Apple Airs New 'Powerful' iPhone 5s ad

 Apple has this night posted a new TV commercial for the iPhone 5s to its YouTube channel. The ad, which was spotted airing during tonight's episode of ABC's 'Providers of SHIELD,' touts the handset's skill to transform into a useful tool for people in various lines of work.

Arranged to the tune of "Gigantic," by the Pixies, the spot shows iPhone 5s managers using the gadget to do items like play music, control stage lighting in a theater, make short movies, create art installations and much more. The tagline of the ad is 'You're more powerful than you think.'

Interestingly enough, this is Apple's first commercial for the iPhone 5s since the 'Misunderstood' spot that aired throughout the holidays. It seems as though the company has given marketing priority to the iPad and iPhone 5c, the latter of which is believed to be selling poorly.

Anyway, there isn’t much to note about the 'Powerful' advert itself. It's pretty standard for Apple these days—very reminiscent of the 'Your Verse' iPad campaign. If anything, it seems almost too safe of a play, particularly for a company that’s worried it’s losing an advertising battle.

Nokia X - Full Phone Specifications

Also known as Nokia Normandy, Nokia A110, Nokia X Dual SIM RM-980

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
		GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
	SIM	Optional Dual SIM (Micro-SIM)
	Announced	2014, February
	Status	Available. Released 2014, March

Body	Dimensions	115.5 x 63 x 10.4 mm, 73.2 cc (4.55 x 2.48 x 0.41 in)
	Weight	128.7 g (4.52 oz)

Display	Type	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches (~233 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes, up to 2 fingers
		- Nokia X platform 1.0 UI

Sound	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

Memory	Card slot	microSD, up to 32 GB
	Internal	4 GB, 512 MB RAM

Data	GPRS	Up to 85.6 kbps
	EDGE	Up to 236.8 kbps
	Speed	HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera	Primary	3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels, check quality
	Features	1/5'' sensor size, panorama, face detection
	Video	Yes, 480p@30fps
	Secondary	No

Features	OS	Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
	Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon S4 Play
	CPU	Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A5
	GPU	Adreno 203
	Sensors	Accelerometer, proximity
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Bright green, bright red, cyan, yellow, black, white
		- SNS integration - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/Flac player - MP4/H.264/H.263 player - Photo editor - Voice memo/dial - Predictive text input

Battery		Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery (BN-01)
	Stand-by	Up to 408 h
	Talk time	Up to 13 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 10 h 30 min (3G)
	Music play	Up to 26 h

Misc	SAR US	1.30 W/kg (head)     1.44 W/kg (body)
	SAR EU	1.14 W/kg (head)     0.90 W/kg (body)
	Price group

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Sega's Sonic & All-Stars Racing Now Available Free on the App Store

Sega has just declared that Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is now readily available for free on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. What's more is both new and veteran racers can look to expect more content added to the intense headline next week. Wreck-It Ralph and Metal sonic will join the collection of unlockable figures on April 29th.

Not only that, but there'll also be a new World Tour Section and Boss Cup Huge Prix to race through. Sega notes that the new rates model (going free) will boost the title's multiplayer experience by making it available for everyone to download and enjoy. With more racers, modes and tracks organized, it's a sweet offering for those who haven't yet played through races with their favourite figures.

Gamers can even enjoy victories online by recording their races, editing and sharing them on social networks, powered by Everyplay.

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Dragon Age: Inquisition Launch Oct 7

 
Dragon Age: Inquisition will launch on Oct 7, EA has verified. The game is expected to launch simultaneously on Xbox One, Xbox 360, Ps3, PlayStation 4 and PC.

The date was revealed through a brand new game play trailer launching the Inquisitor, "the lone survivor of a cataclysmic blast... [and] the only one who can stop the demons terrorizing the land of Thedas".

October 7 is shaping up to be a busy day for AAA releases with Warner's Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and SEGA's Alien: Isolation also set for launch on the same day. Batman: Arkham Knight is expected to follow a week later, too.

Expect to hear much more on Dragon Age: Inquisition at E3 in beginning June.

Dragon Fin Soup: A SNES-Design RPG for PS4, PS3, Vita and PC

Dragon Fin Soup is explained as a SNES-Design turn-based mostly role-playing game, with Fakelike elements, for PC and PlayStation (PS4, PS3, Vita) hardware. And it's almost reached its $24K target on Kickstarter.

It's a colourful, eye-catching and creatively charming game with a story mode (like a normal RPG) and success mode (permadeath).

Turns are taken concurrently with enemies, making things a bit more hectic, and there's fishing, crafting, gathering, story missions, randomly generated quests, loads of locations, 20 equipment slots and a lot of statistics!

It's all heavily inspired by fairy tales, specifically Robin Hood, hence the Red Robin main charater - a "cheerful alcoholic making her living as a bounty hunter".

Even the developer, Grimm Bros., has a touch of fairy tale about it, and is formed of five professional devs.

Xbox One launching in 26 new markets in September

Xbox One will be launched in 26 new markets come Sept, including Japan, Demark, Czech Republic, and more. The complete list is below.

