster so your phone is always within arms reach.

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Trianium Clarium Series Case

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A clear case offers great protection for your LG G6 while providing a mostly unobstructed view of the LG G6

Trianium’s Clarium Series cases are sleek and as minimalist as it gets, so if those are important features in a case for you, you’ll definitely want to check it out. Your phone will get the all-around protection you want from this slim case that also perfectly preserves the look of your LG G6. It’s thin enough to work with wireless charging pads no problem, and should also work with charging docks as well. You can get yours for only $8 from Amazon.

See at Amazon

For more great case options for your LG G6:

The best cases for LG G6

Tronsmart Dual USB Car Charger w/ Quick Charge 3.0 technology

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Tronsmart’s car charger with a built-in USB-C cable is a great option for keeping your LG G6 juiced while on the road.

The built-in USB-C cable is convenient since you’ll never need to remember your cable each time you drive. The included USB Type-A port is handy for charging another device at the same time via Quick Charge 2.0 or 3.0. It’s a great value at just $15 on Amazon.

If you need a car charger that to keep your LG G6 charged when you’re on the go, check out the Tronsmart 33W dual USB charger.

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Spigen Tempered Glass Screen Protector

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Spigen’s tempered glass screen protectors are available in a very affordable two-pack, which will let you keep that brand new LG G6 screen protected right out of the box.

This screen protector will cover the entirety of the screen while still remaining case friendly. This is a dry install screen protector with everything you need for a clean, dust-free installation on your first attempt included in the package. You can buy with confidence knowing that Spigen offers a lifetime warranty for any product defects. You can get this two-pack of quality screen protectors for just $8.

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Samsung EVO+ 256GB microSD card

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The LG G6 offers storage expansion up to 2TB via microSD. While a 2TB microSD card doesn’t yet exist, it’s good to know that this phone is virtually future-proof when it comes to storage.

For now, your best bet for expanding your phone’s storage is Samsung’s 256GB EVO+ microSD card. Featuring read speeds of up to 95MB/sec and write speeds up to 90MB/sec, this card is plenty fast enough to handle storing all the photos and videos you take with your G6, while also letting you load up all your favorite media so you have your favorite music and movies with you on the go.

At over $150, it might be too pricey for some, and that’s ok. Check out our other MicroSD card recommendations for your Android phone.

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Anker Micro-USB to USB-C adapter (2-pack)

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If the LG G6 is your first Android phone that relies on USB-C charging cables, chances are you’ve got a stockpile of Micro-USB cables laying around that are about to become fairly obsolete. If you want to be able to use your old Micro-USB cables with the G6, you’ll want to pick up this two-pack of Anker adapters. They’re cheap and will get the job done, especially if you’ve got chargers or devices that have integrated cables you can’t easily swap out. Get two adapters for just $7 on Amazon.

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Anker PowerPort Qi 10 Wireless Charging Pad

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The U.S. variant of the LG G6 is the only model that supports Qi wireless charging. If you want to take advantage of this exclusive feature, you’ll need a wireless charging pad.

The Anker PowerPort Qi 10 wireless charging pad is your best bet. It’s simple to use with a premium design that features breathing LEDs to indicate your devices’ charging status. The non-slip pad keeps your phone secure while your phone takes advantage of Fast Charge Mode, which delivers 10W charging to your LG G6. All this comes with the advanced safety features you demand to ensure your phone doesn’t overheat and is protected from short-circuits and electrical surges.

You will need to supply your own wall charger, (of course, Anker recommends their own for guaranteed compatibility) but if you’ve got a couple spares already kicking around they should work just fine. Best of all is the price — at only $20 it’s a great value!

See at Amazon

Dretal Desktop Charging Dock

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Looking to incorporate your phone into your workspace set up while simultaneously keeping it fully charged when it’s time to go? You need a desktop charging dock.

This charging dock from Dretal will keep your LG G6 topped up and propped up, helping to eliminate stray cables on your workspace and declutter your desk. The dock lets you watch videos or control your music while providing a good viewing angle for keeping tabs on any incoming calls or messages as you work. Also works great as a nightstand charger.

The design makes it incompatible with most cases, but it will work with slim cases like the Spigen Thin Fit. Simply pop it onto the USB-C connector at the base and you’re good to go. It’s available in five different color options, so you can pick one to match your phone or your desk color scheme for just $16.

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What are your favorite accessories?

Got any opinions on the products we’ve highlighted here? Anything we missed? Let us know in the comments!

Update August 2017: Updated product links and descriptions. These are still the best accessories for your LG G6!
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30
Aug

Get 64GB of lightweight, super-fast USB-C 3.1 storage for $22


This deal on a flash drive from Thrifter will be the easiest $22 you spend today!

