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April 2nd, 2013, 16:38 Posted By: wraggster
We’ve seen a fair number of hacks like this one that reuse a Kindle basically just for its ePaper display. [HaHaBird] has this device hanging on his refrigerator to display the weather and remind him about recycling day. It kind of make us wonder why we’re not seeing cheap ePaper modules on the hobby market?
The concept isn’t new, but [HaHaBird] does move it along just a little bit. He started by following the guide which [Matt] wrote after pulling off the original Kindle weather display hack. It uses a separate computer running a script that polls the Internet for weather data and generates a vector graphic like the one seen above. The Kindle then loads the image once every five minutes thanks to a cron job on the rooted device. But why stop there? [HaHaBird] tweaked the script to include a reminder about his municipality’s irregular recycling schedule.
Don’t overlook the quality of the hardware side of this hack. With its prominent place in the kitchen he wanted a nicely finished look. This was achieved by building a frame out of cherry and routing passages on the back to make room for the extension cable (so it could hang in landscape orientation) and a toggle to hold the Kindle firmly in place. Additional information on the build is available here.
http://hackaday.com/2013/04/01/kindl...cling-display/
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March 29th, 2013, 21:03 Posted By: wraggster
Pre-orders for micro-console now open at £79.99 as development kits land at studios
UK retailer GAME has snapped up the exclusive rights to sell PlayJam’s tiny Android TV console GameStick when it launches in June.
Pre-orders for the micro-games system have begun today, and can be purchased from the website for £79.99. The console will be available for pre-order in-store from June.
The news follows the announcement that Madfinger and Hutch Games will be bringing Shadowgun and Smash Cops to the console as launch titles, available for free.
Development kits meanwhile are expected to have begun shipping to developers this week, with pre-production prototypes containing different components for de-bugging and loading apps as well as extra features specifically for game development.
“We're really excited to be the only UK retailer to offer this product to the gaming community,” said GAME category director Charlotte Knight.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/4...sively-at-GAME
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March 29th, 2013, 00:13 Posted By: wraggster
Not too long after the Samsung Galaxy S 4 was announced, we started hearing whispers of a "miniature" version of the device -- which makes sense, given the Galaxy S III had a smaller sidekick of its own. Today, however, Bloomberg reported the unannounced device is indeed coming soon after the flagship makes its appearance at the end of April. If it follows a similar pattern to its bite-sized predecessor, it likely will be offered in Europe as a lower-cost alternative to the Galaxy S 4. The device is rumored to offer a dual-core 1.6GHz processor, a 4.3-inch display and 8MP camera. Sadly, no official details were given, but we've reached out to Samsung officials for comment and will update when we receive word.
Update: Samsung pinged back with the following comment, which doesn't do much towards confirming or denying whether or not the GS 4 mini is indeed on the horizon. A spokesperson informed us: "We have not announced the product mentioned in the Bloomberg story."
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/28/s...laxy-s-4-mini/
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March 28th, 2013, 23:54 Posted By: wraggster
With a lot of fanfare the Indian Government had launched a $35 tablet named Aakash (The Sky). Despite skepticism, the government went ahead with the project. But delays in production and deployment of the tablet have left the project in risk of failure. The manufacturer has been unable to supply the required 100,000 units, and a deadline of March 31has been set. The new minister Pallam Raju says: 'Aakash is only a tablet... there are other such devices as well. While work will continue to develop it and increase its productivity, manufacturing is obviously a problem.'"For what it's worth, they did manage to ship 17,000 of them. It looks like meeting the deadline is impossible and the $35 tablet is dead.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/1...r-be-cancelled
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March 28th, 2013, 02:11 Posted By: wraggster
The iTunes app store had a head start compared to its competitors and as a result had a huge selection of apps that was unsurpassed for a long time. But now Android has closed the gap and caught up and is providing stiff competition. Android and Apple have both been providing great phones for gamers. Due to the screen size and attention to details such as how comfortable the phones fit into your hand and also important things like image resolution and faster processors, these smartphones are now compatible for use with fantastic games that are on a par with games console games in terms of graphics and how realistic the experience is.
