Archive for: May, 2016

Twitter to Change How It Handles Certain Characters to Help Expand Tweet Length

Twitter today said it plans to change how it handles certain characters and content in an effort to make the service somewhat easier to use. Over the next few months, Twitter will drop @names, photos, quoted tweets, and other media attachments from the character count. It’s also going to stop requiring a period before usernames […]

Pebble Announces Two New Watches and 3G Connected Button

Pebble today announced the Pebble 2 and Time 2 smartwatches, as well as the Core connected button. The two wearables target fitness users and include heart rate monitors for tracking workouts and monitoring sleep. Pebble recently updated its health tools, and the Pebble 2 and Time 2 are able to take advantage of the upgraded […]

Huawei Sues Samsung Over Patents in the US and China

Huawei has filed lawsuits against Samsung in the U.S. and China, alleging the smartphone maker is using its patented technology without permission. Specifically, Huawei believes Samsung is infringing on a patent related to LTE wireless technology. “We hope Samsung will stop infringing our patents and get the necessary license from Huawei,” said the company in […]

Corsair Launches a New DDR4 Memory Kit Designed Specifically for Asus ROG Motherboards

Corsair announced a new DDR4 memory kit designed specifically for Asus Republic of Gamers (ROG) motherboards. The new 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) Dominator Platinum kit matches the ROG color scheme with a black ten-layer PCB and heatsink, as well as a red aluminum top bar color matched to the Asus motherboard line. The […]

SteelSeries Debuts the Imbues Rival 700 Gaming Mouse – Sports Haptic Feedback, OLED Display

SteelSeries is pushing the envelope with its Rival 700 gaming mouse that offers, among other things, a tactile pulse to give you in-game cues and a little OLED display that can show game stats or flair. Haptic Alerts You can customize both the vibration types–the pattern, duration, and so on–and the in-game events that trigger […]

New Plastic Memories Game Is on the Way for PS Vita

The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu confirms the 5pb.’s newly announced Plastic Memories game as a PS Vita title. Plastic Memories will launch for PS Vita in Japan on October 13 for 7,344 yen via retail and 6,480 yen via download. A limited edition will also be available for 10,584 yen. Early buyers will get […]

J.J. Abrams Gives Chewbacca Mom Tips in a Carpool with Late Late Show’s James Corden

  This is as good as it gets for Chewbacca Mom.     Candace Payne, who went viral after live-streaming her reaction to trying on a Chewbecca mask and thinking it was the funniest thing she had ever seen, was invited to carpool with James Corden and Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams. While the Late […]

Disney•Pixar Releases the New Finding Dory Trailer

Disney•Pixar has released the new trailer for the long-awaited sequel Finding Dory, featuring returning stars Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks back in their classic voice roles. Watch the new Finding Dory trailer below Finding Dory picks up six months after the first movie, with Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) living a quiet life among the clown fishes. After going with Nemo on a […]

New Trailer for Illumination’s Sing

Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment have debuted the new trailer for the animated film Sing, which will be released on December 21, 2016. Check out the new trailer below! Illumination has captivated audiences all over the world with the beloved hits Despicable Me, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, Despicable Me 2 and Minions, now the second-highest-grossing animated movie in history. Following the […]

Run Your Own Virtual Convenience Store with this New 3DS Sim

Circle Entertainment is finally giving Western video gamers a chance to play one of the mythical “convenience store simulator” games. It’s a genre that dates all the way back to the PlayStation-era, but none of them ever seemed to make it across the Pacific Ocean. This Thursday, May 26, the Nintendo 3DS will play host […]

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