Picture the scene: you’re browsing on your phone when, suddenly, you find a list of the Top 10 celebrity pets that have killed people. Now, you just have to show this to your friends on Facebook, but that means finding the share link, holding it down…
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VR game ‘SMS Racing’ trivializes texting while driving
Texting while driving is against the law and it can put you and other people on the road in serious danger. That can’t be understated. However, when it’s your main objective when playing a virtual reality racing game, it can also be seriously good fu…
London’s ‘Boris bikes’ get an app for paying and planning rides
Using one of London’s “Boris bikes” isn’t as simple as, say, taking the Underground or catching a bus. You have to find a docking station with an available bike, work out your journey time and how much you’ll be charged, and then find another drop-of…
China’s smartphone market is big, but it isn’t getting bigger
China’s such a big country that there’ll always be an insatiable demand for smartphones, right? Not according to research firm IDC, which believes that the nation’s phone market has contracted by four percent in the last year. The outfit’s merry band…
Google adds pre-registration and alerts for Android apps
Starting with Glu’s Terminator Genisys: Revolution mobile game, you can now pre-register for apps from the Play store. Now if a developer wants to drum up some interest before an app release, they can stick a placeholder page in the store where users…
Bright House Networks and Charter deal looking less likely
According to Reuters Bright House Networks may look to kill its impeding merger with Charter Communications. After pressure from regulators put an end to Comcast’s effort to purchase Time Warner Cable, rumors started circulating that Charter wanted t…
Fox officially plans ‘Minority Report’ TV show for this fall
It’s official: Fox will bring back Minority Report later this year. Steven Spielberg directed the 2002 movie, and his company Amblin TV is behind the new TV series, set 10 years after the end of “pre-crime” in Washington D.C. The plot details availab…
Google executives talk Snowden and NSA backdoors during AMA
Senior members of Google’s public policy team took to Reddit today to discuss the company’s stance on government surveillance reform and the pending expiration of Section 215 of the Patriot Act that allows for the bulk collection of phone records. Go…
Facebook: If your news feed is an echo chamber, you need more friends
Facebook wants you to know that you’ve only got yourself to blame for the lack of diversity in views on your news feed. The social network has recently conducted a study to find out why people mostly see posts that mirror their own beliefs and to fin…
The Rockstar Editor is coming to ‘GTA V’ on consoles after all
Apparently “exclusive” doesn’t mean what it used to anymore. Rockstar Games recently revealed that its eponymous video editing toolset is coming to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Grand Theft Auto V in a recent question and answer session …
Secretive drone will test materials for future spacecraft
While the Boeing-built X37B drone’s nature remains mysterious, we at least know that it’s a test-bed for futuristic space tech. When it launches on May 20th, it won’t only be testing a new type of Hall effect thruster for the Air Force, it will also …
This speaker lights on fire (and it’s supposed to)
Your Sonos setup is pretty handy, what with its wireless audio and all that, but you know what it’s missing? A mothereffin’ open flame that bounces along to your music’s beat, that’s what. Because seriously, a jammin’ stereo is basically useless if i…
The clone that won’t disappear: ‘Threes’ vs. ‘2048’ on Google Play
> Google removed the quirky puzzle game Threes from the Play store on Tuesday. Its removal was unceremonious and sudden, but that’s not exactly why Threes creator Asher Vollmer found the situation frustrating. That came down to two reasons: A rob…
Daily Roundup: Steam Early Access, Microsoft Surface trade-in and more!
In today’s Daily Roundup, you can read all about how developers have embraced Steam’s Early Access program, learn about Microsoft’s new trade-in program for its old Surface tablets and find out how much money Comcast wasted trying to purchase Time Wa…
PlayStation Now’s game streaming subscription hits PS3
It was easy to scoff at Sony when the electronics giant said it had a 10 year plan for the PlayStation 3, but here we are almost a decade later and it’s still supporting the console. Case in point: the firm’s announced that it’s bringing subscription…