Both app stores provide most of the same games; however the App Store often charges 99 cents for the same games that are free on Android. If you are looking to go a little easier on your pocket, this could be a significant factor for you. Some people believe that the small amount of money apple charges is worth it because they get the best developers and the best quality apps overall. It's no secret that although you have access to a huge amount of apps on the android market due to it being open source, you often have to sift through a lot of rubbish.
Mobile casinos such as those found at http://www.onlinecasinoaustralia.com.au are huge in the gaming market, and this is one thing that the Android Market do not provide. Google do not allow real money mobile casino apps in the Android store. Their reasons are to do with not being able to control whether or not under-age people have access to the gambling games. The app store on the other hand allows casino apps, although this gives Apple the edge on Android as online casinos are so hugely popular, it's not too bad for Android as you can easily download casino software directly from the online casino sites which might even be better as you can get access to unique Android casino welcome bonuses and promotions for games such as Online slots and Poker.
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March 28th, 2013, 01:07 Posted By: wraggster
via http://emu-russia.net/en/
ColecoVision emulator for Android has been updated. Changes:
- MOGA buttons can now be assigned via "Assign Keys" in Settings.
- Added MOGA gamepad support to the File Selector and Gallery.
- Added progress dialog to the File Selector.
- Added full-screen virtual joystick mode (see Settings).
- Now locking screen orientation when tilt joystick being used.
News source: https://play.google.com
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March 28th, 2013, 00:17 Posted By: wraggster
GameStick is here ... er, sort of. The development units are at least here at GDC 2013, quietly hanging out behind a nondescript computer monitor running a few Android games paired with a Nyko wireless controller. That's right, it wasn't running with the proprietary GameStick controller, but a third-party wireless -- we'll go hands-on with the company's internally built controller later this evening, and thusly we didn't want to offer a half-impression with the third-party units available on the show floor. Stay tuned for more, and take a gander at the gallery below for now.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/27/g...-unit-eyes-on/
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March 28th, 2013, 00:15 Posted By: wraggster
 Travelers face a dilemma: they'll often leave a phone in airplane mode to avoidexpensive roaming rates or a foreign SIM, but staying offline can break the translation services that might prove vital in a strange land. Google must have heard their plight, as a new version of Google Translate on Android adds the option to download offline packs for 50 different languages. They aren't as full-featured as their cloud-based equivalents, although there's good reason for the trimmed dictionaries -- at least some packs are over 150MB each. Unless space is just too tight, however, anyone with at least Android 2.3 can ask dónde el baño es without risking some bill shock.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/27/g...fline-support/
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March 28th, 2013, 00:02 Posted By: wraggster
[Ryan] has a friend with a birthday coming up, and being inspired by ever 12-year-olds favorite game, he decided to make a Minecraft ore block with RGB LEDs. The block can change from diamonds to emeralds via commands send from an Android phone.
After a few false starts, [Ryan] eventually had his ore cube laser cut at Acess Space, a hackerspace-ish group in Sheffield. The box was constructed out of 3mm MDF, while the windows were laser cut out of frosted acrylic, while the stone pattern on the cube is one giant custom-made sticker.
With the tedious part of the build out of the way, [Ryan] set to work on the electronics. He used a PIC attached to a few very large RGB LEDs, and a Bluetooth module that allows him to connect his phone to an ore block. Dialing in the right colors took some work, but eventually, [Ryan] had an Android-controlled Minecraft ore block, able to transmutate between gold, iron, diamond, emerald, lapis, and redstone.
http://hackaday.com/2013/03/27/andro...inecraft-ores/
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March 27th, 2013, 23:25 Posted By: wraggster
Will support app deployment to more than 130 Android stores in a matter of clicks.
Mobile advertising network InMobi expanded its jurisdiction into the app space over the past year, acquiring app monstisation startup MMTG Labs back in July and launching an engagement solution for developers and publishers in November.
The company now announces Android app store distribution platform, App Publish, which is powered by theapp distribution tech acquired through the takeover of Metaflow Solutions. It says the free-to-use tool is the first of its kind, enabling developers to publish apps to 130 stores worldwide 'in just a few clicks,' with payments and other content all managed in one dashboard.
