The Samsung Galaxy A8 was spotted at the Wi-Fi Alliance with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow on board, suggesting an imminent update. It usually takes a week or two for a device to get the software update after receiving Wi-Fi certification. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Users who will sign up for Better Choice XXL plan will enjoy a year of free Amazon Prime, Sprint has announced. The Better Choice XXL plan offers 40 GB of data for $100 per month. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Sprint is offering $120 discount on the purchase of the HTC 10. Customers have to pay $0 down for the smartphone followed by 24 equal installments of $21. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Gabe Carey Back in the ’90s, when you couldn’t traverse through a college campus without the violent echoes of heavy metal accompanied by the anxious clicks of a Doom death match, Microsoft reigned king over PC gaming. At the time, using an operating system other than MS-DOS was today’s equivalent of using a controller…

The unlocked dual-SIM Samsung Galaxy S7 is currently on sale for a limited time. The 32 GB handset can be purchased for $529.99. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Parker Wilhelm We’d think up a better opener than “Hollywood is clearly out of ideas,” but clearly Hollywood is out of ideas as the next mega movies could be based on 36-year-old Atari games. Film adaptations of Missile Command and Centipede are coming to the big screen after Atari struck a partnership deal with…

By Gabe Carey While console gaming sees the rivalry of Xbox One vs PS4, PC gaming has had a war of its own waging for far longer. In building a computer, you might not think picking out a GPU would be as painful a process as it actually is. Ask any DIY veteran for advice…

By Devin Coldewey Here’s the thing: when your eyes are synthesizing information from multiple screens into a three-dimensional virtual space, the word “screenshot” fails to describe what it is doing almost as badly as it fails to document what you are experiencing. So I’m calling it viewcapture. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Lewis Leong Blizzard is enacting a strict no cheating policy with its upcoming Overwatch multiplayer first-person shooter. Players who are found using hacks, bots, or third-party software to gain an unfair advantage will be permanently banned from the game. Blizzard says this policy is being enforced to “preserve the integrity” of the title. “If…

By Lewis Leong Blizzard is enacting a strict no cheating policy with its upcoming Overwatch multiplayer first-person shooter. Players who are found using hacks, bots, or third-party software to gain an unfair advantage will be permanently banned from the game. Blizzard says this policy is being enforced to “preserve the integrity” of the title. “If…

Researchers at the University of Michigan found that people’s feelings towards whether or not mobile usage should be allowed at the dinner table depends on what you are doing, and who else is present. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Natasha Lomas Wearables might be set to get a whole lot more useful in future if research being conducted by Carnegie Mellon University’s Future Interfaces Group is indicative of the direction of travel. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Joe Osborne If you were to ask any PC gamer before July 29, 2015 what the best operating system (OS) was for PC gaming, they would immediately tell you, “Windows 7, stupid.” However, the answer to that question has changed rapidly over the past nine months. According to Valve’s April Steam Hardware and Software…

By Darren Allan The World Esports Association (WESA) has just been formed by the ESL and top pro gaming teams with the aim of making eSports better regulated and more professional all round. WESA describes itself as an open and inclusive organization which wants to avoid treading on toes, not wishing to impose itself as…

By Dan Griliopoulos Introduction and DayZ of our lives Ten years ago, you couldn’t throw a gnoll without hitting a blockbuster MMORPG. Every fantasy or science fiction brand wanted to be one, and every video game franchise seemed to be turning into one. In my regrettable foray into PR, I even represented a Michael Jackson…