Archive for: March, 2016

T-Mobile Targets iPhone SE Buyers with New Offer

T-Mobile is taking advantage of the iPhone SE launch to debut a buy-one, get-one-half-off deal on iPhones. Customers who buy any iPhone can get the second one for half price as long as it is activated on a new line of service. The deal requires an equipment installment plan for both phones. T-Mobile will reimburse […]

Snapchat 2.0 Features Refreshed Chat Tools

Snapchat today pushed up a major update to its service that improves the app’s ability to handle messages, photos, and videos. Snapchat now lets users transition between these ways of communication with a simpler user interface, and allows people to send videos or audio snippets even when recipients aren’t online. Users can access the camera […]

LG G5 Officially Goes On Sale March 31

LG said its G5 smartphone will be available for sale in Korea starting March 31, with the U.S. to follow April 1. The G5 will reach other regions, including Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, over time. LG says more than 200 carriers plan to sell the phone. In the U.S., that includes AT&T, Sprint, […]

Sharp Accepts Lowered Takeover Bid from Foxconn

Foxconn has agreed to acquire a 66% stake in Sharp for $3.5 billion, said the companies today. The sale price is considerably less than the $5 billion Foxconn offered earlier in the month. Foxconn is a Chinese company known mostly for building Apple products. Sharp, based in Japan, chiefly makes displays. It has suffered from […]

Unepic Is Now Availabile for PS Vita and PS4

Unepic, the Spanish developed PC Metroidvania is now available for the PS Vita and PS4. The player controls Daniel, a snarky and nerdy Dungeons and Dragons nerd who was thrown into a mysterious castle while taking a piss break. Assuming it’s all a big hallucination, he challenges himself to defeat the master of the castle, Harnakon. […]

Amazon to Ban Sale of Non-Compliant USB-C Cables

In order to protect consumers, Amazon said it will no longer sell USB Type-C cables that don’t conform to the published spec. Specifically, Amazon stated that its retailer partners are not allowed to list “any USB-C cable or adapter product that is not compliant with standard specifications issued by ‘USB Implementers Forum’.” The USB-IF is […]

Two More Captain America: Civil War TV Spots Debut

Marvel Studios has released two more Captain America: Civil War TV spots, featuring new bits of footage from the upcoming film. You can check them both out in the player below. In addition, the New York Daily News caught up with star Don Cheadle who spoke about fan reactions to the film’s trailer, wherein things […]

New Dragon Quest Monsters Sequel Racks Up Strong First Week Sales

There’s a new release on 3DS that’s stealing the headlines. It’s Square Enix‘s 3DS RPG Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3, the latest entry in the spin-off series, that’s stormed to the top of the charts with impressive numbers. Its predecessor on DS did come to the West over a year after its Japanese release, so […]

Naomi Watts joins Brie Larson in Glass Castle

Lionsgate‘s adaptation of Jeanette Walls’ bestselling memoir The Glass Castle switched out Jennifer Lawrence for recent Oscar winner Brie Larson (Trainwreck, Room) late last year, and now The Hollywood Reporter confirms they’ve added another heavy-hitter to the cast in the form of Naomi Watts (The Divergent Series: Allegiant, Birdman). Watts will play Larson’s character’s eccentric […]

Pokemon Snap Is on the Way for Japanese Wii U Virtual Console

Pokemon spin-off Pokemon Snap, originally released for the Nintendo 64 in 1999, is coming to the Wii U virtual console in Japan, Nintendo has announced. It will be released in the island nation on April 4, priced at ¥1,028 yen, which is roughly $9. There is no word yet on if Pokemon Snap will come […]

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