As the sole member of the BGR E3 away team, I had to pick and choose very carefully to make sure I saw as many games as I possibly could during the three days the show floor was open. Since we’re still very early in the life cycle of the new generation of consoles, many of the most exciting prospective games aren’t due until next year, but don’t worry, 2014 won’t be a total wash.
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The true desktop-grade power of the 64-bit A7 chip that’s currently found in several 2013 Apple devices including the iPhone 5s, iPad Air and Retina iPad mini will actually be unleashed once iOS 8 rolls out and developers start making use of the new Metal API for iOS in brand new, console-grade games, according to AppleInsider.
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Samsung could soon launch the highly anticipated Galaxy S5 Prime in South Korea, possibly under a different name, reports from the region suggest. Similarly, a special LG G3 version could also be released in the country in the near future.
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What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about a Samsung smartphone? A giant phablet? A gorgeous screen? A plasticky look and feel? Whatever your answer might be, the camera on Samsung’s handsets likely isn’t near the top of the list for most people. With the Galaxy S5, however, that may change — according to a recent review from the photography experts at DxOMark, Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone is equipped with the best camera in the business.
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Think of mid-engined supercars and your mind is bound to gravitate towards Europe, but North America has been known to make a handful from time to time – exceptional vehicles from the likes of Vector, SSC, Mosler, Hennessey, and Saleen. But long before any of those came around, Ford famously became obsessed with beating Ferrari at its own game, leading to the development of the iconic GT40.
The story is well known, sending Ford to the checkered flag at Le Mans four times in a row in the late 1960s. Ford and Shelby also built over 100 for public consumption, but just four of them were roadsters. Of those only one remains in original condition, and now that exceedingly rare example going up for auction.
Consigned to RM Auctions for its mid-August sale during Pebble Beach weekend in Monterey, California, this 1965 model is the first GT40 Roadster built. It was used as a development and demonstration vehicle for Ford and Shelby. Carroll Shelby himself drove Henry Ford II in this very car during one of many test and demo events, this time held for Ford’s board of directors in Los Angeles.
Serial number GT/108 has been shown at numerous prestigious events throughout the years, and has been part of the same owner’s collection for over two decades now. RM won’t say just how much it’s expected to fetch at auction, but considering the big-buck lots it usually handles, the unique nature of this highly coveted vehicle, and the US$7 million brought in for the last GT40 prototype we saw go up for auction, you can bet there’ll be a lot of zeros in the final figure.
Exceptionally rare ’65 Ford GT40 Roadster prototype up for auction
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Samsung wasn’t the first smartphone maker to launch an oversized handset with a huge screen, but there is no question that the company popularized the phablet category. And ever since the first Galaxy Note smartphone launched back in 2011, Samsung has been the king of this category. The South Korean electronics giant is expected to hold onto its crown in 2014 when it debuts the latest addition to its Note phablet lineup later this year, and now the Galaxy Note 4’s most impressive feature has apparently been confirmed.
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When Apple unveiled iOS 8 at WWDC 2014 two weeks ago, the company only demoed a few of its most important features. The company also listed some of other new iOS 8 capabilities offstage, and left many more to be discovered by iOS 8 beta 1 users. MacRumors has put together a big list of iOS 8 features, revealing several interesting tricks that aren’t obvious at first sight, but could prove to be more than useful for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users.
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BBM is still a hugely popular messaging app and now there’s a new version of it that promises to be the most secure mobile messaging platform in the world. BlackBerry on Monday announced the availability of BBM Protected, which functions just as BBM does except it now has an added layer of encryption in the form of a unique encryption key that’s shared exclusively between a message’s sender and its recipient. Even more impressively, BlackBerry says that “each message uses a new random symmetric key for message encryption,” so even if one key gets compromised it doesn’t mean all your messages will also be exposed.
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When the Android mobile operating system was first unveiled back in 2007, it was a sad-looking ripoff of the BlackBerry operating system. But when Apple launched the iPhone that year, Google immediately realised that it had seen the future of smartphones and it quickly went back to work in an effort to make its new mobile software more like the software on the iPhone. Fast-forward to 2014, and Google is the clear leader in terms of global market share, and its mobile software has grown by leaps and bounds. In fact, the tables have turned and it is now Apple that is copying features from Android with each new iOS update.
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We all spent last week rushing around trying to find the perfect gift for Father’s Day, and now it’s time to sit back and enjoy a gift for ourselves. App developers have a hard time competing for exposure now that there are about 115,000 applications in Apple’s iOS App Store, but one of the best ways to get some attention is to make your paid app free for a limited time. We’re always on the lookout for great paid apps that go on sale, and today we have four solid ones to share with you.
Remember, these apps are free to download only for a limited time. They were all free at the time this post was published, but these sales could end at any moment — so if you see something you like, you should click through to the App Store and download it immediately.
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