Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Doom Co-Creator's New FPS Blackroom Has a Story That Matters and other top stories.

  • Doom Co-Creator's New FPS Blackroom Has a Story That Matters

    Doom co-creator John Romero's new studio Night Work Games has announced Blackroom, a new first-person shooter that is set to recapture the gameplay and action that his previous games like Quake are known for. We got the chance to talk to Romero about the game's story, its environments, and exactly what type of shooter Blackroom is.Blackroom's story revolves around Hoxar, Inc.'s Blackroom, which is a holographic simulation technology that can be used for everything from entertainment to military..
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  • Facebook is reportedly working on a Snapchat-like camera app — again

    Facebook is reportedly working on a Snapchat-like camera app — again
    Facebook may be working on yet another Snapchat clone. The social network is developing a standalone camera app meant to "encourage its 1.6 billion users to create, and share, more photos and videos," according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal.  The report, which credits unnamed sources familiar with Facebook's plans, says the app is being created by a team in London and is "similar" to Snapchat. The unnamed app reportedly launches on the camera — like Snapchat — and will reportedly i..
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  • Apple Watch gaming one year in: Developers speak out

    Apple Watch gaming one year in: Developers speak out
    One year ago, just before the release of the Apple Watch, we spoke to several game developers about the coming future of wrist-based wearable gaming. All of them were excited, but some were uncertain of what was ahead—in part because some were developing for a smartwatch they’d never worn, and a device that wasn’t quite like any other before it. Now, as the Apple Watch nears a full year on the market, we’re taking another look at gaming on the device, this time with a lot more experience. We’ve..
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  • Gmail 6.4 Adds Exchange Support On Non-Nexus Devices [APK Download]

    Gmail 6.4 Adds Exchange Support On Non-Nexus Devices [APK Download]
    Today Gmail is getting Exchange support— Yes, I know, Gmail has been handling Exchange accounts for quite a while. Users have been able to sign in to corporate email addresses since Gmail hit version 5.0. In case you haven't been counting, we're now at 6.4. So what's going on? Well, let me finish my sentence. Today Gmail is getting Exchange support on non-Nexus devices. Okay, yes, you've been able to do this by installing an extra APK. What's special now is support should be available out of t..
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  • UK Astronaut Completes 60000 Mile London Marathon

    UK Astronaut Completes 60000 Mile London Marathon
    Think running a marathon is a challenge? Spare a thought for British astronaut Tim Peake, who not only ran this weekend’s 26.2 mile London Marathon, but he did the grueling feat strapped to a treadmill 250 miles above Earth. ANALYSIS: Running in Space is a Punishing Challenge Peake, the first British ESA astronaut (and 7th British-born astronaut) to be launched into space, has been living on board the International Space Station since December and had been planning the marathon slog for some ti..
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  • With iPad Pro and True Tone, Apple finds reason to nerd out over iOS color management

    With iPad Pro and True Tone, Apple finds reason to nerd out over iOS color management
      Feature With iPad Pro and True Tone, Apple finds reason to nerd out over iOS color management By Sam Oliver Monday, April 25, 2016, 08:32 am PT (11:32 am ET) Every once in a while, Apple rolls out new behind-the-scenes features that are exceptional technical achievements but receive little fanfare. With the launch of the miniature iPad Pro, that focus shifted toward the important-but-impenetrable world of color management.ColorSync at work in OS X. Note the small variance between RGB (s..
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  • OpenStack cloud's “killer use case”: Telcos and NFV

    OpenStack cloud's “killer use case”: Telcos and NFV
    AUSTIN, Texas – Today, 114 petabytes of data traverse AT&T's network daily, and the carrier predicts a 10x increase in traffic by 2020. To help manage this, AT&T is transitioning from purpose-built appliances to white boxes running open source software. And according to AT&T Senior Vice President of Software Development and Engineering Sarabh Saxena, OpenStack has been a key part of this shift.+MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: OpenStack Director: Why open source should be the core of your cloud | Coo..
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  • Twitter Takes Another Step to Crack Down on Abuse

    Twitter Takes Another Step to Crack Down on Abuse
    Twitter has added a way for users to report multiple abusive tweets at the same the time, marking one more incremental step by the microblogging service to crack down on harassment. Until now, Twitter TWTR users could only report tweets individually, which made it difficult to fully convey an abusive situation. “This update makes it easier for you to provide us with more information about the extent of abuse and reduces the time it takes to do so,” Twitter safety engineer Hao Tang said i..
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  • Hands-on with Microsoft's Word Flow keyboard for iOS

    Hands-on with Microsoft's Word Flow keyboard for iOS
    Microsoft has finally released its Word Flow keyboard — a native feature of the Windows Phone — on the App Store for iOS devices. I’ve been playing around with the keyboard on an iPhone 6s, and I’ve got to say, it’s an excellent addition to the phone. The most important feature of the keyboard is the ability to swipe across multiple keys with a finger in order to type in words. For those who are used to Apple’s standard keyboard on the iPhone and the iPad, swiping will be a revelation in itself..
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  • Rock Band 4 gets online multiplayer in paid expansion this fall

    Rock Band 4 gets online multiplayer in paid expansion this fall
    A long-requested online multiplayer mode is coming to the co-op band simulation title Rock Band 4 this fall as part of a paid expansion pack, series creator Harmonix announced this week. Synchronous online multiplayer is one of several additions slated to arrive for Rock Band 4 by the end of this year, though some content will require players to pay a fee for access. Related: Harmonix ditches Mad Catz, signs on with new Rock Band 4 co-publisher PDP “As one of our most requested features, synchr..
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