Spotify Lite Has Been Ported to Wear OS Unofficially

Spotify is one of the leading streaming services for listening to music and goes head to head with big names such as Apple Music and Google Play Music. While the actual Spotify app might be a bit heavy on the resources, the company had recently launched a toned-down version of its app for Android devices that don’t have plenty of resources on board. The Spotify Lite app boasts of a super-light memory size and offers minimal yet basic functionality....

July 16, 2018 · 2 min · 324 words · Kathleen Hoffman

Surface Pro (2017) Review: Versatility Comes at a Price

Note:The Surface Pro we have came with Intel Core-i5 7th generation processor, 8 GB of RAM, and 256 GB of internal storage. Design and Build Quality I mean from viewing photos to consuming media to just reading and surfing the web; everything looks crisp and beautiful.I also love the 3:2 aspect ratio of the display which makes it more productivity friendly. The taller aspect ratio means that the display will be able to show more vertical content when you are surfing the web, writing, or reading....

July 16, 2018 · 3 min · 452 words · Anthony Spencer

The AI of Aliens: Colonial Marines Was Terrible Because of a Single Typo

Apparently, the enemies in the game weren’t really a challenge, and seemed to not have the ability to work as a team to surprise the player, or to do anything other than walk into the line of fire to die rather easily. However,Jamesdickinson963 of ModDB, who has been working on improving the game, has discovered a typo in the game’s code that may be (at least partly) to blame for the terrible AI exhibited in the game....

July 16, 2018 · 1 min · 192 words · Michael Davis

5 Steam Deals for the Weekend (14th – 16th July)

It’s the weekend, and that means Steam, once again, has a bunch of awesome new games on discounts for you guys to enjoy. This time around we have 5 awesome Steam games on sale. 1. Superhot: Mind Control Delete The game is usually priced at Rs. 399, but you can get it right now on a discount of 20% for Rs. 319. Buy Superhot: Mind Control Delete from Steam (Rs. 319)...

July 15, 2018 · 2 min · 344 words · Tracy Griffin

Adobe Is Bringing the Full Version of Photoshop to iPad

Apple has been presenting its iPad as sort of a laptop replacement for quite some time now. However, as powerful a device as the iPad Pro, or the new 6th-gen iPad may be, there are certain areas where they’re lacking as far as laptop replacements are concerned. However, it now seems as though Adobe is of the mind to make the gap between the iPad and laptops even smaller. The company is reportedly going to launch a fully-fledged, desktop version of its Photoshop app on the iPad....

July 15, 2018 · 1 min · 190 words · Colleen Johnson

Google App APK Teardown Reveals Feed Widget Removal, Podcasts Update and More

The Google Search app is probably one of the most used apps on our smartphones and it undergoes a ton of changes quite regularly. The company is always A/B testing some new feature that could make the Google app a little more useful and provide a fluid experience to the users. While wepreviously learnedthat Google will refine the podcast and assistant features, a teardown of the latest version 8.12 APK of the app hints at several incoming changes....

July 15, 2018 · 2 min · 416 words · Pamela Peterson

Here’s How You Can Play a Game of Golf in Fortnite

Fortnite’s much-anticipatedSeason 5 Updateis finally live and it brings a myriad of new features such as Viking ships, desert outposts, ancient islands, and newer vehicles. The most interesting feature, however, comes in the form of an in-game Mini Golf Simulator. Yes, you can nowenjoy a game of mini golf right within Fortnite Battle Royale, thanks to the introduction of new Battle Pass rewards known as Toys (that’s what Epic Games is calling it)....

July 15, 2018 · 2 min · 371 words · Robin Anderson

These are the Games Coming to the PlayStation 4 This Week (16 July – 21 July)

It’s the weekend, and that means a whole slew of new games are coming your way on your PlayStation consoles. This week, you’ll be getting games like Blacks Odyssey, Frost, and more. Here’s everything coming to the PlayStation this next week: Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion In Adventure Time, you’ll join Finn and Jake to figure out just why the Land of Ooo is underwater. You’ll journey across vast seas, battle pirates, search for clues, and more to solve the mystery....

July 15, 2018 · 3 min · 536 words · Barbara Johnson

This Snap-On Charging Station For the Xbox One is Downright Genius

If any of you own an Xbox One console, you must be familiar the troubles of keeping the batteries of your Xbox One controller charged at all times. You can always swap out these batteries for fresh ones but how many such AA battery packs do you plan to go through? Well, you may no longer need to worry about such battery woes asInsignia has made the perfect charging stationto help you keep the Xbox controllers up and running....

July 15, 2018 · 2 min · 297 words · Jonathan Allen

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Beta Dates Announced

The much-awaitedCall of Duty: Black Ops 4wasfinally revealedearlier this month after weeks of rumors, leaks and speculations. Now, Activision and Treyarch have announced that the upcoming game will get its first public beta release next month. In fact, the game will apparently have not one, but two distinct betas – one for the multiplayer mode and another, for thebattle royale mode dubbed Blackout. ThePrivate Multiplayer Betawill release on August 3, and will be limited to PS4....

July 14, 2018 · 2 min · 321 words · Amanda Barr

Extensive Tests Show Samsung QLED TVs Free Of Burn-in Issues

Samsung is currently facing a tough competition from the likes of LG and Sony in the premium television market, but the Korean giant is looking to conquer by showing the consumers that its QLED TVs are superbly built and do not suffer from any form of burn-in issues. In an official blog post, Samsung boasts thatall the QLED TVs in the Korean giant’s lineup have been certified as burn-in freeby German tech magazinevideothat had conducted the tests in partnership with a global testing lab calledconnect Testlab....

July 14, 2018 · 2 min · 327 words · Brandon Day

Facebook Hires Google’s Top Chip Engineer to Build Its Own Custom Chips

Facebook may have been caught in a boatload of controversies but it appears to be quite serious about its in-house hardware and silicon efforts. Google’s hardware efforts, which have recently become quite important, have taken a huge hit as the company’s chief of chip development has left Mountain View to join Facebook. First reported byBloomberg, the social media giant hired Google’s Shahriar Rabii earlier this month. This has been revealed by hisLinkedin profile, which tells us thatRabii has been hired as a Vice President and head of silicon at Facebook....

July 14, 2018 · 2 min · 269 words · Maria Maxwell

Google To Rollout Fix For Pixel 2’s Long-Standing Panorama Bug Later This Year

If you ask someone about the best camera phone on the market, they will probably say that it’s the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. And while this is the truth, the Pixel 2 is not perfect and its camera app has been plagued with a variety of issues ever since its launch. When you take a peek at theGoogle Product Forums, you will find that it is flooded with reports of problems with the camera’s infinity focus point....

July 14, 2018 · 2 min · 294 words · Christopher Duran