Archive for: January, 2015

Microsoft Starts Denim Rollout to Lumia Phones

Microsoft today made good on a promise it made last month and began to distribute the Lumia Denim system update to devices running Windows Phone 8.1. The Denim update adds live folders, improves the Internet Explorer browser, adds SMS merging, and makes vast improvements to the imaging tools. More specifically, the Lumia Icon, 1520, 930, […]

T-Mobile Intros ‘Simply Prepaid’ Plans

T-Mobile today announced a new series of plans called Simply Prepaid. The trio of plans offer unlimited data, text, and talk with scalable access to LTE 4G (the “unlimited data” applies only to 2G access). The entry-level plan costs $40 per month and includes 1GB of LTE; the mid-tier plan costs $50 per month and […]

Xiaomi Launches High-End Phablet

Xiaomi today announced the Mi Note, a new flagship device for the company that will compete with the likes of Samsung’s Galaxy Note and Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus. The Mi Note features a 5.7-inch full HD display, 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 processor with 3GB of RAM, and a 3,000mAh battery with Quick Charge 2.0. The main […]

Google Updates Maps for Android and iOS

Google recently updated its Maps application for both the Android and iOS platforms. The new version of Maps allows people to filter search results by cuisine, see current weather information for cities around the world, drop pins within navigation routes, and add transit directions directly to the calendar. Maps also gains some bug fixes. Google […]

PlayStation Vita Firmware Update Is Now Live

Sony pushed live firmware update 3.36 for PlayStation Vita, which is a mandatory download (124MB) if you wish to use PlayStation Network features. Sony’s comment on the update is that: Operations quality during use of some applications has been improved. As a reminder, there will be some PSN maintenance tomorrow, January 15, with a PlayStation […]

Samsung Is Now Making 8Gb GDDR5 Memory Chips

Samsung is making it easier for graphics card makers load up on memory. The firm has kicked off mass production of GDDR5 RAM with a whopping 8Gb (1GB) per die. The chips are designed for high-end PC graphics and supercomputers, two product categories with increasingly close ties. Unsurprisingly, the press release notes that only eight […]

3DS XL Launch to Include Special Editions

The launch of the 3DS XL handheld on February 13 features games The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, as well as hardware editions with the art designs of these two titles. The Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate bundle comes with the game pre-installed at launch on February 13 for $229.99, […]

Rockstar Delays GTAV PC Again – Announced Hardware Requirements

Once upon a time, the remastered edition of GTAV was scheduled for a cross-platform release on November 18. The PS4 and Xbone got the game on time, but the PC version has been pushed back twice: first to January 27, and now again to March 24. Rockstar Games has announced another delay, chalking it up to the need for […]

Avatar 2 Delayed by One Year

The Associated Press reports from an event held by the New Zealand Screen Advisory Board where director James Cameron revealed that the release date of the upcoming Avatar 2 has been delayed from December 2016 to December 2017. “There’s a layer of complexity in getting the story to work as a saga across three films […]

Metroid Prime Trilogy Primed for Wii U Release

The acclaimed Metroid Prime Trilogy, which has become so sought-after by collectors that its pre-owned price on eBay has climbed above $100, will be re-released on Wii U on January 29. Nintendo announced the digital re-release on Wednesday as part of a broader plan to offer downloadable versions of key Wii games on the Wii […]

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