Google Play has more than 700,000 apps and InMobi notes that discovery is an issue, while the likes of GetJar, Mobango and others, which support billions of downloads a year, still present developers with challenges.
App Publish claims to overcome the following problems:
* Publishing to each app store independently
* Navigating complex international laws
* Various platforms’ widely varied aesthetic and informational requirements
* Difficulties tracking and reporting download and install figures
* The challenges of collecting revenue from smaller or international platforms in a timely manner
Girish Prabhu, head of product management for developer platforms InMobi, said: "Paying for position and app discovery on Google Play is becoming increasingly expensive and ultra-competitive. The launch of App Publish serves to meet the mass desire from app developers to compete in multiple channels in a simple, profitable way. Early beta testers of App Publish have seen 30 per cent more downloads through these new app store channels."
Matt Siedel from 5C-Basic GmbH & Co. KG, an early adopter of App Publish, added: "As we’re a small, independent developer, App Publish enables us to reach out to users around the world. It helps us focus our energies on creating compelling applications rather than having to deal with complex app store submission requirements."
Find out more about App Publish here – http://inmobi.com/app-publish.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...publish/020969
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March 27th, 2013, 13:14 Posted By: wraggster
Spicy Horse – namely Alice series founders American McGee and RJ Berg – is pitching a new Alice game to EA this week, following a Facebook poll to gauge player interest in "Alice 3" as a concept and a Kickstarter project. Spicy Horse is ready to roll on a new game: something online, cooperative and with user-generated content, all spanning different platform access points.
EA controls the Alice franchise and Spicy Horse wants to leverage its own burgeoning game distribution platform, which focuses on Android tablet-browser cross-play. This means the new game probably won't be a AAA project, Berg tells Joystiq at GDC.
"Probably a AAA title, as the previous two have been, is not the first priority of EA right now," Berg says. "We have to construct a very strong idea of how that presentation might run, but it's up to them to pick up on the opportunity."
McGee and Berg have a clear narrative outline for the new Alice game, throwing Alice onto the streets of London and into the minds of everyone she passes. "Right now the idea is Alice in 'Otherland,'" McGee says. "It's her invading the minds of other people and visiting their Wonderlands, and using what she's learned about her own mental landscape to go in and harm or heal the people she encounters. It means that the streets of London become the portals into 1,000, 10,000 amazing, different stories."
McGee says Spicy Horse has the story, ideas, technology and wherewithal to make a new Alice game, and it's up to EA to take this opportunity. "The burden is really on them. It always is. Hopefully we can be charming enough."
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/26/ne...ce-in-otherla/
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March 27th, 2013, 11:45 Posted By: wraggster
Here at T-Mobile's "UnCarrier" press conference, we've heard loads of pricing andavailability details for the company's new LTE-enabled handsets. Well, here's one more tidbit: the Galaxy S4 is expected to hit T-Mo on May 1st. If that sounds like soft, tentative language on our part, it's because the carrier said the phone will arrive "about May 1st," so it's possible it could arrive, you know, on May 3rd instead. That said, it's coming, and soon. As for pricing, nothing's been confirmed, but we already know T-Mobile's other LTE phones (the iPhone 5, HTC One, etc.) will go for $100 plus monthly payments of $20 for two years, so we wouldn't be surprised if the same were true here.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/26/g...le-on-may-1st/
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March 26th, 2013, 23:47 Posted By: wraggster
Android attacks have become all the rage in the last year or two, and targeted attacks against political activists in Tibet, Iran and other countries have been bubbling up to the surface more and more often. Now, those two trends have converged with the discovery of a targeted attack campaign that's going after Tibetan and Uyghur activists with a spear-phishing message containing a malicious APK file. Researchers say the attack appears to be coming from Chinese sources. The new campaign began a few days ago when unknown attackers were able to compromise the email account of a well-known Tibetan activist. The attackers then used that account to begin sending a series of spear-phishing messages to other activists in the victim's contact list. One of the messages referred to a human rights conference in Geneva in March, using the recipients' legitimate interest in the conference as bait to get them to open the attachment. The malicious attachment in the emails is named 'WUC's Conference.apk.'"
http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/03/2...ndroid-malware
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