Japanese cable provider launches on-demand gaming service, will stream Sonic...
Sony’s PlayStation Now streaming game service is still months away from launch, but Japanese cable company KDDI is testing the idea with the app-based GameNow service, through cable. It’s the same...
View ArticleGame makers can now start their own Steam sales, to your wallet’s chagrin
If you’re like many of the PC gamers we know, you wait eagerly for Valve’s Steam sales; they’re chances to stock up on games that were previously unaffordable. Thanks to a new Steamworks update, you...
View ArticleHow to Draw Animals
Animals are fun to draw. This tutorial will show you how to draw different animals. Edit Steps Edit Artic Animals: Penguin and Polar Bear Draw 2 circles for each animal: one for the head, another for...
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View ArticleXiaomi shipped over 15 million MI2 series phones, lowers MI2s to $210 in China
While Xiaomi’s been pushing its budget Redmi Android phone into Singapore recently, it’s also managed to reach a new shipment record for its mid-tier MI2 series, which includes the MI2, MI2s and MI2a....
View ArticleGoogle+ for Android learns even more photo editing tricks from Snapseed
Google+ has been taking cues from Snapseed ever since the company snapped up the app, and this refresh for Android is no different. The update introduces tools like crop, rotate and one-touch filters....
View Article[GEEK SCHOOL] Gmail Guide 4: Mail Filters and the Star System
Today’s Geek School lesson will broaden our discussion of labels in Gmail to include filters, and then move onto tracking important emails with stars. Labels are great but they can be used much more...
View ArticleBBC head wants all iPlayer users to pony up the licence fee
The BBC’s budget is getting squeezed, and as such, everyone who uses its service is going to be made to pay up. Lord Hall, the BBC’s Director-General, has announced that he’s pushing to close the...
View ArticleGoogle adds the ‘Polar Bear capital of the world’ to Street View
One of the more immediate effects of climate change is that the icy habitats of the Polar Bear are very rapidly evaporating. In an attempt to connect people more directly to the issue, Google and...
View ArticleJapanese cable provider launches on-demand gaming service, will stream Sonic...
Sony’s PlayStation Now streaming game service is still months away from launch, but Japanese cable company KDDI is testing the idea with the app-based GameNow service, through cable. It’s the same...
View ArticleHow to Be an Author
If you really want to be an author, then you have to be prepared to spend many hours a day trying to generate original and exciting ideas. You may have to wake up before the crack of dawn before you...
View ArticleFacebook discontinuing its Messenger for Windows app on March 3rd
It looks like Facebook is getting a jump on spring cleaning. Three days after shuttering its @facebook.com email service, the company said it’s killing off Messenger for Windows. Though the Windows...
View ArticleMoov’s fitness tracker works as a personal trainer to improve your workouts
There are quite a few fitness trackers out there now that all do exactly the same thing: monitor how much you move. While there are tons that can tell you you’re not moving around enough, there isn’t...
View ArticleBritish spy agency reportedly collected millions of webcam images from Yahoo...
Britain’s surveillance agency, GCHQ, hasn’t fared much better than the NSA these past several months; the latest leak shared with the Guardian claims that Britain has been collecting millions of...
View ArticleYour smartphone’s WiFi hotspot might double as a disaster rescue beacon
When disasters strike, communication services tend to go down; you can’t simply call for help or share your location online. However, engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information...
View ArticleA website that teaches you how to knit
Sheep & Stitch is a freshly-launched website that teaches you how to knit using video tutorials and simple patterns. I don’t know how to knit, but if I wanted to learn, I think I’d start here. The...
View ArticleHTG Explains: What is the Internet Of Things?
If you read any tech news, you’ve probably seen “the Internet of Things” mentioned over and over. It’s supposedly one of the next big things — but what exactly does it mean? Isn’t the Internet already...
View ArticleSorry, shredders: Tony Hawk’s new game is a mobile-only affair
After Tony Hawk’s massively popular Pro Skater game series faded into the sunset (and the Ride/Shred series lit that sunset ablaze with nuclear warheads), the world went a few lonesome years without a...
View ArticleCatch Pokémon on Netflix starting March 1st
Look, we get it. You’ve got a fever, and the only prescription is more Pokémon. We’ve all heard it before. Thankfully, this time there’s a solution: a heap of Pokémon content is coming to all Netflix...
View ArticleDish Explorer for iPad can now recommend shows and turn on your TV
If you own one of Dish’s Hopper DVRs and have ever been stumped as to what to watch next, you’ll want to grab the latest version of Dish Explorer for the iPad. The new app now recommends shows based...
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