The SanDisk Ultra 64GB USB-C 3.1 Flash Drive is down to $22 at Amazon. This flash drive normally sells for around $28.

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The read speed for this flash drive is up to 150 MB/s with USB 3.1 data transfer. Like all USB-C and USB 3.0 drives, it’s also compatible with older USB-A and USB 2.0 ports. It’s only 1.5 inches long and should easily fit anywhere you want it to go. It works well with new MacBooks, Android and iOS phones, and more.

The drive comes with SanDisk’s five year warranty and has 4.6 stars based on 67 user reviews on Best Buy and 4.1 stars based on 304 user reviews on Amazon.

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30
Aug

What we’re using: Qapital, Mighty and the Switch Pro controller


This month’s In Real Life focuses on self-improvement: taking your Spotify playlists to the gym minus your phone, getting some app-powered help on your savings and, er, being a better gamer on the Nintendo Switch.

Nicole Lee

Nicole Lee
Senior Editor

I like spending money, but I’m not so great at saving it. I’ve used Mint and other budgeting software before, but they still require me to do the heavy-lifting of actually watching what I spend. So after doing a bit of research, I decided to try out Qapital, an app that promises to do the saving for me. I’ve been using it for about a month now, and I’ve already saved up around $500 — without really trying.

The trick with Qapital is that it lets you set up a series of rules that’ll automatically transfer money out of your bank account and into your Qapital account. And the great thing is, you can create whatever rule you want. So for example, you can have a “Round-Up” rule that’ll automatically round up each expense to the nearest dollar and transfer the difference. Or you can create a rule that’ll chip in $10 every time you spend something on Amazon (which Qapital calls the “Guilty Pleasure” rule).

For the extra nerdy, you can even hook Qapital up with If This Then That (IFTTT), a service that connects different internet accounts together. This way, you can save a buck every time you post a photo on Instagram, or save $5 every time you tweet. You can also set it so that it saves money every time you reach your 10,000-step goal if you’re so inclined.

When the money arrives in your Qapital account, it gets siloed into one or more of different goals that you’ve set up for yourself. This can be something like a “Rainy Day” fund with a goal of $10,000 or a “Vacation” fund with a goal of $2,000. Qapital encourages you to have smaller, multiple goals to work toward (so you can get the satisfaction of achieving something), but it works just as well with the one big goal.

I opted to choose rules that saved money every time I spent — the Round-Up rule as well as the Guilty Pleasure rule. I also had three separate goals set up, with the same rules applied to each one. Before I knew it, I was putting away almost a hundred dollars a week — every time I went to the grocery store, or bought a gadget on Amazon, extra money was shuffled from my bank account to Qapital. I was pleasantly surprised by just how much money I could save and still be able to live my life the way I always have.

I’ll warn here that you do need to give Qapital your bank login credentials for the whole thing to work. If you use credit cards for your spending, you’ll want to add those account logins to the Qapital app too, so that your spending can trigger the rules. That might scare off some of you, but this is how Mint and most other budgeting apps work. Besides, the Qapital account is FDIC-insured, so you won’t have to worry about your money disappearing in the middle of the night. Also, you can transfer the money out of Qapital any time you want. You can even use Qapital to pay your bills directly.

There’s one caveat though, and it’s an important one: You don’t earn any interest from the money you put away in your Qapital account. After all, the service is free — the interest from your savings goes directly to Qapital instead of you. It would be far more prudent and money-wise for you to simply transfer all that money into your very own interest-earning account yourself.

But if you need help saving and you want it to be done automatically, then Qapital does provide a simple and elegant solution. An interest-earning savings account will get you more money over time, sure, but this is better than not saving anything at all.

Mat Smith

Mat Smith
Bureau Chief, UK

Billy has already given the Mighty a thorough testing here, but for the uninitiated, it’s an iPod Shuffle-esque Spotify player with both a headphone socket and the ability to play music wirelessly. As I’m a foolish iPhone 7 owner, my headphone choices have gravitated towards wireless options. But I still own some wired sets, which generally offer better sound quality. (Oh yeah, and Apple stopped selling the iPod Shuffle.) Finally, I could listen again to my Spotify tracks with higher-quality ‘phones on my commute, at the gym and the rest. I was an early backer on Kickstarter — yeah, I can’t believe it happened either, and my device even landed ahead of review samples. I’ve had it for a few months now.

