Now is the time to launch music services, it seems. Popular messaging app Line began testing music streaming when it began to test a $2 per month service in Thailand in May, and today it has introduced a fuller service in its native Japan. Like Apple’s new service, Line Music does not have a free tier, instead it is dual priced. For 500 JPY (around $4) per month, users can enjoy 20 hours of music streaming from the service and its 1.5 million ...
It turns out that for the past two years, you could crash a Minecraft server pretty easily. A security researcher published the exploit Thursday and said he*first discovered it*in version 1.6.2 back in July 2013, which is almost two years ago. He claims Mojang ignored him and did nothing to fix the problem, despite his repeated attempts at following standard protocol ...
As expected, Google announced its new version of Android, along with Nexus 9 tablet, Nexus 6 smartphone and Nexus Player set-up box. With more than 5,000 new APIs for developers, Android 5.0 Lollipop is Google's most ambitious release since the mobile platform made its debut back in 2008. The most popular mobile operating system to date, Android is now focusing on flexibility and personalization options. Even though it's ...
It seems pretty clear now that the Android OEM world is starting to play out pretty much like the PC world. The industry has become unbundled vertically between components, devices, operating system and application software & services. The components are commoditised and OEMs cannot differentiate on software, so they are entering a race to the bottom of cheaper and cheaper and more and more commoditised products, much like the PC industry. The funny thing about this is that ...
How to Turn Your Mobile Device into a Universal Translator Whether you're traveling to Tanzania, Taiwan, or Tokyo, you're likely going to run into situations where English is not the primary language. But rather than blow hundreds of dollars on Rosetta Stone or fumble through archaic paperback phrasebooks, drop one of these helpful real-time translation apps on your phone instead. Word Lens ...
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