Bungie vows to fix all the annoying things you hate about Destiny
Bungie hears you loud and clear: Destiny isn’t perfect. In fact, Destiny is far from perfect, but now that the game been released to the public, all that Bungie can do is fine-tune the final product until it stops making everyone angry. On Thursday, the Destiny development team took to Bungie’s website to discuss all the issues that been irritating and mystifying players over the past two weeks, from the infamous “Loot Cave” to the endless health bars of the bosses.
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I have no idea if BlackBerry’s strategy will work… but I like it anyway
OK, let’s get something out of the way: I think the BlackBerry Passport looks utterly ridiculous. But then again, BlackBerry didn’t design the device for me and that’s not a bad thing. While watching BlackBerry’s presentation on the Passport on Wednesday, I actually came away impressed by how much the company is laser-focused on designing and selling devices to hardcore enterprise users who only want their phones to double as work devices and nothing more.
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The next iPad Air might get a key spec upgrade you didn’t get with the iPhone 6
Apple will unveil at least one new iPad model this year, according to various reports, and Taiwanese publication TechNews has confirmed an earlier report that said only the iPad Air 2 would be coming this October. However, the publication also says that a 12.9-inch iPad Pro is in the works for next year, at which point a new iPad mini might also be released. More importantly, the report says that Apple’s upcoming tablets will get some significant upgrades to improve performance.
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Google’s big Nexus 9 launch might be closer than you think
Google is expected to unveil new Nexus devices later this fall, including at least a new Motorola Nexus smartphone and an HTC Nexus 9 high-end tablet. The latter might be unveiled in the coming weeks, according to MoDaCo’s Paul O’Brien, who posted on Twitter release date details for the tablet twice in the last few days.
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Check out this insanely cool iPhone thermal camera add-on
The Seek Thermal is a cool standalone smartphone camera add-on that lets users take pictures and record videos in a thermal imaging mode, though many iPhone and Android device owners may not have an actual need for that other than the “coolness” factor. The device attaches to a supported smartphone via a Lightning or microSD port, The Next Web reports, and costs $199.
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Here are the 3 free games you’ll get on Xbox One and Xbox 360 in October
Over the past several months, we haven’t had many game releases to occupy our time. That’s all beginning to change, with huge games like Destiny, Forza Horizon 2 and Shadow of Mordor either already out or coming soon, but the free Games with Gold have been doing a stellar job of tiding over Xbox owners in the interim.
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BREAKING: Apple responds to ‘Bendgate’ says only 9 customers have complained about iPhone 6 Plus
Apple has come out swinging against reports that its iPhone 6 Plus bends too easily. The company on Thursday told CNBC that only nine customers so far have complained about the device being too flimsy and it defended its hardware engineering from criticisms that have come in this week. In addition to revealed that only nine customers have complained, the company also said that its “new iPhones feature steel/titanium inserts to reinforce stress locations and use the strongest glass in the industry.” While the company did not discount some reports of the iPhone 6 Plus bending in some situations, it also said that under “normal use” such bends are “extremely rare.” Furthermore, Apple says that both new iPhones “passed a series of tests meant to check the products’ strength and durability to withstand every day, real-life use.”
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Bash is even worse than Heartbleed, and you can’t do anything about it
A few months ago, a serious security issue affecting millions of websites was discovered – Heartbleed – and subsequently patched by many of them, but it looks like that wasn’t the worst security scare for Internet users this year. CNET reports that a new security vulnerability has been found, the “Bash” or “Shellshock” bug, which could be even more serious than Heartbleed because it can affect a variety of Internet-connected devices, from computers to Internet-of-Things gadgets. And apparently, this huge flaw will not be easily fixed.
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APPLE FANS, BEWARE: Developer warns of yet another big iPhone security flaw
Apple really isn’t having a good week. Things started out well enough when Apple revealed on Monday morning that more than 10 million combined iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus handset were sold during their debut weekend. Then came “Bendgate.” And iOS 8.0.1. And the revelation that Apple is entirely at fault for the huge nude celebrity photo leak. Piling on top of this growing list is a blog post from app developer Craig Hockenberry, who reveals a big and potentially frightening security issue in iOS 8 and earlier versions of Apple’s mobile software.
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The best ‘Bendgate’ parody we’ve seen is tailor-made for a Samsung ad
You can be sure that Samsung’s marketing team is looking at all the photos and videos of bent iPhone 6 Pluses and is cracking its knuckles… presuming, of course, that the Galaxy Note 4 doesn’t suffer from similar problems. All the same, it seems some Samsung fans have already gotten off to a head start and have created a Samsung-esque iPhone 6 Plus “Bend-gazi” parody that you might very well mistake for an actual Samsung ad.
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