I made the wrong choice on color, however. Unlike our review sample in moody black, mine was a slightly dull white, if you remember desktop PCs from the mid-90s, you’ve got the right shade. It gave the feeling that this was some sub-$20 MP3 player, not something closer to 90 bucks. The clip was reassuringly sturdy, with a rubber edge to keep it all snugly attached to wherever I put it. (Like you can see in the image in this article, I did wear it on my shirt collar, because I could.) One personal caveat is that I’ve realized that I’m pretty much tethered to my phone when I go the gym: I log my exercises, timings and the rest. I might even Google stretches and rehab movements because my body doesn’t like it when I make it move. This means that Mighty doesn’t liberate me as much as say, someone that goes running, or follows along a class. But, hey, that’s me.

Unlike my colleague, I had a few early troubles getting my music tracks to sync, but once you’ve got your best playlists synced, you rarely have to meddle with the app and sync from your phone again. This is great. Less great is the choice of charging port: The headphone socket. Yes, I understand that this helps simplify design, and there’s likely technical design reasons for it, but it also means another obscure cable I need to keep around. Just add a micro-USB port — those cables are cheap and plentiful. The Mighty might not be essential for me, but it is smart way to take your Spotify collection away from your phone and PC and there aren’t many options for that.

Timothy J. Seppala

Timothy J. Seppala
Associate Editor

Nintendo is forcing my hand to buy a Pro Controller for my Switch. After sending my left Joy-con in for service (yup, mine loses sync too), my buddy Victor offered to lend me his Pro so I could keep chipping away at the legendary beasts in Zelda. Until then, I’d sworn the gamepad off because the Wii U’s version never felt quite right to me. That and the updated model is $70. C’mon, Nintendo.

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Getting it to sync to my console was a bit of an ordeal, but a few minutes later I was up and running. I haven’t owned a non-default controller for a Nintendo system since the GameCube, and once I fired up Breath of the Wild, I realized how much of a mistake that’s been.

Scrolling through my arrow and weapon inventory with a real D-pad and having normal-sized face buttons was a revelation. The Joy-cons and adapter are serviceable stand-ins for a controller, but now that I’ve used the real deal, I don’t think I’ll be able to go back. The ergonomics are better, as is the fit and finish. Best of all? When I’m staring at my TV screen, I don’t have a nagging feeling that I’m using an input device designed around compromises.

“IRL” is a recurring column in which the Engadget staff run down what they’re buying, using, playing and streaming.

30
Aug

Twitter’s live NFL news and analysis show premieres tonight


Twitter’s new NFL live show #NFLBlitz premieres tonight on the league’s @NFL account. Last year, Twitter held the rights for the NFL’s Thursday night games, but Amazon snagged those streaming rights this season in a deal believed to have rung in around $50 million. Instead, the platform is getting a 30-minute long news and analysis show that will air Monday to Thursday every week through to the Super Bowl.

The show, hosted by NFL Network’s Marc Istook and Erin Coscarelli will feature everything from breaking news to fantasy projections to pregame analyses. And for prime time games and particularly important match-ups, #NFLBlitz will also air pregame dispatches via Periscope.

For those who enjoyed watching NFL games on Twitter last year, fret not because the platform still has something to offer when it comes to live games. Stadium’s 24/7 sports livestream launched on Twitter last week and the site is also working in a weekly WNBA stream, an MLB analysis show, PGA Tour coverage as well as a pro athlete-fan interaction show called #Verified.

You can catch the first episode of #NFLBlitz at 7PM Eastern.

Source: Variety

30
Aug

‘Until Dawn’ studio has two PSVR games for this year


Thank goodness Sony has finally started to bundle required cameras and controllers with its PlayStation VR hardware, but the system still needs more games to compete with the likes the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. Games like Sparc and Arizona Sunshine are out already, of course, and Skyrim is apparently on its way, but the PlayStation’s library still has fewer games than its competitors. Luckily, Supermassive Games is bringing two new titles to the PSVR experience soon, with psychological horror game The Inpatient launching November 21st and team military shooter Bravo Team releasing December 5th.

In addition, Supermassive Games (the developer behind horror game Until Dawn) dropped a new trailer for The Inpatient, a VR title that sets you smack dab in the middle of 1950s-era Blackwood Sanatorium as a patient with no memory. You’ll need to explore the hospital to trigger flashbacks and get information from staff and other inhabitants. Needless to say there’s a lot of scary stuff going on in there.

Bravo Team is a first-person, cover-based shooter with both single and two-player online cooperative play. It’s set in a fictional modern Eastern European city where you’ll have to strategize and fight your way through intense battles. The developers claim that Bravo Team works well with the gun-like PSVR Aim peripheral as well as with DualShock 4 and Move controllers, letting you simulate things like blind fire by raising the gun over your head.

Source: PlayStation Blog