Google’s new app makes it easy to save mobile data

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New App ‘Triangle’ let’s you control data use

Google have developed a new app which lets you view and control the amount of data you use. The app ‘Triangle’ lets you monitor data usage and restrict apps from using your data even when your 3/4G is on.

This is a handy little app if you’re on a contract with limited data as some apps consume a lot more data than others but it’s also helpful as some apps will continue to drain your data if they are running in the background.

Another feature this app has is that you can allow certain apps access to your data for limited time periods from 10 to 30 minutes.

This app is only available in the Philippines for now as it’s still in it’s testing phase.

 

Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite

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Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite powered by Unreal Engine 4 has a demo available on PS4/Xbox One, it’s story driven and a lot of fun! With the full game available in September, some are worried the multiplayer aspect of the game will be stable with previous games from Capcom, Street Fighter V, struggling with the server load at launch.

With that said, the demo is incredibly fun and has all the aspects you’d expect from a Marvel vs Capcom game, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is released for PS4, Xbox One and PC on September 19.

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Spiderman PS4 Exclusive!

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Sony showed off their super cool Marvels Spider-Man exclusive PS4 game at E3 and we cannot wait to try it out, check out more information below:

Marvel’s: Spider-Man is an upcoming open world action-adventure video game based on the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man. It is being developed by Insomniac Games and is to be published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 console. It will be the first licensed game developed by Insomniac. The game will tell a new story about Spider-Man and is not tied to a film or comic book. The game will cover both the Peter Parker and Spider-Man aspects of the character and will feature a more experienced Spider-Man.

 

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Periscope lets you buy and send Super Hearts that broadcasters can cash in

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Periscope has a new revenue stream

Periscope (owned by Twitter) has a new way to attract the best new content and also help you make some money along the way – this week it launched it’s ‘Super Hearts’ feature which allows users in-app purchases to buy the Super Hearts.

The Super Hearts can be sent to the creators of the content through the comment reel and then they (the creators) can redeem these with Twitter on a monthly basis.

Twitter takes 30% of the revenue and the creator/user gets the remaining 70%.

This gifting process seems to be inspired by the trend in China where users buy digital roses or stickers to send to broadcasters – essentially an in-app tipping service!

This is only available in the US at the moment but Periscope hope to extend this to everyone soon.

To download Periscope please click here: Apple / Android

Snapchat launches location sharing feature Snap Map

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Snapchat’s next big feature wants to get you to meet up with friends in real life

 

‘Snap Map’ shares your current location – which appears to your friends on a map and updates when you open snapchat.

This feature was possible as snapchat secretly bought the map app ‘Zenly’ for between $250-$350 million.

The feature allows you to share your location with all your friends, a few friends or you can select ‘Ghost Mode’ which allows you to keep your location secret.

Alternatively location sharing is turned off by default.

To access Snap Map, pinch on the Snapchat home screen and then you can scroll around, seeing where your friends are! Tapping on their Bitmoji avatar opens their story or you can message them directly from here. Snapchat has an “ActionMoji” which is determined by your location and time of day!

You can see where Snaps are being sent to Snapchat for thier “Our Story” by the heat colours on the app, which could indicate events or activities that are underway.

Will this breathe new life into Snapchat and take it’s crown back from Instagram? Only time will tell.
To download Snapchat please click here: Apple / Android

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A man took a spirit level on a plane to prove earth is flat……

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A YouTuber named D Marble flew from North Carolina to Seattle, seems normal right? Well he took a spirit level on board to see if the pilot would dip the nose of the plane to “compensate for curvature”

In his YouTube video description D Marble states:

I recorded a 23 minute & 45 second time-lapse which by those measurements means the plane travelled a little over 203 miles. According to “Spherical Trigonometry” given to explain the Heliocentric model [a globe model], this should have resulted in the compensation of 5 miles of curvature. As you’ll see there was no measurable compensation for curvature……

He continues….

Most importantly…Bodies of Water (i.e. puddles, ponds, lakes, rivers, and oceans) do NOT curve into a sphere. Droplets…yes. Oceans…no! The Earth is composed of 70% water. Other than waves and other ripples, the surface of that water generally lays flat. Therefore, THE EARTH IS FLAT.

See his video below:

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Play Super Mario in real life!

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The Microsoft Hololens isn’t out commercially yet but Abhishek Singh has shown what can be done with the ‘mixed reality’ headset. He has re-created Super Mario. Yes you read that right, he has re-created Super Mario in real life.

He has designed the classic 1-1 level from the original NES version of Mario. The video below was recorded directly from within the Hololens so we see exactly what Singh was seeing when he demod it.

See below the amazingness unfold:

 

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Batman Bat-Signal

Bat-Signal Shines in Honour of Batman star Adam West.

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LA’s skyline has been lit up with the Bat-Signal to honour Batman star Adam West, who died last week.

Mayor Eric Garcetti and LA Police chief Charlie Beck were expected to be at the public event at City Hall, which started about 21:00 local time (05:00 BST).The signal originated in the DC Comics strip as a sign that the caped crusader was needed to save the day.

Animated comedy Family Guy will also honour West this weekend.

West played the eccentric Mayor West for more than 100 episodes on the hit cartoon show. On Sunday, US TV network Fox will show the episode The Dating Game, which features West winning an auction for the Medieval Castle restaurant.

But Adam West was best known for playing TV’s Batman in the 60’s. Actor Burt Ward, who played Robin alongside Adam West’s Batman in the hit 1960s TV series, also paid tribute to his co-star, telling the BBC that the two had enjoyed “an amazing friendship”, describing the actor as “a lot of fun”.

Amazon Fresh

Amazon buys Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion

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Amazon just bought Whole Foods for $13.7 billion.

This is one of the biggest deals of the year and is a big move for Amazon into grocery.

This means that Amazon is going to be a huge competitor with other retailers, potentially starting the foodpocalpyse and send other grocery brands crashing.

Amazon, which has long eyed the grocery business, will buy the upmarket supermarket for $42 a share, investors greeted the deal as game-changing for the industry, sending shares of rival grocers plunging.

What could this mean for the future consumer?

Lower prices? Amazon has a long history of deferring profits in favour of winning customers with low prices. It could try a similar strategy at Whole Foods, now knocked by some as “Whole Paycheck”.

Techie shopping? Amazon is also interested in how technology can make shopping more efficient. The firm’s Alexa robot maintains shopping lists and Amazon is testing a convenience store in Seattle that operates without check-out lines.

Derren Brown’s Ghost Train Rise of the Demon

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NEW FOR 2017: RISE OF THE DEMON

Take your one way ticket on a horrifying journey into the chilling depths of the unknown. With intense live action and thrilling physical effects, the grasp of the Demon awaits.
Are you brave enough to come face to face with the Demon as it rises from the darkness?

This attraction is not suitable for those under the age of 13, those who suffer from motion sickness, dizziness, psychological or neurological disorders. 

 

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