The makers of the Angry Birds,lans to terminate as many as 260 employees in a restructuring that gets the studio back to its core businesses after a period in which it “did too many things,” according to its CEO. In our current financial condition, we must now put focus on where we are at our best,” Pekka Rantala, the Rovio CEO, said in a statement. That means concentrating on ma...
The brutal space shooter from 17-bit will launch a separate edition for mobile devices in 2016, the studio and publisher GungHo Online Entertainment America said today. The game will be called Galak-Z: Variant Mobile. The original Galak-Z launched earlier this month for PlayStation 4 and Windows PC and has been well received by critics. The game will be optimized for the mobile platforms with new ...
Facebook has just released a new update to its Moments App, bringing its version up to 2.0. This is the first major revision to the app since its launch back in June. The latest update adds a small number of features,but also marks the application’s release outside of the US. You can now find new ways to create moments by simply tapping the plus button in the top right.Not listed on the change-log...
Link Bubble has gone through a ton of changes lately, most notably a few weeks ago when app creator Chris Lacy announced the browser was getting some new, unnamed owners. It’s looking like the app is going through some more changes, as the new developers, who are now operating under the name Link Bubble in the Play Store, have just announced that the Link Bubble browser is now a completely free ap...
Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina 10 years ago, Google began ramping up its efforts to display the satellite images of affected areas Google Earth and even helped build searchable databases to help people keep in touch with their loved ones. And this hurricane season, Google is making it much easier to track dangerous storms through Search results. The company has announced tha...
There are number of ways in which we can control our android device from our desktop but most require lengthy setup processes, and some just flat out aren’t that easy to use. That’s where Vysor comes in. The developers of popular android apps like Helium, ROM Manager and All Cast, Vysor is a new application available in the chrome web store that lets you control your android device from your deskt...
Back in April, a “clever” Google Map Maker user submitted an image of an Android logo urinating on an Apple logo to Google Maps, which forced Google to apologize for the inappropriate incident soon after. To ensure this kind of thing never happened again, Google shut down the Map Maker program in May so it could revamp the way users could submit their entries. As promised, Google then relaunched t...
Samsung Gear S2 is on its way thanks to the official pictures and previous leaks about the device.Today, Samsung mobile executive Dennis Miloseski posted a nice close-up of the smartwatch to Instagram, to fuel our appetite for a new gadget. The picture treats us to a nice close up of what appears to be a metal frame around the display, which certainly looks rather nice.We can also spot a couple of...
One of the biggest announcements of Google I/O was the introduction of Android Pay, its an mobile payment solution which is supposed to rival Apple Pay and Samsung Pay. According to an internal notice that’s being passed around McDonald’s in the US, the launch of Android Pay could be just days away. The internal notice suggests that the service will launch on 26th August, following the launch of S...
Cortana, Microsoft’s personal voice assistant, is now available for all residents of the United States to download in public beta form.They launched a closed beta of the app back in July, but now this app can be downloaded by anyone who opts for the beta testing program. Similar to the functionality Google Now or Siri provides, Cortana is able to perform a number of tasks like setting alarms, sch...
A shiny new version of the Whatsapp has finally landed up at the Play Store, and it brings new customizable notifications, contact mute controls, new emojis and the introduction of skin tone colors, among other things. The new version is listed as 2.12.250 and most users will probably want to go and check out the variety of new custom chat options first.The menu allows customers to customize the s...
The users of official app of Twitter can tell you that it is not the best app around. There are various other better options, but one of the best app seems to be Talon for Twitter. It’s sleek and full of great features. But we are here to talk about the latest update for the app, and this update comes with a huge list of improvements. The new update takes the software version up to version 3.1.0. ...