Microsoft’s amazing ‘RoomAlive’ will turn your entire living room into a giant Xbox game
Have you ever watched Star Trek and wished you could be in the holodeck interacting with exotic simulated environments? Well, Microsoft is making that dream more of a reality with a killer new concept that they’re calling “RoomAlive” for Xbox.
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Apple might sell more than 200 million iPhone 6 units in FY2015
A new report from Asia detailing Apple-related supply chain gossip indicates the company might be selling well over 200 million combined iPhone 6 units in its 2015 fiscal year (from October 2014 to September 2015). Digitimes has learned from sources familiar with the matter that Apple has ordered up to 250 million units of combined iPhone 6 and Apple Watch chips. Of those, up to 40 million chips might be produced for the Apple Watch, leaving the rest for iPhone 6 models.
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The first hour of the awesome-looking Sunset Overdrive will be live streamed this weekend
One of the most anticipated Xbox One exclusives of the year isn’t launching until the end of the month, but Microsoft is well aware of how impatient its fans can be. That’s why the console maker is teaming up with Best Buy to offer an exclusive first look at Sunset Overdrive on October 11th during a one-hour livestream of the game on the Xbox Twitch channel.
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Samsung’s Gear VR headset price and release date allegedly leaked
Samsung isn’t exactly blowing away the competition in the smartphone market at the moment, but the company is working on plenty of interesting products outside of the mobile world that could expand its reach even further. One of those products in the Gear VR virtual reality headset, a device which we were impressed by when we went hands-on with it early last month.
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HTC posts a teaser pic of the killer new smartphone it will launch this week
Rejoice, HTC fans: Your favorite smartphone OEM is about to give you the smartphone camera you’ve been clamoring for. HTC on Monday posted a teaser picture on its Twitter account that seemingly shows off its newest smartphone that will reportedly feature a 13-megapixel camera that will mark a vast improvement over the camera found in its HTC One (M8) flagship phone.
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Video: One of the coolest iOS panoramic camera apps brilliantly adapts itself to the iPhone 6
When it comes to taking panoramic photos, the iPhone 6 sets the standard on how great a smartphone camera can be. And for those of you who love taking great panoramic pictures, it gets even better: Cycloramic has just issued an updated version that’s specific to the iPhone 6 that will let you rotate the device around as it’s snapping pictures.
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Download the latest Gmail update to see a major improvement on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus
It’s been made abundantly clear that Apple fans were ready for a larger iPhone, but some app developers didn’t have enough time to prepare. You might notice that some of your most used apps don’t look quite right on your new iPhone 6, but one of the most important apps for many mobile users just received an update to rectify the issue. As of version 3.1415926, Gmail for iOS now officially supports the larger display sizes of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
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The world’s best smartphone bargain gets even better on AT&T this Friday
Buying a smartphone can be a frustratingly deceptive process. Sure, a 16GB iPhone 6 might only cost $199 up front, but after finding a contract with talk, text and a few gigabytes of data, you could easily spend between $1000-2000 before you’re due for an upgrade. But what if you could get one of the best affordable handsets on the market for less than $200 without a signing up for a contract?
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China isn’t the only huge market where the iPhone 6 is launching next week
After announcing the iPhone 6 will launch in China on October 17th, Apple has also revealed that its 2014 smartphones will also be available in stores in India on the same day, BGR India reports. In addition to China, India is also a major market for Apple, considering the significant number of potential buyers.
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YUCK: You need to see how hideous the original iPhone looked running the decoy version of iOS
It goes without saying that the original iPhone blew away the tech world when it was first unveiled in 2007. However, the development of the device was such a secret that not even all of Apple’s hardware engineers were allowed to test out the finished product that ran iOS. The Next Web points out that Apple actually developed an ugly, dumbed-down version of iOS known as “Skankphone” software that Apple engineers used to test out the device’s hardware capabilities to prevent leaks of the final UI design. As you might expect, this decoy user interface looked absolutely hideous.
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