Microsoft company said it will have "much more to share at a local level" at the end of April.

The confirmed additional launch markets include:

• Argentina
• Belgium
• Chile
• Colombia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Finland
• Greece
• Hungary
• India
• Israel
• Japan
• Korea
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• South Africa
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• UAE

Battlefield 4 Dragon's Teeth expansion to increase ballistic shield

  "It turns out that stopping bullets in a first-person shooter is a ton of fun"

Upcoming Battlefield 4 DLC will feature the addition of a ballistic shield.

The two-handed shield will serve as mobile cover in the Dragon's Teeth expansion pack, which is set to focus on urban warfare.

Through a GDC session joined by Polygon, senior animator Ryan Duffin said DICE initially wanted to create a shield which players could use in combo with handguns. However, development schedules and last-gen hardware memory constraints meant the feature couldn't be implemented. Instead, players will be able to melee with the shield, which has an attack range of about one metre.

Duffin said there was "a lot of resistance" to the shield at first, "but the more we assessed it, the more we realised it was a better feature. It turns out that stopping bullets in a first-person shooter is a ton of fun. We're confident that it will generate a new dynamic for the game."

Dragon's Teeth is the fourth of five prepared Battlefield 4 expansions due for release by the summer of 2014. They can be pre-purchased as part of the £39.99 / $50 Battlefield Premium registration offering. The other four expansions are Second Assault, China Rising, Naval Affect and Final Stand.

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An Open Source iPad Display Adapter

Those fancy 2048×1536 pixel resolution displays found in the iPad 3 and 4 can be used for much more than high def Candy Crush and Netflix viewing. [Freddie] over in Southampton, UK built his own adapter to connect these high-resolution LCD panels to anything with a DisplayPort connection. It’s called OSCAR, and it’s the open source way to add a whole lot of pixels in a second (or third, or fourth….) monitor.
The LCD panels found in the iPad 3 and 4 don’t use the usual LVDS connection found in just about every other LCD panel ever made. It uses an extension of the DisplayPort protocol, meaning any graphics card with one of these ports already does the heavy lifting for this panel. The only other thing that’s needed is an adapter to control the power and backlight, which is easily handled by an ATMega32U4. This makes OSCAR Arduino compatible, making it easy to add sensors and USB playthings.
OSCAR is available on Kickstarter for £65 (~$100 USD) for the board itself. Adding to that, you’ll need to grab an iPad retina display through the usual channels for about $65. Not exactly cheap, but try finding another better-than-1080p display for that price.

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How WhatsApp Got To Be Worth $19 Billion?

WhatsApp, the super-popular messaging app, has once again come under the spotlight, and became a sensation all over again as Facebook moves to bid $19 Billion for its acquisition. The deal is all but done, making it Facebook's biggest ever purchase, and the second-biggest tech-acquisition of all time. So what is it that makes WhatsApp so special? Let's take a look at the story behind WhatsApp, which is one of the most incredible and 

motivational success stories of this age.

According to sources, Facebook has agreed to pay $4 Billion in cash, and $12 Billion in Stock. In addition, a sum of $3 Billion is to be paid to the WhatsApp CEO and staff. The deal is set to be finalized later this year, failing which Facebook will have to pay $1 Billion as recompense.

The story behind WhatsApp

The story of WhatsApp is one of hard work and dedication, of taking risks and entrepreneurship. Jan Koum, the founder of WhatsApp - and soon to be a billionaire - is yet another example of college dropout successes.

Born and raised in Kiev, Ukraine, Koum lived a simple, ordinary life. His father was a construction manager, and the family somehow managed to eke out a living from a meager income. At age 16, he along with his mother migrated to Mountain View due to the troubled political and anti-Semitic environment back home. The father couldn't make it over.

They got a small apartment through government assistance. To make ends meet, his mother took up babysitting, and Koum started sweeping the floor of a grocery store.

Meanwhile, Koum keep at educating himself - while still at school - and learned computer networking from the books he used to borrow. His prowess led him to the San Jose State University, and to Ernst & Young as a security tester. Soon, he interviewed at Yahoo and got a job as an infrastructure engineer while still at San Jose, which he dropped out of two weeks later. It was during his time at Yahoo that he met and befriended Brian Actor, WhatsApp co-founder.

Both left Yahoo in 2007, and applied for a job at Facebook. They were rejected.

Koum bought an iPhone in 2009, and instantly realized that the seven-month old App Store was about to spawn a whole new industry of apps. Hence, the idea of WhatsApp was born. At this point, both Acton and Koum were jobless. So Koum had to spend what money he had saved from his work at Yahoo on building and running his simple app, which has now become the most popular messaging app in the world.

The competition

If you look over closely at some of the competitors, you will see that none of them were valued even half as much. Facebook offered to buy Snapchat last month for $3 Billion, which was rejected. The popular IM and Voice calling service Skype was purchased by Microsoft for $7.5 Billion. However, most surprising of all, WhatsApp's closest competitor, Viber was recently sold for a meager $900 Million to a Japanese company.

Guess the previous Viber owners have something to think about now.