Reports highlighting Alcatel OneTouch’s 2016 lineup show off a number of great new phones from the company, one of them even coming with plastic packaging that doubles as a Cardboard-like VR viewer. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Nick Pino Valve and Unity are joining forces to make developing games for SteamVR easier, Gabe Newell announced today at Unity’s Vision VR/AR Summit in Hollywood, Calif. So far, the partnership includes extra tools inside the Unity development platform and a rendering plug-in that should improve performance for games created for SteamVR. Unity is…

By Nick Pino Valve and Unity are joining forces to make developing games for SteamVR easier, Gabe Newell announced today at Unity’s Vision VR/AR Summit in Hollywood, Calif. So far, the partnership includes extra tools inside the Unity development platform and a rendering plug-in that should improve performance for games created for SteamVR. Unity is…

By Romain Dillet Meet Immersit, a new kind of connected device for your couch launching today on Kickstarter. Immersit generates vibrations to immerse you in your movies or video games. And it works with your existing couch. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Joe Osborne Who reads end user license agreements (EULA)? Anyone? Well, you might start now, because Amazon just trolled all of us in the service terms for its new game development engine, Lumberyard. In Section 57.10 of the agreement, as delightfully pointed out by Daring Fireball’s John Gruber without context, it is said that…

By Joe Osborne Who reads end user license agreements (EULA)? Anyone? Well, you might start now, because Amazon just trolled all of us in the service terms for its new game development engine, Lumberyard. In Section 57.10 of the agreement, as delightfully pointed out by Daring Fireball’s John Gruber without context, it is said that…

Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) want the ability to override poor state-level encryption bills with their ENCRYPT Act. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Jim Hunter At the start of this year, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced the long-awaited Wi-Fi HaLow standard for products incorporating IEEE 802.11ah wireless networking technology. HaLow extends a flavor of Wi-Fi into the 900 MHz band, which provides greater range than the pre-existing 2.4 GHz standard, provides better connectivity through barriers such as walls…

Launch date of the next HTC flagship smartphone re-sceduled to April 11. The phone is expected to include top-end features but may not be called the One M10. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

It has been confirmed that Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge will include large batteries. A recent FCC filing has confirmed the Galaxy S7 Edge will pack in a large 3,600 mAh battery. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Daniel Griliopoulos Hitman preview Eventually, I start feeling sorry for Viktor Novikov. I think it was after the time I drowned him in the toilet and before the time I dropped a chandelier on him. This is his big day, after all. Not only is his chateau hosting the biggest fashion show Paris has…

By Daniel Griliopoulos Hitman preview Eventually, I start feeling sorry for Viktor Novikov. I think it was after the time I drowned him in the toilet and before the time I dropped a chandelier on him. This is his big day, after all. Not only is his chateau hosting the biggest fashion show Paris has…

By Natasha Lomas The latest high profile individual to debunk the notion that surveillance is at risk of ‘going dark’ in an age of increasingly robust encryption is none other than James Clapper, U.S. director of national intelligence himself. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Natasha Lomas On the surface, the smart lock space can seem pretty crowded already, with names like Lockitron and August and Kisi apparently in play for several years. But New York based Latch contends it’s mostly still noise. Aka a lot of crowdfunding campaigns, and a lot less actual product delivery. Read More …read…

By Darren Allan Intel has made a move to stop the overclocking of its standard (i.e. not unlocked ‘K’ model) Skylake processors. News that such overclocking was possible first emerged last December, when Asrock revealed a new BIOS update that permitted it on the firm’s Z170 motherboards. This meant users could take a cheap Core…